The German city of Ulm, which is about 75 miles west of Munich, has just unveiled futuristic insulated sleep pods for its homeless citizens on cold winter nights. Dubbed ‘Ulmer Nest,’ the pods are equipped with solar panels and placed in parks […]
Fossil Fuels are Dead, Long Live Fossil Fuels. For many years, environmentalists have been talking about the death of fossil fuels. However, with new carbon capture and sequestration technologies, fossil fuels could be part of the zero-carbon solution. Yesterday, Elon Musk […]
In October 2014, Janet Yellen was appointed to replace Ben Bernanke as chair of the Federal Reserve. Her nomination came at a time when the discussion about regulating Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies was a hot button issue. Then after three […]
Thirty-seven years ago today, the world was introduced to the Apple Macintosh personal computer with a one-minute advertisement that ran during Super Bowl XVIII. On January 22, 1984, Apple introduced the first commercial computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user […]
With millions of people concerned about their privacy over the Internet, internet users are abandoning popular browsers like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge in favor of privacy-focused browsers like DuckDuckGo and Brave. However, the browser alone doesn’t offer you the […]
Crosslink, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in ambitious early-stage founders, announced it has closed $350 million for its ninth flagship venture capital fund, Crosslink Ventures IX. The new fund, which was oversubscribed, includes support from both new and existing investors. […]
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 […]
Yesterday, The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new set of tightened guidelines and diagnostic criteria for detecting COVID-19 on the same day the 46th President of the United States was sworn in. The new guidelines may impact how healthcare […]
Good afternoon! Below is a list of the top tech startup news for today, the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century. Sorry, we missed yesterday’s top stories. Former Cisco CEO John Chambers says his startups are leaving […]
In a minor setback to the free speech social app Parler, a federal judge on Thursday rejected its demand that Amazon.com restore its web hosting services. However, Parler CEO John Matze said he is ‘confident’ the platform will return back fully […]
Back in May, we wrote about tech companies moving out of California to Austin, Texas due to the state’s lockdown rules and poor handling of the stay-at-home order. A couple of months later, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Tesla headquarters […]
Quantifind, a Silicon Valley-based startup that provides AI solutions for anti-money laundering and fraud detection, today announced it has closed a $22 million funding to accelerate its pursuit of a growing market for automated financial crime and risk investigation. Founded in […]
The global eyewear market, which is made up of spectacles, contact lenses, sunglasses, and other eyewear products, was estimated to be valued at $147.60 billion in 2020, according to data from research firm GrandViewResearch. One startup disrupting this space is […]
General Aeronautics (GA), a Bangalore, India-based UAV startup that specializes in drones for precision agriculture, today announced it has raised nearly $1 million (INR 65 million) in pre-Series A financing led by Mela Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, GA also […]
Imagine you had $42,000 in your bank account. Then you checked back a week later only to find out you’ve lost about 25 percent of its value. What would you do? That’s the case with bitcoin, the world’s most popular […]