RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A bill that would prohibit communities from becoming so-called sanctuaries for people in the country illegally and that would limit the types of acceptable personal identification will cause distrust between police and the communities they serve, progressive and immigrant groups said Monday.
Nayely Perez-Huerta, regional organizer ...
For several years, Richard Price has had a quixotic dream to make cutting-edge academic research universally available to everyone. "I want a world where a 19-year-old kid in China can access a paper he's interested in about lithium ion batteries on his phone on the subway and it's validated by others and it's in his own language," Price said. It's been a…
Cybersecurity professionals are more in demand than ever before, but a new report finds the number of women in the field hasn't grown. Women represent just 10 percent of the cybersecurity workforce, according to a report released today by (ISC)², a nonprofit specializing in information technology and Booz Allen Hamilton. This figure has remained unchanged for two years.
Apple just announced that it has sold 13 million iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus devices over its first weekend. It's a new record for the company as it sold 10 million units last year, and 9 million units in 2013.
Building a lifestyle brand is nothing like building say…an app. Higher degree of difficulty for sure. That's not stopping Tristan Walker, though. Today, his company Walker & Company Brands has announced a $24M Series B round of funding. That brings its total funding to $33.3M. The company is known for its health and beauty products for people of color, including the…
Another startup out of Europe focused on finance has raised a hefty round of funding. Kreditech, a German company building a suite of credit and banking products for consumers who have little or no credit history, has raised €82.5 million ($92 million) to continue adding more products and geographies to its platform. Confirming what we reported when we first broke news of the round in…