Tag: technology
Here’s how two apps connect Black-owned restaurants with new customers
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsEatOkra's mobile app lists nearby Black-owned restaurants.Courtesy: EatOkraWhen Anthony Edwards Jr. and his then-g [...]
Zelle payments top $1 trillion in 2024
The Zelle icon is displayed on a phone screen.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesZelle, the payments network run by banks-owned Early Warning Ser [...]
AI-powered company ScorePlay raises $13 million, led by athletes
ScorePlay video clipping toolScorePlay, an artificial intelligence service for sports clips, has raised $13 million in series A funding, the company a [...]
San Francisco 49ers president touts AI as key to scouting
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, the last pick in the 2022 National Football League draft, has become synonymous with flaws in NFL player [...]
AEW CEO Tony Khan says he wants to keep company private
All Elite Wrestling, the upstart professional wrestling league, will remain a privately-held family business instead of pursuing an initial public off [...]
Drew Brees hints at return to broadcasting
Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees said he'd like to join an NFL broadcast team as a game analyst, and hinted he's already in talks with [...]
Denver Broncos President Damani Leech praises NFL diversity commitment
Denver Broncos President Damani Leech praised the NFL's commitment to diversity amid corporate and government efforts to reduce diversity, equity and [...]
Immersive sports firm Cosm eyes international expansion, funding round
Cosm may be coming to a city near you — both in the U.S. and abroad.The immersive sports-viewing technology company has built two dome venues in Los A [...]
GM cuts 50% of Cruise staff after ending robotaxi business
General Motors is laying off roughly half the employees who remain at its discontinued Cruise robotaxi business.The plans come two months after GM sai [...]
Boeing Starliner crew spacecraft losses total $2 billion
Boeing spacecraft Starliner is seen from the window of SpaceX's Dragon capsule "Endeavour" on July 3, 2024, while docked with the International Space [...]
Trump coin leads tumble in meme cryptocurrencies as tariffs rock global markets
TrumpCoin cryptocurrency price on Binance website is displayed for illustration photo. Krakow, Poland on Januar 20th, 2025 (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/Nur [...]
NASA’s SpaceX plan as Trump and Musk call for astronaut return
Elon Musk speaks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and guests at a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship, in Brow [...]
Planet lands $230 million contract for Pelican imagery satellites
An animated rendering of a Pelican satellite in orbit.PlanetSatellite imagery and data analysis company Planet announced it had signed a $230 million [...]
Elon Musk’s X partners with Visa to offer digital wallet
Elon Musk's social media platform X on Tuesday announced the launch of a digital wallet and peer-to-peer payments services provided by Visa.X struck a [...]
Aerial firefighting companies now have to keep up with demand
As out-of-control wildfires threatened thousands of Los Angeles residents earlier this month, the companies that fight infernos from the air raced to [...]