Last week, TechCrunch broke the news that the workforce management software outfit Rippling was on the cusp of closing a new, $200 million round of funding at a hefty $13.4 billion valuation led by Coatue. We also reported that the round featured a separate, $670 million secondary component meant to give some of the company’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Jimmy Kimmel has a new nickname for Donald Trump after the politician posted a "venomous" social media post about him on Wednesday.The talk show host dubbed Trump "Ranta Claus" during last night's installment of Jimmy Kimmel Live, explaining that he'd "once again ruffled [the] feathers of our Kentucky-fried former president.""When I got out of bed at 9 a.m., I had 100 text messages," the 56-year-old said, with Trump allegedly still "smarting" over Kimmel's Oscars joke.Trump mocked Kimmel's...
Raul Lara is the new head coach at Mater Dei.
Mater Dei has named former Long Beach Poly coach Raul Lara as its new football coach effective immediately. Lara had been head coach at St. Anthony, where he briefly worked with Mater Dei President Michael Brennan. He won five Division 1 titles when he was head coach at Poly for 13 years. By working out a deal with Lara, Brennan will be completing a clean break from the days of Bruce Rollinson, who took over the program in 1989 and ran it until his retirement in the fall of 2022 following...
Critics are claiming there’s a new round in the “War on Coal” after a White House agency released a new plan Thursday.
WNYC / Gothamist Albany reporter Jon Campbell talks about what's in and what's out of the just-approved New York State budget, including housing incentives, zoning changes, limited tenant protections, mayoral control of the schools, and more.
Students at the University of Texas at Austin protested Thursday after the school laid off more than 60 staff members to comply with Texas’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) ban that went into effect earlier this year. About 200 students at the university disrupted a virtual faculty council meeting conducted by the university's president Monday
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany found that nearly 90 percent of participants felt sexual stimulation from tickling. For 25 percent, it was enough to cause orgasm.
Oral arguments over former president’s claim of immunity seem to have left Trump happier than the justice department“Well,” said one reporter to another as they left the supreme court chamber, sometime after noon on Thursday. “Looks like we’re getting a king.”Notwithstanding a certain mordant hyperbole on a momentous day in American history, the sentiment seemed within bounds. Continue reading
Two Strangers tells the story of an optimistic Brit who meets a tired New Yorker ahead of a wedding.
If Marines are expected to counter Chinese military operations in the Indo-Pacific region, they are going to need a way to shuttle troops from island to island across a vast maritime expanse while bottling up China’s own navy.
If you're considering a new Pixel phone, you might want to wait a few months. The Google Pixel 8a is set for release, or at least a reveal, at the company's I/O 2024 conference in May. Thanks to a new leak, we know the phone's likely specs, which might just give you pause about the more expensive Pixel 8.The leak comes courtesy of Android Authority, which cited "a source inside Google."Also: Google Pixel 7a review: Meet the new best sub-$500 Android phoneFirst up is the display, which appears...