Slaughter and May: 5% stake in Luminance
Slaughter and May: 5% stake in Luminance Added on the 30th Mar 2017 at 7:00 am Slaughter and May has a 5% equity stake in machine learning-backed due diligence tool…
InfoTrack client completes first electronic contract pack
InfoTrack client completes first electronic contract pack Added on the 30th Mar 2017 at 1:01 pm InfoTrack has facilitated the completion of what it says is the first-ever entirely electronic…
Freshfields launches Global Associate Innovation Group
Freshfields launches Global Associate Innovation Group Added on the 30th Mar 2017 at 2:46 pm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has created a 14-strong Global Associate Innovation Group (AIG) to help generate,…
The global race for the world’s strongest coffee has produced a monster that’s now for sale in the US
Black Insomnia, a coffee with roughly three to five times the caffeine of a normal brew, went on sale this week in the US. A single cup of the stuff…
A US travel group just unveiled an incredibly xenophobic-sounding new slogan
The stated mission of the US Travel Association is “to increase travel to and within the United States.” So it was strange when the industry group that represents the interests…
Donnie Darko, a perfect reminder of the weirdness of Reagan’s America, returns
When Richard Kelly graduated from USC in 1997, he was on a mission. Like so many wide-eyed film school grads, he had a passion project driving him. He’d made two…
Millennials are sick of the high cost of living in the Bay Area and say they’re ready to leave
Millennials have had enough of the high cost of living around San Francisco. A recent poll (pdf) by the Bay Area Council found 46% of 18- to 39-year-olds are ready…
Ivanka Trump is more qualified than her husband to work in the White House—but got a lesser title
After serving as an informal advisor to her father, US president Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump will assume an official role at the White House as “assistant to the president.” The…
The US government is ignoring its own scientists’ warning that a Dow pesticide causes brain damage in children
Chlorpyrifos is one of the most widely used pesticides on American farms, sprayed on everything from strawberries to soybeans. It’s cheap, and it works well; chlorpyrifos is derived from the…
The simple trick that exposed the FBI director’s secret Instagram account and could expose yours
Gizmodo’s Ashley Feinberg has found the private Instagram and Twitter accounts belonging to James Comey, director of the FBI. At least, she thinks she has (the FBI hasn’t responded to…