On Friday, the Treasury Department updated the way it classifies vehicles eligible for the $7,500 EV tax credit as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The change should make more vehicles — including the Model Y — eligible for the credit, as certain SUV crossovers are no longer placed in the same category as … Read more
Twitter wants to cash in on businesses on the platform by charging them $1,000 a month to keep their gold check marks, according to a report from The information. As noted by The informationbrands that don’t pay the $1,000 a month will lose their gold badges, though it’s unclear when that will happen. Internal posts … Read more
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced look at this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox here. Towards the end of 2022, a number of entrepreneurs, some of whom quoted Elon Musk, told me they are bringing back a personal work culture … Read more
A California judge is allowing Meta to complete its acquisition of virtual reality fitness startup Within despite an ongoing antitrust suit by the Federal Trade Commission, according to an unsealed ruling. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that the court denied the FTC’s request to block the deal, but with a one-week delay that gives the FTC … Read more
The midrange Chromebook 2 certainly isn’t the most powerful Chromebook you can get – blame the 10th Gen Intel Core i3-10110U processor – but it should suffice for everyday work and multitasking, especially with the 8GB RAM of the machine. Plus, it touts decent battery life (compared to the original 2020 model) and a gorgeous … Read more
To the end of 2022, a number of entrepreneurs — some quoting Elon Musk — told me they planned to bring back personal work culture in the next year to foster productivity and, in some cases, loyalty. One founder even told me over drinks that they weren’t worried about losing talent – claiming that those … Read more
In October last year, Sendy, a Kenyan logistics scale-up, ended its provisioning service, which allowed retailers to purchase FMCGs directly from manufacturers, saying it was focusing all of its focus on its end-to-end fulfillment offering. Months later, the company ceases operations on the ground in Nigeria, one of its four markets in Africa. This means … Read more
The secondary companies market has been on the same rollercoaster ride as the broader VC market in recent years, but it looks poised to break free in 2023. Like venture capital as a whole, the secondary market was hot in 2021 with a ton of new entrants – does that sound familiar? — entered the … Read more
The new iOS port supports iPhones and iPads with A12 bionic chipsets and newer, so you can experience the mind-numbing frustration of turning knobs and locating switches wherever you take your phone. Compatible iPhones include the XS, XS Max, XR, and later; the eighth-generation iPad, third-generation iPad Air, and fifth-generation iPad Mini and later will … Read more
Over the course of this week, the developers of several major live-service titles announced that their games would be discontinued. That means players who actively enjoyed those games – and may have spent money on them – may need to move on to something else. The closures are a reminder of the challenges these ambitious … Read more