The road to the home robot is one fraught with peril. The number of success stories it’s delivered can be counted on a single hand. The reasons for this massive disconnect are nuanced and complex — much like the insides of our homes. Twenty-years after the first Roomba arrived, the robot vacuum has begun to […]
Host Under Fire For Allegedly Making A Sexual Joke Toward LE SSERAFIM
A New Year’s special television program, the 2024 Superstar Red & White Entertainment Awards, was recently held in Taiwan, with LE SSERAFIM appearing as one of the performers for the evening. While they delivered a captivating performance and were able to greet fans in Taiwan for the first time, an alleged comment made by one […]
Kalen DeBoer's move to Alabama is a step toward greatness — but there are countless perils
The journey through the coaching carousel that conveyed Alabama football from Bear Bryant to Nick Saban is succinctly described as such: The Crimson Tide finally got it totally right when they hired the guy who followed the guy who followed the guy who followed the guy who followed the guy who followed the guy who […]
As Disney pushes toward streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024
Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. While sources at the company said the layoffs would be significant and as high as 20% — or reductions that would see Pixar’s team of 1,300 dropped to less than 1,000 over the coming months — Pixar […]
Ex-Metaswitch CEO John Lazar joins Copia’s board as the Kenyan e-commerce outfit rakes in $20M to push toward profitability
Kenyan e-commerce and fintech platform for mass market consumers Copia Global has appointed John Lazar, the ex-CEO of Metaswitch, a Microsoft subsidiary, to its board off the back of $ 20 million in new funding. Enza Capital, the Pan-African VC firm that Lazar co-founded in 2019, was among the large participants in the Series C […]