2 hours ago Thanksgiving 2024: $33.6B spent online, 72% of that on mobile, says Salesforce

Thanksgiving weekend has long been seen as the traditional start of the most important sales period for retailers, and so far, the indication is that we’re in for a strong holiday season for e-commerce. Salesforce is tracking activity in real time and said that yesterday, Thanksgiving, generated $33.6 billion in sales online globally, up 6%. […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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8 hours ago Florida fishing captain pulls off surprise boat trip for teen after single mom's Facebook plea

A fishing boat captain in Tampa, Florida, helped a single mother arrange a fishing excursion for her son's 13th birthday at no cost after seeing her Facebook post.

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19 hours ago Early Thanksgiving online sales numbers are up 7% YoY to $15.6B, on par with pre

Thanksgiving weekend has long been seen as the traditional start to the most important sales period for retailers, and so far, the indication is that we’re in for a strong holiday season for e-commerce. Salesforce is tracking activity in real time and has just put out its first figures for the day. It says that […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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20 hours ago Strengthening Alaska’s Public Safety: Recent Growth in the VPSO Program

Strengthening Alaska’s Public Safety: Recent Growth in the VPSO Program  The Delta Discovery

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22 hours ago Car tied to wealthy NY couple missing for 44 years pulled from murky pond

A car and human remains likely belonging to a couple who vanished 44 years ago was pulled from a pond in Georgia last week near a hotel they were staying in.

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23 hours ago SF burglary victim’s medical device returned after GPS tracker leads to suspect

SF burglary victim’s medical device returned after GPS tracker leads to suspect  KRON4

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25 hours ago AI agent startup /dev/agents has raised a massive $56M seed round at a $500M valuation

/dev/agents, a new company by the developers of Android, believes a new operating system is needed to fully realize the potential of AI agents. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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25 hours ago Why AI agent startup /dev/agents commanded a massive $56M seed round at a $500M valuation

/dev/agents, a new company by the developers of Android, believes a new operating system is needed to fully realize the potential of AI agents. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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30 hours ago From pond scum to premium skincare? Deep Blue Biotech is all in on blue

Decarbonizing our economies in the race to fight climate change demands a wholesale overhauling of all sorts of production processes to make them as sustainable as possible. Greening chemicals, which are used as ingredients in all sorts of products, is where U.K. startup Deep Blue Biotech is putting its energies. The biotech startup founded in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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