The hunt for Planet Nine

theweek.com An elusive Earth-like planet in our solar system could finally be discovered within the next few years. Known as Planet Nine or Planet X, it is a hypothetical planet that…

Venus is leaking carbon and oxygen

newsweek.com Our closest planetary neighbor Venus keeps leaking carbon and oxygen into space, mystifying scientists. Carbon and oxygen, among other gases, are being stripped from Venus'…

‘Linda Perry: Let It Die Here’ Documentary to Premiere at Tribeca Film Fest

variety.com Mercury Studios and Utopia Originals have announced the premiere of the feature-length documentary “Linda Perry: Let It Die Here,” which will make its debut at the upcoming…

Mercury Expands Into Consumer Banking With Mercury Personal

pymnts.com Startup-focused banking FinTech Mercury is getting into the consumer banking business. The company has launched Mercury Personal, designed to help builders in the tech…

Mastering finance essentials with Mercury’s VP of finance, Dan Kang, at TechCrunch Early Stage

techcrunch.com TechCrunch Early Stage is gearing up for another insightful event on April 25, and one roundtable session promises to be particularly illuminating for early-stage founders.…

Startup-focused neobank Mercury expands to consumers with Mercury Personal, offering support for multiple users, access to up to $5M in FDIC insurance, and more

techcrunch.com Business banking startup Mercury, founded in 2017, is now launching a consumer banking product. Mercury today serves more than 100,000 businesses, many of which are…

Liquid Mercury Partners With GFO-X To Provide RFQ Platform for Trading Crypto Derivatives

dailyhodl.com April 17, 2024 – Chicago, United States Liquid Mercury, a leading crypto trading technology provider, announced today that it is providing a RFQ (request for quote) platform…

Startup-focused neobank Mercury launches personal banking, targeting the founder class

fastcompany.com Attention, founders: Mercury wants to move into your personal orbit. The neobank designed for startups announced on Wednesday that it will open up its services for personal…

Upwork Premieres New Partner Program to Expand Ecosystem of Companies Transforming How We Work

benzinga.com SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UPWK, the world's work marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent, today announced , a new…

Lead poisoning remains a threat

theweek.com Lead exposure is more common than people may think. "In 2024, one of the most potent neurotoxins known to humanity persists all over the world as a public health threat,"…

Music Industry Moves: MusiCares Plots Second Annual Volunteer Day

variety.com Music’s leading charity MusiCares has announced its second annual volunteer day, “The Day That Music Cares,” will take place on April 26. The initiative encourages music…

How CrowdTangle predicted the future

platformer.news Eight years after buying the data analysis tool CrowdTangle, and four years after it began exasperating the executives responsible for it, Meta said Thursday that it would…

James Dean, Founding Director of NASA Art Program, Dies at 92

nytimes.com James Dean, a landscape painter who ran a NASA program that invited artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Norman Rockwell and Jamie Wyeth to document aspects of the Mercury,…

Avoid All Tuna Brands, Except These 9

247wallst.com According to NOAA, tuna is the second most popular seafood in the United States, trailing only shrimp. By some estimates, tuna is the most consumed fish in the world. Two…

Record Label Market Share Q1 2024: Warner Records Posts Huge Gains While Universal Enters a New Era

billboard.com What a difference a year — or a couple of months with a massive label shakeup — can make. The reorganization of the Universal Music Group that occurred in February — which…

Astronomers reveal Earth's "sad" fate when the sun dies

newsweek.com After the sun finally dies, billions of years in the future, Earth too will meet a grisly end. There are several ways that our home planet may be destroyed after the sun…

A new TikTok ban gains steam

platformer.news Today, let’s talk about a fast-moving new legislative effort in the United States to force ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok, or ban it nationally. The company has faced…

Jake Tapper Resurrects Haunted Ronald McDonald Doll During Solar Eclipse, Demented Mission Now Includes Elf on the Shelf

mediaite.com Jake Tapper/Instagram Monday marked the alignment of the Moon, the Earth, and the Sun, resulting in a total solar eclipse that was viewable across a swath of North America.…

Snapchat is walking back a friend ranking feature after reports of teen anxiety

aol.com None Snapchat is changing a friend ranking feature due to reports of it causing teen anxiety. • None The premium feature allowed users to see their position in their…

US seizes pig-butchering funds at Evolve Bank

protos.com A January complaint for forfeiture filing initially reviewed by Fintech Business Weekly details several million dollars seized at Evolve Bank and Trust related to a variety…

Jason Sudeikis Gifts Vintage UConn Jacket to WNBA Legends, Makes Them Fight For It

thewrap.com “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis joined WNBA superstars Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi as a guest on “The Bird & Taurasi Show” at Saturday night’s record-breaking Iowa vs. UConn…

7 times a total solar eclipse revolutionized science

aol.com None Humans have been studying total solar eclipses for millennia to better understand the cosmos. • None Total eclipses have helped prove Einstein's theory of relativity…

Snapchat Demotes Controversial ‘Solar System’ Feature

socialmediatoday.com Snapchat is making a change to its subscriber-only friendship “Solar System” feature after reports suggested that it’s having a negative impact on younger users. Snapchat’s…

Snapchat turns off controversial 'Solar System' feature by default after bad press

techcrunch.com Less than a week after The Wall St. Journal reported on how a Snapchat feature dubbed “solar system” was adding to teens’ anxiety, the company has responded by adjusting how…

Blue Origin to fly another 90-year-old into outer space

theregister.com Blue Origin has announced the crew flying on its NS-25. Former US Air Force Captain Ed Dwight is among the six aiming to travel aboard the reusable rocket past the Kármán…