Charles Schwab backs Singapore’s Qapita, a Carta challenger

Qapita, a Singapore-based equity management platform, has raised $26.5 million in a Series B round led by Charles Schwab. As part of the deal, Charles Schwab has introduced a new platform called Schwab Private Issuer Equity Services — powered by Qapita — which let’s U.S. startups manage their cap tables, administer stock plans, and prepare […]

My Most Trusted Jumpstarter Is Nearly Half Off Today

Compact, portable Jumpstarters are among the most civilized automotive inventions of the past decade or so—spurred by the rise of the lithium-ion battery over a previous generation of lead-acid devices. Suddenly, leaving your headlights on no longer means waiting two hours for a tow truck driver or begging strangers to hook up cables. Just pull […]

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Don’t believe Big Tech’s green IT hype

When I first started in IT asset disposition more than two decades ago, sustainability barely registered in boardroom discussions. Regulations such as the WEEE Directive in 2005 were among the first to bring environmental responsibility into the IT industry. Fast forward to today and the picture could not be more different. Almost every supplier […]

Scientists invent ‘Pulse-Fi’ prototype — a Wi-Fi heart rate monitor that’s cheaper to set up than the best wearable devices

Engineers have used artificial intelligence (AI) and cheap, off-the-shelf hardware to convert the amplitude of Wi-Fi signals into estimates of a person’s heart rate. The accuracy of this system, called Pulse-Fi, is remarkably consistent across body positions and distances, the researchers wrote in a study published Aug. 5 in the proceedings of the 2025 IEEE […]

V717 Andromedae is an active low mass ratio contact binary, observations reveal

Observed and modeled light curves for V 717 Andromedae. The blue curve shows B-band, green, V -band, and red, R-band; the purple curve shows the Check Star. Black lines represent the white dwarf modeled light curves for each band. The curves have been shifted vertically for clarity. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.23278 Astronomers from Australia […]

Claire’s Life Paris: A Mahogani Collections LBD Moment at the Eiffel Tower

For my last day in Paris during Paris Fashion Week, I grabbed a pick with the Eiffel Tower wearing a dress by black female owned brand, Mahogani Collections. The textured black floral dress felt sculptural yet romantic, the perfect balance of strength and femininity as I posed against one of the most iconic backdrops in […]

Trump considers $10 billion bailout for farmers as tariffs disrupt the market

Geoff Bennett: So, while you’re tracking all of this, you’re also tracking the Trump administration looking at ways to mitigate the impact of the tariffs on farmers, many of these farmers who voted for President Trump. What more do we know about that? Liz Landers: Well, the tariffs and the trade war in particular with […]

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