Week in pictures: 20-26 April 2024
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
All photos subject to copyright
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
All photos subject to copyright
With NFL rosters pretty much set before training camp, Scott Pianowski reveals his first set of team fantasy power rankings for the 2024 season.
Nintendo just dropped a trailer for Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. This is a collection of minigames based around speedrunning.
The show will begin airing in the fall.
Fantasy baseball analyst Andy Behrens offers up a fresh batch of midweek pickups to consider, led by a former Dodgers prospect.
Amazon has the Google Pixel Watch 2 on sale for $70 off. The smartwatch arrived last fall with a new stress-tracking feature, slightly longer battery life and a better heart sensor, as Google’s flagship wearable inches closer to rivals Apple and Samsung.
Kelly said LSU hasn't "fared very well" in its attempts to add transfer defensive linemen.
Uber plans to deliver more perks to Uber One members, like member-exclusive events, in a bid to gain more revenue through subscriptions. “You will see more member-exclusives coming up where members have exclusive access to events and experiences, which will kind of surprise and delight our members,” said Uber chief financial officer Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah Wednesday morning during Uber’s first-quarter earnings call. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Uber One’s membership fees are “in excess of $1 billion” run-rate.
Among our faves? A sleek Electrolux stick vac that's over 50% off and a best-in-class KitchenAid stand mixer for just $240.
Volleying for mom's attention? This 'expensive-looking' bangle will win you major points.
Nearly 40,000 shoppers have given this crumb-guzzler a perfect rating, thanks to its lightweight feel and strong cleaning power.
It's still not clear how Charlotte will map out its future.
Apple's ninth-generation iPad with Applecare+ is 25 percent off the bundle's sticker price.
36,000+ happy haulers swear by this back-saving, rolling wonder.
“We train mushrooms to eat trash and create renewable, bio-based raw materials,” she told TechCrunch. Rodriguez is the founder and CEO of Mycocycle, one of a fresh crop of startups using fungi, nature’s recyclers, to create plastic-like polymers for a post-fossil fuel economy. “We want to be able to compete with the 3Ms and BASFs and Dows of the world,” Rodriguez said.
Monzo has raised another £150 million ($190 million), as the challenger bank looks to expand its presence internationally — particularly in the U.S. The new round comes just two months after Monzo raised £340 million ($425 million), meaning the London-based company has now raised north of $610 million in 2024, and $1.5 billion since its inception nine years ago. The first tranche of the Series I round saw Alphabet's CapitalG and Google's GV make a rare co-investment, alongside notable backers including HongShan Capital (formerly Sequoia Capital China), Passion Capital and Tencent.
Founder Ben Lambert realized just that, when after moving to Portugal, his wife's property inspection business needed to be run remotely. Seeing an opportunity, Lambert founded an AI-powered workflow tools startup, Checkfirst, that, in addition to allowing for remote inspections, enables businesses to schedule inspectors based on geographical location and qualifications.
Howard Schultz has weighed in on Starbucks recent troubles, but there are no leadership changes in the works.
The US has stopped Intel and Qualcomm from selling and sending chips to Chinese-based Huawei Technologies.
Get caught up on this morning’s news: Stormy Daniels’s testimony, TikTok sues the U.S. government and more in today’s edition of The Yodel newsletter