Rina Torchinsky

Nov 19, 2024 | thepremierdaily.com | Rina Torchinsky

A team of engineers at Stanford University have developed a solar cell that can generate some electricity at night. The research comes at a moment when the number of solar jobs and residential installations are rising. While standard solar panels can provide electricity during the day, this device can serve as a “continuous renewable power source for both day- and nighttime,” according to the study published this week in the journal Applied Physics Letters.

Mar 15, 2024 | forbes.com | Rina Torchinsky

Over seven years, the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, the Chevrolet Bolt and the Ford F-150 Lightning cost less to own than the most popular gas car in their category.

Feb 12, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Rina Torchinsky

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Feb 12, 2024 | forbes.com | Rina Torchinsky

Even amid layoffs and a funding drought, financial technology startups continued to worm themselves into the money routines of millions. Six personal finance fintechs, including two first-timers, made the Forbes Fintech 50 list for 2024. The newcomers reflect two realities about ordinary Americans: they tend to have multiple reward credit cards in their wallets, but not necessarily a lot of spare cash.

Feb 12, 2024 | forbes.com | Rina Torchinsky

Compared with other fintech segments, business to business banking had a pretty good 2023–thanks in part to the failure of a conventional bank. When $209-billion-in-assets Silicon Valley Bank’s collapsed in March 2023, some fintechs saw a deluge of new business. For example, Mercury, founded in 2017, attracted more than $2 billion in deposits in the days after SVB’s VB implosion and had retained more than 90% of those customers six months later.