Chinese discount e-commerce behemoth Pinduoduo just launched a new U.S. shopping site as part of its push to make inroads into the overseas market and challenge Amazon. The new online site, called Temu, is a cross-border e-commerce website that sells everything […]
Every month, WhatsApp publishes its India Monthly Report in compliance with the country’s stricter IT law passed in 2021. Many of the banned accounts were used to send spam, harmful, and unwanted messages to other users on the platform. In […]
In July, we covered DappRadar’s blockchain industry report where we discussed the winners and losers of the crypto bear market. Now, DappRadar’s out with their August blockchain industry report, and things are as hectic as ever. In recent months, it has seemed like […]
OneSignal, a YCombinator-backed tech startup designed to help businesses send notifications across every channel, today announced it has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round to grow its customer messaging and engagement platform and expand its global footprint in Europe, Asia, […]
Jumia, the African e-commerce company, has joined forces with drone-delivery startup Zipline to launch an on-demand drone delivery in remote areas of Ghana, the companies announced Thursday. They launched the pilot program and testing a few months ago in Ghana and […]
At $43 trillion, the real estate market is the largest asset class in the United States, and it’s expected to grow over the next two decades. Despite the market size, the space is dominated by institutional investors and other big players. […]
In June 2021, Twitter launched Twitter Blue, a subscription service priced to let you “undo tweets.” It was the company’s first subscription service designed for power users willing to pay a monthly fee for exclusive features. Priced at $2.99 per month, the new […]
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is currently under investigation by The US Justice Department (DOJ) for a crypto money laundering probe, according to a report from Reuters, citing a late-2020 written request which has not been previously reported. The U.S. federal prosecutors asked […]
The decentralized finance (DeFi) industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds. In a span of four years, the space has grown into one of the leading ecosystems in the digital currency space as millions of users engage in lending and borrowing without […]
The mental health pandemic is a serious issue affecting millions of Americans. Sadly, the pandemic is not limited to the United States. According to the latest UN data, nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder. Fewer […]
In June 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order directing the state to require all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. Then on August 24, the state of California banned the sale of new gasoline-powered […]
While everyone is busy talking about the crypto bear market, Bybit, the world’s third largest crypto derivatives exchange by volume, continues to position itself for the long term by expanding its crypto trading platform and building new alliances. Just two months ago, Bybit […]
Wreno, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based proptech startup that aims to connect tradespeople and trade partners with institutional real estate companies, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Lerer Hippeau with participation from Fifth Wall, Owl Ventures, and NFX, among others. The […]
In May, Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) pioneer Klarna announced it was laying off 10% of its workforce as the economic downturn hits the buy now, pay later space. Then in June, Klarna raised a massive $800 million in down round funding […]
In less than two years, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have gone from just a fad to a multi-billion dollar market. There’s an increase in mainstream and institutional adoption of NFTs as major brands like Nike and Visa enter the space. The NFT […]
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 States alone. […]
Snapchat parent company Snap is planning to lay off about 20% of its more than 6,400 employees starting tomorrow, the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The social network company joins a growing list of tech […]
This is a guest post by Ethan Drower, co-founder and Operating Partner of CiteMed, a Chicago-based tech startup that’s disrupting and revolutionizing the European Union Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR) process). Saas and software-based platforms are never what they seem. To most […]
Nanotechnology has been around for over half a century. American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Richard Feynman first introduce the concept in 1959. More than six decades later, advances in nanotechnology are making it possible to develop tiny electronics embedded in […]
One of the lessons learned from the pandemic is how research institutions, governments, and pharmaceutical companies worked together to quickly develop vaccines to cure the deadly coronavirus. The pandemic is a reminder of the need to accelerate clinical drug development. Currently, […]
