French startup Jump, a modern take on the concept of umbrella companies in France, has raised €11 million (around $ 12 million at current exchange rates) in a Series A funding round. Jump offers full-time contracts to freelancers looking for some stability and the benefits involved with a full-time job. It only acts as an […]
P1Harmony Fans Outraged After VIP Benefits Change Mid-Tour
P1Harmony are currently on their 2024 LIVE TOUR ‘P1ustage H: UTOPIA’ in North America. While P1eces (P1Harmony fans) have enjoyed seeing P1Harmony perform live, this tour has been criticized from the start. The tour was announced shortly after the group’s previous tour concluded, and the ticket prices shocked fans with how expensive they were. Please […]
Atlas helps companies offer contractor benefits no matter where they are located
Karen Serfaty and Gianina Rossi, both engineers from Argentina, worked for U.S.-based companies over the past 10 years, and the same issue kept coming up: how to manage taxes while being a contractor in another country. Joining with San Francisco-based Josefina Van Thienen, who had worked at Microsoft building strategic partnerships with tech companies focusing […]
SpaceX will reap the benefits of new Dragon research opportunity
SpaceX will become the co-owner of valuable data, biological samples, and possibly even patents and intellectual property related to human spaceflight, according to the terms and conditions of a new program inviting research on crewed Dragon missions. The company started quietly inviting proposals “for exceptional science and research ideas that will enable life in space and […]
IMF Tells El Salvador: Costs of Making Bitcoin Legal Tender Exceed Potential Benefits
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told El Salvador that the costs of implementing the country’s Bitcoin law, which makes the cryptocurrency legal tender, exceed the potential benefits. The IMF has also urged El Salvador to dissolve the “Fidebitcoin” trust fund and start charging fees for services provided by the government’s Chivo digital wallet. IMF’s […]