Gelato, a Norwegian software tech startup today announced it has secured $240 million in new funding from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and SoftBank Group Corp. in a deal that values the 14-year old startup at just over $1 billion, making it a […]
Last year, a federal jury ruled that Apple owed $506 million for infringing Plano, Texas-based Optis, PanOptis Patent Management, and Unwired Planet’s LTE patents with technology found in its iPhone and other LTE-capable products. A year later, a federal jury on Friday […]
As a leading cause of disability, strokes affect 800,000 people annually in the US alone. Following a stroke, the brain attempts to repair damaged neural pathways and develop new ones to restore function, often with limited success. This results in […]
Just four days after President Biden said the Afghan national army is more than capable and trained to fight and defend themselves, the Taliban entered the presidential palace in Kabul after President Ashraf Ghani left the country. President Ghani fled Afghanistan for […]
In 2011, the Obama administration backed the world’s biggest solar energy project failure ever recorded–The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project. The $1 billion boondoggle solar plant became obsolete before it ever went online because it couldn’t keep pace with new technological advances. The project […]
Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that started as a joke eight years ago, has now become the world’s most valuable joke coin. Dogecoin was founded by Jackson Palmer in December 2013 based on the popular “Doge” meme to poke fun at Bitcoin knockoffs also […]
In April, IB Times wrote a piece titled, “Israel Is The Most Vaccinated Country, But The B.1.617 Is Threatening It Now.” At the time, Israel was one of the few countries that reported 41 new cases of the B.1.617, also known […]
On July 7, 2020, The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Christopher Wray said that “of the nearly 5,000 active FBI counterintelligence cases currently underway across the country, almost half are related to China.” In a speech delivered at the Hudson […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare can be defined as the smart utilization of complex software to contend with human insights in inquiry, elucidation, and understanding of intricate healthcare and medical data. AI is an intuitive system that relays an array […]
A little over two months ago, we covered the story of Patrick Shyu, the self-proclaimed Ex-Google Tech Lead and Ex-Facebook Software Engineer, who, as a multi-millionaire, cautioned against investing in cryptocurrencies. This piece coincided with the time when the Tether […]
Another day, another report of a crypto hack. It seems no day goes by without headlines of cyberattacks or data breaches. According to a report from Security Magazine, $1.9B in cryptocurrencies were stolen by hackers in 2020, down from $4.5 billion in […]
The impacts of climate change are global in scope, unprecedented in scale, and can no longer be denied. We can see the impacts of climate change all around. Some of the major impacts include increased heat, drought, insect outbreaks, increased […]
This afternoon, The Atlantic wrote a fair piece titled, “The Vaccine Scientist Spreading Vaccine Misinformation.” The article started out with the author, Tom Bartlett, asking: “Robert Malone claims to have invented mRNA technology. Why is he trying so hard to […]
In 2021, the total world population is estimated to be around 7.88 billion people. With billions of people to feed, the demand for food is also rising. With millions of people, there are also challenges of land and water to contend with. The world […]
Exactly one year after raising a $25 million series B, Silicon Valley 3D printing tech startup Arevo has closed an additional $25 million in funding to transform 3D printing into a tool for mass manufacturing. The round was led by Khosla Ventures […]
In February 2019, Reddit was valued at $3 billion following a funding round. Then exactly a year later, Reddit raised $250 million in new funding, doubling its valuation again to $6 billion. The doubling didn’t end there. Today, Reddit is now valued at $10 […]
In what is being described as one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists of all time, a group of hackers stole more than $600 million worth of crypto in a cyberattack that targeted a decentralized finance platform called Poly Network. Then yesterday, […]
Just a few days ago, we reported that U.S. grocery delivery tech startup Gopuff raised a massive $1 billion in funding, pushing its valuation to $15 billion. The round was backed by high-profile investors including Japanese giant SoftBank and others. Now […]
1stdibs is a luxury internet startup that offers a marketplace for rare and desirable objects in furniture, fashion, fine art, and jewelry. 1stdibs’ platform connects design lovers with highly coveted sellers and makers of vintage, antique and contemporary furniture, home décor, art, […]
Hackers are having a field today. As we reported earlier today, a group of hackers reportedly returned $260 million of the $600 million stolen back to crypto platform Poly Network in one of the largest cyber breaches. Now, hackers have […]
