It’s 5:52 a.m. in Moynihan Train Hall. I’m balancing a container of fruit and my water bottle in one hand while tightening the straps of a backpack that’s weighed down by two laptops with the other. It’s the start of my twice-weekly commute between New York City and Washington, DC. I’m five months into this
Europe has a new unicorn: Italian startup Exein has just raised a $270 million funding round led by Headline at a $1.7 billion valuation on the promise of providing a cybersecurity layer for physical AI — an evolution of its initial focus on IoT. “The concept of Exein is that every device should be able
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I recently dug out my CDs and started reripping them all. I’ve found a few forgotten gems in there, but few hit harder for me than the beautifully concise Professor Murder Rides the Subway EP. There was a period of time in the mid-aughts in NYC where it seemed like every indie band wanted you
The thought of a billionaire’s lifestyle may conjure up images of Great Gatsby mansion-buying and jet-setting at the drop of a hat. But the life of an heiress with the wealth of two multibillion-dollar American businesses looks a lot different. Mitzi Perdue was born into the Sheraton hotel family, and at just the age of
Parents will no longer have to rely on texts or phone calls to know how their teens’ Uber rides are going. Instead, they’ll be able to see for themselves. Uber on Tuesday launched a live video streaming feature for teen accounts that lets parents or guardians check in on how a trip is going in
