With millions of people now working from home due to the pandemic, online delivery companies are now experiencing unprecedented demands for their services. According to Upserve, 60% of U.S. consumers order delivery or takeout once a week. 31% say they use […]
Zopa, a UK-based digital banking startup that started as a peer-to-peer lender, has raised $300 million (£220 million) in a funding round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2, a venture arm of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group. The latest funding is the latest […]
In another sign that the United States is an empire in decline, China is now close to being able to launch a nuclear warhead against any other nation without warning and there’d be no defense against it. China stunned US intelligence and military […]
With all the difficulties and challenges of the covid-19, the pandemic has one silver lining–it has brought us closer to our pets. Over the past 18 months, there has been soaring pet ownership which increases demand for pet-care solutions globally. […]
Aristocrat Leisure, an Australian company that offers a range of products and support services to the gaming industry, is making billion-dollars bet to cash in from the American online gambling gold rush Today, Aristocrat Leisure announced that it would buy Playtech for 2.1 […]
As you may recall, we wrote about GitLab back in September after the popular open-source code collaboration platform filed to go public after hitting a $6 billion valuation. The announcement came nearly a year after GitLab’s secondary share sale that valued the company […]
Just when you thought the story of Bill Gates’ divorce would go away, the Wall Street Journal this morning reignited the story saying that “Microsoft executives in 2008 discovered flirtatious emails between Bill Gates and a female employee that they […]
We last wrote about N26 back in January when the Peter Thiel-backed mobile bank N26 hit a new milestone after it surpassed 7 million customers in the EU and the US. In recent years, the German banking startup has been luring deposits from […]
Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based EV battery startup that develops advanced battery storage solutions to expand access to sustainable power, has emerged from stealth mode with $25 million in Series A funding from high-profile investors ranging from German automaker BMW to […]
It’s safe to say that cloud computing has completely revolutionized the way businesses operate, especially when it comes to start-ups. These days it’s rare to come across a new company that isn’t cloud-native since most have made the wise decision […]
The S&P 500 Index has gained 17.5% year to date. But the world’s largest company, Apple is trailing the stock market as its shares are up by just 6.7% in 2021. The broader markets have remained volatile in the last […]
This week, Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin and William Shatner made history after the 90-year-old Canadian actor became the world’s oldest astronaut to go to space. Shatner and three others went to the edge of space in a tourist spacecraft built called NS-18, […]
Bitcoin sucking all the oxygen out of the 24-hour news cycle. It all started this morning after a report from Bloomberg said that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to allow the first U.S. bitcoin futures ETF to […]
We all dream about discovering the “next Facebook” or “next Google.” Imagine you invested $10,000 in Amazon when it first went public in 1997. How much is your investment going to be worth today? Over $13,620,000! That’s right, millions of dollars […]
Jacobi Asset Management announced today that it has received approval to launch the world’s first tier-one Bitcoin ETF. The Jacobi Bitcoin ETF is a centrally cleared crypto-backed financial instrument, authorized by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) and with custody […]
Nasdaq’s vice president of listing qualifications, Eun Ah Choi, said shares of Valkyrie’s Bitcoin ETF had been certified for listing on the exchange. The certification for Nasdaq listing is a hint that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may soon […]
According to data from the World Bank, globally, about 1.7 billion (31 percent) adults remain unbanked—without an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money provider in 2017. In 2014 that number was 2 billion. Unfortunately, the situation is far […]
On June 22, bitcoin crashed below $30,000, a level we haven’t seen since January 2021. The crash led to nearly $800 million worth of liquidated positions across the major exchanges as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency was trading at $29,482.10. Fast forward […]
A former U.S. Navy nuclear engineer and his wife, a former science teacher, have been charged for allegedly trying to sell nuclear secrets to a foreign government. The couple was later arrested on espionage-related charges. If convicted, the couple could face a maximum sentence […]
Wildfires present a unique threat to the US critical infrastructures and power utility companies. To ensure that electric utility-led wildfire ignitions are prevented, using accurate, accessible and cost-effective technologies like Satellite Analytics and AI is vital to transform existing wildfire mitigation […]
