Clearview AI is a controversial facial-recognition AI app used by more than 600 law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to collect photos on social media sites for inclusion into a massive facial-recognition database. Today, Clearview […]
In the summer of 2021, a record 4.3 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in what some are calling the beginning of the “Great Resignation.” It was one of the highest “quit rate” ever recorded since the government started keeping track two decades ago. So, […]
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has been gaining a lot of momentum since the idea was first born in August 2018. As an ecosystem of financial applications being built with blockchain technology, DeFi aims to democratize finance by replacing legacy and centralized banking and financial institutions with […]
The elite trillion-dollar big tech club known as MAMATA used to be worth a combined market value of $10 trillion. But that changed this week after the turmoil in the stock market caused the tech giants to lose over $1 trillion of […]
We covered Elrond back last year after the developer of internet-scale blockchain infrastructure for Web3 payments, DeFi, and the new Metaverse economy, partnered with Holoride to introduce blockchain and NFTs for the world’s first immersive in-vehicle media platform. Since then, Elrond has grown exponentially and its […]
HUMAN Protocol has been in the news in recent months. The open-source infrastructure startup made a splash late last year when it launched its HUMAN App with over 200,000 users. Using its blockchain-based permissionless protocol, HUMAN Protocol provides a new way for […]
The hiring landscape is more competitive than ever before. In the summer of 2021, a record 4.3 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in what some are calling the beginning of the “Great Resignation.” The number is a reminder of the problem faced by […]
AI digital asset trading platform Bibox has integrated Nuvei’s Simplex solution to streamline access to 145+ cryptocurrencies. Payment platform Nuveirm, announces today it has joined forces with Bibox, the world’s first AI-driven digital asset trading platform to streamline access to […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is always in the news but this time for something that none of his 92 million fans were expecting to read. In a Twitter post on Sunday night, Musk suggested he might die “under mysterious circumstances.” In […]
Paymob, a Cairo, Egypt-based fintech startup and Egypt’s market-leading digital payments provider, announced today it has closed a $50 million Series B funding round. The round was led by global emerging markets investment firm Kora Capital, PayPal Ventures, and Clay Point led the […]
The NFT industry is set to undergo some positive changes in the coming months. A highly anticipated collection will go beyond traditional artwork and venture into the music NFTs industry vertical. Project B-Idol, produced by INIMI, will come to the […]
Bitcoin.com, the crypto tech startup backed by cryptocurrency investor Roger Ver, today announced it has completed a private sale of USD $33,600,000 for the Bitcoin.com VERSE token with participation from Digital Strategies, KuCoin Ventures, Blockchain.com, ViaBTC Capital, Redwood City Ventures, 4SV, […]
This has been a volatile month for bitcoin. The price of the most popular cryptocurrency went from $43,452 on April 27 to $35,868.70 today. On Friday, bitcoin briefly drops below $36,000 amid a broader market sell-off before climbing back up […]
Getting the chance to partake in the Binance Labs Incubation Program is a significant milestone for any crypto or blockchain project. Spots are limited every Season, and this time, only 14 projects can partake. It is a big step forward […]
One of the lessons learned from the covid pandemic is how research institutions, governments, and pharmaceutical companies worked together to develop efficient vaccines to cure the deadly coronavirus. The pandemic is also a reminder of the need to accelerate clinical drug […]
The battle for stablecoins is heating up. In recent years, stablecoins have increased in popularity as crypto investors turn to them as safe haven by moving their unstable tokens to safe real currencies (like the dollar). Stablecoins are pegged to […]
Berkeley Frontier Fund (BFF), the Berkeley venture capital fund focused on investing in the most successful and highest growth UC Berkeley-founded startup companies, today announced the launch of its new fund. As the official Berkeley growth-stage, philanthropic VC fund, BFF […]
Canadian multinational e-commerce company Shopify announced today it will acquire logistics tech startup Deliverr for $2.1 billion in cash and stock. The e-commerce giant shared the news as part of its first-quarter results in a filing with the Securities and […]
As you may recall, late last month Elon Musk sold over $8.4 billion worth of Tesla shares to fund his $44 billion takeover of Twitter. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, Musk sold 4.4 million shares of Twitter on […]
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are no longer a fad. NFTs have become digital assets that are slowly making their way into every industry. Initially, many people were dismissive of NFTs as some kind of craze. In 2021, the digital art market exploded […]