As parents, our number one job is to protect our kids from predators on social media. When joining any social media platform, you are required to enter your birthday. Kids younger than 13 can’t join because they don’t meet the […]
In late 2019, French President Macron announced a €5 billion investment to boost homegrown tech startups in France. Unlike most funding that comes directly from the government, the €5 billion did not come from the French government but from institutional investors including […]
Charge Amps, a Swedish green tech startup and maker of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, announced today it raised $15 million (€12.8 million) to further expand and establish Charge Amps’ European presence in key markets for 2021 including the Nordics, the […]
According to renowned U.S. intellectual Noam Chomsky, America is an empire in decline. Chomsky said America’s decline started shortly after the end of World War II, with the “loss of China” followed by the Indochina Wars. By 1970, the United States’ share of world […]
In the early 1980s, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) came up with the idea of no-tail-rotor (NOTAR) technologies, which resulted in significantly quieter helicopters that could operate with a lower chance of detection. DARPA’s innovation led to a NOTAR series […]
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ (ERCOT) decision to impose rolling blackouts on millions of customers led to crisis conditions for many residents amid one of the worst winter storms in recent memory. It has also triggered a debate over […]
Just last week, we wrote about Citadel Defense after the AI-powered drone startup launched a mobile app for U.S. military and federal agencies to neutralize drone threats. The startup has been on a winning streak since the beginning of this […]
We covered Yotpo in the summer of last year after the Israeli-founded eCommerce marketing platform raised $75M in Series E funding to fuel marketing innovation and expand operations. The New York City-based startup narrowly missed our annual list of top 500 unicorn startups with […]
Whether you like it or not, Google is tracking your every movement online. And it’s worse than we originally thought. Last month, we wrote about Big Tech Detective, a new browser extension that shows how Big Tech are invading your privacy […]
We covered SalesLoft back in January when Atlanta-based sales engagement startup raised $100 million to grow its sales engagement platform, pushing its valuation to $1.1 billion and a new member of the highly coveted unicorn club. The startup has seen increasing demand […]
DeepCoding AI-led autonomous optimization platforms is a magic bullet for enterprise CIOs to counter explosion in demand amidst IT budget cuts New research shows an Economic benefit of 10X in cost of ownership savings and 100X in soft dollar productivity […]
As the prices of drones go down, companies and governments around the world are exploring how they can use drones to solve day-to-day problems. In Europe, for example, several startups like Quaternium, Drone Tools, and Manna Aero, and in the US and […]
As the battle against climate change rages on, people are now turning to alternative foods to save the planet. According to a recent study conducted by Ipsos Retail Performance, there has been a 300% increase in veganism in the United […]
Reminding social media users about accuracy could reduce the sharing of misinformation online, a new study finds. The study, published in Nature, finds that most social media users spread fake news not because they are less concerned with truth and accuracy, […]
Deako, a Seattle, WA-based tech startup that invented the plug-n-play light switch which is rapidly becoming an industry-standard in new home construction, announced the close of its Series-B financing round, raising an additional $12.5MM in growth capital funding. To date, the company has […]
Socure, a New York-based cybersecurity startup that provides a predictive analytics platform for digital identity verification of consumers, announced it has raised a $100 million Series D round of funding to accelerate product innovation and attract top talent. The round, which follows a […]
Late last year, Pfizer chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said he’s not certain if the COVID-19 vaccine will prevent transmission of coronavirus. In an interview with Dateline host Lester Holt, Bourla said it’s not clear if the company’s coronavirus vaccine will be able […]
Capdesk, a London, England-based equity management fintech startup has raised £5 million in Series A extension, led by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures and MiddleGame Ventures, the early-stage fintech venture firm. Capdesk enables privately-owned companies to manage their equity digitally via a […]
It’s been a while since we heard from Vulcan Cyber, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based cybersecurity startup that helps enterprises quickly detect and fix vulnerabilities in their software stack and code. Since our last story, Vulcan has grown exponentially. In 2020 […]
In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist and a graduate of Oxford University invented the World Wide Web (WWW) while working at CERN. Originally designed as a free information-sharing tool for physicists of CERN, the internet has gone from the world wide […]
