Historic Firsts from the 2024 U.S. ElectionThe 2024 US election produced numerous historic moments, including Donald Trump becoming the first convicted president to win non-consecuti...
07 Nov, 2024, 01.40 AM IST
Who is Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender U.S. Congress member?Sarah McBride, a Delaware State Senator, has become the first openly transgender individual elected to the U.S. Congress, representing Dela...
07 Nov, 2024, 12.38 AM IST
The Day of the Jackal: Here’s premiere date, plot, episode schedule and cast of thriller seriesThe Day of the Jackal stars Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch. It follows a tense chase between a skilled assassin and an intelligence offic...
06 Nov, 2024, 10.29 PM IST
Meet Sarah McBride: The first transgender member elected to US CongressUS elections: Democrat Sarah McBride has become the first transgender person elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Edison Research ...
06 Nov, 2024, 12.31 PM IST
Control of US Congress at stake in tight election battleThe U.S. Congress faces a pivotal election on Tuesday, with control of both the House and Senate hanging in the balance. Republicans are ai...
05 Nov, 2024, 03.40 PM IST
Delaware and Vermont elect first American transgender legislators to the US SenateSarah McBride, 30, became Delaware's first trans senator, taking 86 percent of the vote in the state's first Senate district. She is also t...
04 Nov, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
Sequoia seeks to raise $7 billion for new funds as markets reelThe firm made headlines with its memo earlier this month that coronavirus represents a “black swan” event, meaning an unexpected disruption...
19 Mar, 2020, 08.40 AM IST
SoftBank partner at its $100 billion Vision Fund is leavingThe Vision Fund has reshaped the tech startup market with a flood of investments, but several of its bets on unprofitable companies quickly...
06 Feb, 2020, 09.11 AM IST
Elon Musk’s brain tech startup is raising more cashThe venture has both awed and repelled various Musk watchers over the possibilities that it seemingly offers for connecting brains to compu...
11 May, 2019, 11.26 AM IST
SoftBank is said to consider IPO for $100 billion vision fundThe Vision Fund’s largest investor is Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund
04 May, 2019, 03.06 PM IST
Slack backer Accel is said to raise $2.5 billion for VC fundsSilicon Valley is in a frenzy, with venture capitalists sitting on the most capital since the dot-com boom.
15 Mar, 2019, 10.07 AM IST
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son goes to Riyadh, skips conferenceHe also skipped a dinner held at the residence of Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the managing director of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, on Mon...
24 Oct, 2018, 10.24 AM IST
SoftBank invests in another car-sharing startup: GetaroundThe investment signals the Japanese internet giant’s growing interest in next-generation car use. SoftBank has already invested in ride-sha...
22 Aug, 2018, 11.31 AM IST
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer creates tech startup incubatorThe venture will focus on consumer media and artificial intelligence, according to the company’s website, which is set against a backdrop o...
19 Apr, 2018, 09.22 AM IST
Virgin Hyperloop One revamps board; director arrestedA fourth board member, Russian billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov, was arrested in Moscow on charges of fraud and embezzlement unrelated to Hy...
03 Apr, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
Musk stops taking flamethrower orders, rakes in $10 millionThe money will help bankroll the boring machines, lawyers and lobbyists Musk is relying on to execute his plan to build tunnels under parts...
02 Feb, 2018, 11.41 AM IST
News report says Amazon is selling banned weapons in UKBanned and dangerous weapons, many of them disguised as everyday items, are being routinely and illegally sold to online shoppers on Amazon...
17 Dec, 2015, 04.44 PM IST