In 2021, PayPal bought the shopping and rewards startup Honey for $4 billion. Honey was created to help consumers save time and money. As of the time of the acquisition, Honey had over 10 million users worldwide to shop in over […]
We covered PlanetWatchers In June 2021 after the London-based geospatial intelligence startup raised $3.5 million in Series A funding to provide Analytics as a Service (AaaS) to the crop insurance industry. The round was co-led by Seraphim Capital and Creative Ventures, […]
Well-link Technologies, a Chinese cloud gaming service provider, announced Monday it had raised $40 million in an early-stage or B2 funding round led by Singapore state investment firm Temasek. Temasek also confirmed the deal in an email. Despite the difficulties faced by Chinese startups […]
Australian Number 2 telecom company Optus has suffered a major data breach that affected millions of its customers, according to a report from The Australian newspaper. Owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, Optus said that hackers stole personal details of up to 10 […]
The use of LiDAR technology has accelerated in recent years as almost every single electric vehicle company working on self-driving cars right now uses LIDAR, with Tesla as an exception. While it is commonly used in autonomous driving cars, other areas including logistics, […]
Telos, the home to the fastest EVM, will host the first crypto hackathon And workshops on an Ivy League campus, with over 300 students from Harvard, MIT, and other Ivy League colleges. The upcoming workshops with Hack Boston attendees will […]
In 2019, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced a plan to send the first woman ever on the Moon within four years. At the time, the agency said it plans to return humans back on the lunar surface for […]
In June 2018, we wrote about Kittyhawk when the unmanned aircraft systems startup backed by billionaire Google co-founder Larry Page raised $5 million from Boeing HorizonX Ventures and other investors to bring fast and compact flying cars to the masses. Four years […]
MarketAcross, the leading global blockchain PR & Marketing firm, has been named the official global media partner for the World Crypto Conference (WCC 2023), which brings TradFi and cryptocurrency together under one roof. Through the strategic partnership, MarketAcross will manage […]
EFFORCE, a marketplace for decentralized and democratized funding for energy efficiency efforts including trading energy-saving credits, announced the public sale of its first Energy Efficiency NFTs batch. These NFTs, inspired by EFFORCE co-founder Steve Wozniak (Apple co-founder), will help the company […]
Music streaming giant Spotify announced Tuesday the launch of audiobooks for U.S. listeners. With the launch, millions of U.S. Spotify users will now be able to purchase and listen to more than 300,000 different audiobook titles. The move puts Spotify in […]
Four years ago, CBDs and cannabis dominated the headlines as startups flocked to the space after some US states legalized the sale of recreational cannabis. Then about two years ago, investors pulled back from the space and set their sights […]
Hauwa Shakir is a 31-year-old fashion designer and lawyer. She is also a female driver and one of the many thousands of Nigerian women using HerRyde, a newly launched ride-hailing app built exclusively for women passengers and drivers. Launched in August, HerRyde […]
In just a few years, Web 3.0 has transformed the cryptocurrency industry and the fintech landscape as it creates new business models and opportunities for everyone, especially in developing countries. Unlike its predecessor, Web 3.0 changes the narrative through its distributed […]
With the growing threats of climate change, businesses and big corporations no longer focus on short-term profit but also on their impacts on the environment and the world at large. Over the past few years, some of these companies are […]
Rumble, a conservative video network backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, today becomes a publicly-traded company after a $2 billion SPAC merger deal with a blank-check firm CF Acquisition Corp. Trading under the ticker symbol “RUM” on NASDAQ Stock Exchange, the company shares […]
Even with the pandemic almost behind us, employers are still finding it increasingly difficult to find the right candidates to fill millions of open positions. The number of US job openings hit a record high of 11.55 million in March, […]
One of bitcoin’s selling points is that the world’s largest cryptocurrency is a hedge against inflation and immune from government regulations and rising interest rates. But as we’ve seen in recent months, the reality could not be further from the truth […]
eSports gaming has been around for more than two decades. But its popularity has soared in recent years as new eSports streaming platforms were created to meet the increasing demand during and after the pandemic. In 2017, eSports awareness reached 1.28 […]
Remember Parler, the free-speech social app that was censored and de-platformed over accusations that it helped incite U.S. Capitol attacks on January 6, 2021? It now appears the app is back and thriving. After many months of onslaughts from big tech giants […]