Eight Sleep, a New York-based developer of smart sleep products, has raised $100m in Series D funding.
Why it matters: This comes just weeks after RFK Jr. said that the Department of Health and Human Services will launch a giant advertising campaign aimed at encouraging the use of wearables.
CLEAR and the TSA are piloting biometric "eGates" at three major U.S. airports ahead of a nationwide rollout, the identity verification company told Axios exclusively.
Hurricane Erin's threats prompted mandatory evacuations in the North Carolina Outer Banks on Monday, as forecasters warned the major storm could impact the U.S. East Coast.
The big picture: The storm that flooded Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands over the weekend isn't expected to make landfall in the U.S., but the National Hurricane Center warns it's expected to bring "life-threatening surf and rip currents" to much of the East Coast, Atlantic Canada, the Bahamas and Bermuda during the next several days.
Editor's note: Read the latest on Hurricane Erin here.
Major Hurricane Erin's outer bands were lashing Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands with heavy rains, as officials in the North Carolina Outer Banks declared a state of emergency Sunday.
The big picture: The U.S. was expected to avoid a direct hit, but Dare County made the emergency declaration and issued a mandatory evacuation order for Hatteras Island for Monday onwards due to the storm's expected "life-threatening impacts."
