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While Ashneer Grover announced this week that he would gift Mercedes cars to employees who stay on for five years at his new startup, Third Unicorn, the mood among the rest of the startup ecosystem is one of caution and fiscal prudence.With funding having slowed down and layoffs across multiple companies, startups such as Wingify, Eduvanz, CashKaro, Hero Vired, Wakefit, and Zepto are looking at wooing talent with opportunities for career growth and long-term wealth creation through employee stock options (ESOPs),…

Romeo and Juliet is seeing a lawsuit some 55 years following its initial release for claims of sexual exploitation of minors, but the son of director Franco Zeffirelli has disputed the claims as “embarrassing.” Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who starred as the star-crossed lovers in the 1968 Shakespeare adaptation, are suing Paramount for $500 million for “sexual exploitation and distributing nude images of adolescents” during the temporary suspension of statute of limitations for child sexual abuse in California..…

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken said on Wednesday it would cut its global workforce by 30%. Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken said on Wednesday it would cut its global workforce by 30%, or about 1,100 employees, citing tough market conditions that have crippled demand for digital assets this year. Higher interest rates and worries of an economic downturn have roiled cryptocurrencies as investors fled risky assets, with recent bankruptcies adding to the uncertainty. "Since the start of this year, macroeconomic and…

Microsoft Corp projected second-quarter revenue below Wall Street targets across its business units, stoking fear that macroeconomic headwinds are impacting the cloud business in addition to the PC unit. Revenue growth in the first quarter was Microsoft's lowest in five years, and shares of the software giant fell 7% in extended trading. Microsoft's cloud business, called Azure, has supercharged revenue growth at the software giant for years. But in its first fiscal quarter of 2023, that growth dropped to 35% and the…

Update 10/25/2022 4:30 pm PTA fourth case has allegedly surfaced on a YouTube video (opens in new tab) from the Bang4BuckPC Gamer channel. The user (Hakam Salman) allegedly purchased a prebuilt gaming PC from CyberPowerPC with a GeForce RTX 4090. The power connector for the graphics card seemingly melted, and the user returned the PC to CyberPowerPC. We've reached out to the system builder for comment.Original ArticleThe GeForce RTX 4090 is hands down the best graphics card that money can buy for the time being.…

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A spate of fresh data this week showed consumers are feeling the sting from high inflation. While that likely means more pain for retail stocks, new Wall Street research suggests club holding Amazon (AMZN) is consumers' most preferred online shopping platform, buttressing the Club's long-term belief in the e-commerce giant. Consumer spending was flat month-over-month in September, according to an estimate of retail sales for the month provided by the Commerce Department on Friday. But those figures were not adjusted for…

The fearsome megalodon (Otodus megalodon) was a giant shark that once ruled the world's oceans, millions of years ago. Fearsome reputation aside, the famous predator left very little trace of its existence.New research on an exceptionally well-preserved fossil has now given us the first 3D model of the extinct fish, one that tells us it could cruise at speeds faster than any shark in the ocean today.Moreover, it was so large, scientists have found, that it could devour in just five bites whole prey the size of today's…

By combining cutting-edge digital modeling with analysis of a rare, one-of-a-kind fossil, scientists have pieced together the first 3D reconstruction of the Megadolon, the largest shark to ever live. From this new 3D model the scientists were able to gain fascinating new insights into the behaviors of this terrifying prehistoric predator, including a diet that included blubber-rich whales measuring up to eight meters (26-ft) long.Thankfully for surfers and ocean swimmers, the Megalodon shark went extinct around three…

New research shows that large dinosaur predators evolved different shapes of eye sockets to better deal with high bite forces.According to new research, large dinosaur predators, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, evolved different shapes of eye sockets to better deal with high bite forces.While in many animals, including most dinosaurs, the eye socket is just a circular hole in the skull housing the eyeball, this is very different in large carnivores.A new study reveals how the unusual elliptical, or oval eye sockets found in…