Headspace monthly and annual plans are 50 percent off right now for Black Friday

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Apple’s Major League Soccer Season Pass debuts February 1st for $99 per year

Apple’s Major League Soccer streaming finally has a launch date and, importantly, a price. The company has revealed that the MLS Season Pass will debut February 1st, 2023 at a price of $99 per season, or $15 per month. As you might guess, Apple TV+ subscribers get a discounted rate of $79 per season and… Continue reading Apple’s Major League Soccer Season Pass debuts February 1st for $99 per year

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate now includes free trials for Apple Music and Apple TV+

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks now include freebies from an erstwhile rival. The company now offers Ultimate subscribers three-month free trials of Apple Music and Apple TV+ to newcomers for either media service. You can stream tunes in the background while you’re playing Halo Infinite, or catch up on Ted Lasso in between cloud… Continue reading Xbox Game Pass Ultimate now includes free trials for Apple Music and Apple TV+

Black market fears are hampering cannabis waste recycling efforts in California

As American cannabis has grown from cottage industry to $25 billion-a-year commercial enterprise that employs 428,059 folks nationwide, the product that weed has become now often bears little resemblance from the product that used to be sold raw. Flower, once delivered in sandwich bags, now arrives wrapped in child-safety-locked, plastic-lined mylar pouches; every gram of… Continue reading Black market fears are hampering cannabis waste recycling efforts in California

Elon Musk defends his title as ‘technoking’ of Tesla, but not Twitter CEO

/ In testimony at a trial challenging his giant compensation package at Tesla, Musk said he does not want to be the CEO of any company and would eventually appoint a new chief executive at Twitter. Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Apparently, Elon Musk doesn’t want to be CEO of any company. Or… Continue reading Elon Musk defends his title as ‘technoking’ of Tesla, but not Twitter CEO

Zeti Receives Investment from Toyota Ventures

Zeti, a London, UK and Santa Monica, CA-based provider of financial services technology to manage consumption based EV and infrastructure financing, received an investment from Toyota Ventures, through its Climate Fund. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth, expand operations and its business reach.… Continue reading Zeti Receives Investment from Toyota Ventures

Bankman-Fried begged for funds from Sequoia, Apollo Global in FTX’s frantic final daysSequoia was shocked at the amount of money ($7b) needed to save …

As customers withdrew billions of dollars from crypto exchange FTX one frantic Sunday this month, founder Sam Bankman–Fried worked the phones in a futile bid to raise $7 billion in emergency funds. Hunkered in his Bahamas apartment, Bankman–Fried toiled through the night, calling some of the world’s biggest investors, including Sequoia Capital, Apollo Global Management Inc and TPG Inc,… Continue reading Bankman-Fried begged for funds from Sequoia, Apollo Global in FTX’s frantic final daysSequoia was shocked at the amount of money ($7b) needed to save …

Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala picks up strategic stake in Singapore’s AirCarbon

Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Company confirmed on Wednesday that it has acquired a strategic stake in Singapore-based AirCarbon Exchange (ACX). Two sources close to the matter had earlier told Reuters about the deal. AirCarbon in February this year partnered with Abu Dhabi‘s financial freezone, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), to establish the first regulated carbon trading exchange and clearing house in the capital. Mubadala‘s acquisition supports the plan… Continue reading Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala picks up strategic stake in Singapore’s AirCarbon

Singapore’s Temasek said to be writing down its FTX investment

Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings is writing down its entire investment in the embattled crypto bourse FTX, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The firm is understood to have invested between $200 million and $300 million in FTX, the report added. This follows a series of similar write-downs by FTX’s other investors including Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Group… Continue reading Singapore’s Temasek said to be writing down its FTX investment

Waabi unveils its first generation self-driving truck

Autonomous trucking startup Waabi has unveiled its first generation of trucks that are purpose-built for OEM integration. The trucks are powered by the Waabi Driver, a combination of Waabi’s software, sensors and compute. Their launch signals both that Waabi is ready to verify and validate its self-driving stack and that it’s open for business. Waabi… Continue reading Waabi unveils its first generation self-driving truck