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Thrashwork founders Jackson Gabbard, Dave Miller, and Josh Watzman.Provided by: Slash Work2 years later meta A group of former engineers at the company that announced the closure of its Workplace enterprise business are launching a new corporate communications platform.The startup, called Slashwork, announced Wednesday that it has raised $3.5 million in funding from a variety of investors, including Slack co-founder Cal Henderson and former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg’s venture capital firm Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners.The London startup was co-founded by Jackson Gabbard, David Miller, and Josh Watzman. Former Facebook engineers created Slashwork, sales force slack and microsoft team, but powered…
Uber reported better-than-expected earnings in its fourth-quarter earnings report Wednesday. Shares fell after the initial report, but rose 3% on a conference call with analysts in which the company touted its progress in self-driving cars. The company’s results and LSEG consensus estimates for the period ended December are as follows:Earnings per share: Adjusted 71 cents Revenue: $14.37 billion versus estimated $14.32 billionUber said in its earnings call that revenue was up from $12 billion in the same period last year. Revenue from its ride-hailing platform, Mobility, rose 19% year over year to $8.2 billion, while delivery revenue rose 30% to…
Former player and broadcaster John Virgo has died at the age of 79, World Snooker has announced.Virgo’s most notable victory was defeating Terry Griffiths in the 1979 British Championship final.Other major career victories include the 1980 Bombay International, the 1980 Pontins Professional and the 1984 Professional Snooker League. image: John Virgo was well known for both his playing career and his role as a broadcaster. Virgo enjoyed a long and storied playing career that included winning the British Championship, but is perhaps best known for his work as a broadcaster.He was a well-established commentator on the BBC’s snooker show and…
Customers walk into a Taco Bell restaurant on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 in El Cerrito, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesyum brand On Wednesday, Taco Bell reported mixed quarterly results despite strong demand.Here’s how the company reported for the year ended Dec. 31 compared to Wall Street expectations, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG.Earnings per share: $1.73 adjusted vs. $1.77 expected Revenue: $2.51 billion vs. $2.45 billion expectedYum reported fourth-quarter net income of $535 million, or $1.91 per share, up from $423 million, or $1.49 per share, in the same period last year.Excluding tax benefits…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to reporters alongside Sen. Ron Wyden at the Capitol on February 3, 2025.Kayla Bartkowski | Getty ImagesSens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, and Richard Blumenthal called on federal agencies to scrutinize AI transactions. Nvidia, meta and google In a letter shared with CNBC, the company addressed possible antitrust violations. Three Democratic senators sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department on Wednesday asking the agencies to review recent deals in which tech companies paid to poach certain employees from startups without acquiring them outright. Senators characterized the deal as a “reverse takeover.”These transactions “act…
Sen. Thom Tillis on Wednesday recommitted himself to blocking Kevin Warsh’s nomination to the Federal Reserve Board until the Justice Department concludes its investigation into Chairman Jerome Powell. “We’re prepared to continue this for the rest of this Congress if that’s what it takes to get to the truth or get back to a meaningful process that preserves the independence of the Fed,” Tillis, R.N.C., said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “If we support this issue and support him, I would be one of the first to introduce Mr. Warsh, but not until this issue is resolved,” Tillis…
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka — The past is never far away when you visit the ancient city of Anuradhapura on a full moon day. A Buddhist pilgrim in white clothes walks barefoot on a dusty road. Monks in saffron robes chant at dawn. Foreign tourists from Taiwan to Canada also join local worshipers in rituals that have been performed here almost uninterrupted for more than 2,000 years. Anuradhapura, located in the north-central plains of Sri Lanka, was the island’s first major capital. It is still one of the holiest cities in the Buddhist world and is known as the first place…
Arne Slott believes his style of play and entertaining fans are “worth more” than winning trophies at Liverpool in the long run.Slott got off to a great start at Anfield by winning the Premier League title in his first year in charge, but he has not been able to repeat the same success this term and Liverpool currently sit sixth in the table, 14 points behind leaders Arsenal. The Reds spent £450m to strengthen their title-winning side in the summer, but a disappointing campaign so far means their chances of winning silver this term now lie with the FA Cup…
Advertising and targeting are becoming increasingly personalized, but the final destination of traffic, the website, remains largely static. Fibr AI aims to fill that gap by using AI agents to turn common web pages into one-to-one experiences tailored to each visitor, a theory that has led Accel to step up its efforts. Accel led Fibr AI’s $5.7 million seed round following a $1.8 million pre-seed investment in 2024. The new funding also includes participation from WillowTree Ventures and MVP Ventures, with Fortune 100 operators also participating as angel investors and advisors, bringing the startup’s total funding to $7.5 million. For…
On January 9, 2026, a “Help Needed” sign is posted in the window of a Manhattan business in New York City. Spencer Pratt | Getty ImagesThe U.S. labor market moved little in January, with payrolls falling below expectations, according to a Wednesday report from payroll processing firm ADP.Private companies added just 22,000 jobs that month, a figure that would have been negative were it not for a 74,000-job surge in the education and health services sectors. The total was lower than the $37,000 increase that had been revised downward in December, and also below the Dow Jones consensus estimate of…