Big tech companies love to collect data on their users. Your personal data is a hot commodity for brands and companies that want to target a specific customer segment and optimize their services. For instance, the email address of a […]
On September 9, the Biden administration announced the sweeping COVID-19 vaccine requirements that affect about 100 million Americans. The new measures include a vaccine mandate for all federal workers and contractors and a requirement that large companies with more than […]
TradeStation, a fintech startup best known for its technical analysis software and electronic trading platform, announced Thursday it would go public through a merger with a blank-check firm Quantum FinTech Acquisition Corporation in a deal that values the combined company at about […]
The global housing crisis is everywhere. Today, countries all over the world are facing a massive shortage of homes for their expanding populations. Pakistan is not an exception. With a population of 220 million people and more than 60% of them under […]
The driverless revolution is here and many are wondering what the future would look like. Now, we don’t need to look so far. Today, Swedish electric and autonomous freight tech startup Einride has entered the U.S. market with its fleet of electric self-driving trucks […]
Insurance companies in the United States lose billions to fraud claims every year. According to the FBI, over $40 billion a year is lost through fraud across all non-health insurance. Fraudulent claims total at least $80 billion per year in the […]
HoneyBook, a business software tech startup and a provider of customer relationship management platform aimed at freelancers and small businesses in creative fields, announced today it has raised $250 million in funding led by investment giant Tiger Global Management. The […]
Back in May, we wrote about Zhang Yiming, founder of TikTok parent company ByteDance, after he announced his resignation as CEO because he lacked the social skills to be an ideal manager. “I’m not very social,” Zhang said in a statement. […]
In 2021, the world population is estimated to be 7.87 billion people. By 2050, the number is expected to rise to 9 billion people, 70 percent of these will live in cities. The rapid urbanization boom will be a challenge to […]
When Tesla CEO Elon Musk went to bed on Sunday night of October 25, his net worth stood at $254 billion. When the market closed at 4:00 PM EST Monday, Musk’s net worth was $290 billion. That’s right, a $36 billion […]
Last August, the UK government brought in thousands of refugees into the country as part of its response to the crisis in Afghanistan. The British government also added that 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan will be arriving in the UK over the next […]
UC Berkeley SkyDeck, the startup accelerator of the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), today announced it has selected 20 tech startup companies from across the globe for its Batch 13 startup cohort, with each receiving $105,000 funding along […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known for stirring the pot and setting the internet ablaze with his cryptic tweets. Now the world’s richest person has decided to do it in another language. Yesterday evening, Musk posted a tweet with the […]
Nuro, a developer of autonomous driving technology backed by two former Google engineers, has raised an additional $600 million in Series D funding round to speed up efforts to commercialize its robotic delivery services. The announcement comes two years after […]
For decades, organizations rely on traditional application security testing (AST) to find and eliminate vulnerabilities in their software. However, as these organizations move to the cloud, they quickly realized that their legacy AST approach is not only unscalable but also […]
What started over four decades ago as an adventure game between two undergraduate students has now turned into a multi-billion dollar industry. In 1978, ARPANET, the network that became the basis for the Internet, was linked to the University of Essex, Colchester, […]
In late August, China banned kids from playing online games for more than 3 hours per week to safeguard their physical and mental health. The new policy, which went into effect September 1, applies to companies providing online game services to minors, […]
On “Doge Day” April 20, SEC Commissioner warned Dogecoin traders: “Don’t come complaining to the government if you lose money.” Since then, the meme coin has gone through a roller-coaster ride. Besides, a few other meme coins have been launched. […]
Just about a month after she unmasked herself as the source behind damaging leaks about the social media giant, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is back in the news. In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook’s […]
Payment processing has come a long way in recent years. The growing popularity of online shopping and the use of quick pay options in brick and mortar stores has forced companies to rethink old practices and spurred innovation. In September […]
