About a year ago, Intel invested $600 million in Israel to expand its research and development (R&D) and confirmed it was spending $10 billion on a new chip plant. As part of the $600 million investment, Intel also invested $400 million to turn […]
Papa Johns, today, launches its first collection of cool and collectable NFTs, known as non-fungible tokens, as part of the metaverse’s biggest ever FREE NFT giveaway in the UK. Allowing its fans in the UK to get a slice of […]
Africa is a continent with a population of over 1.3 billion people. However, unlike in the western world where online or offline payments are made with debit or credit cards facilitated using network payment processors such as Visa or Mastercard, the majority […]
Amazon has acquired Veeqo, a UK-based tech startup that makes inventory and fulfillment tools to help online businesses sell products on and off Amazon. The retail giant quietly acquired the e-commerce software startup back in November 2021 but didn’t publicize the acquisition. Veeqo […]
Interstellar Lab, a Los Angeles and Paris-based tech startup that is developing controlled-environment pods for crop cultivation on Earth and life-support in Space, has raised $5 million in a seed round with investment from Urania Ventures, Auxxo, 7percent Ventures, Seldor Capital, […]
AutoFi, a San Francisco-based tech startup that provides dealership systems to support online vehicle sales and financing, has raised $85 million to expand its operations. The round, which values the company at nearly $700 million, was backed by Santander Holdings USA, […]
As the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine reaches its 11th day, Russia is now facing an onslaught of attacks from the tech community. Just last week, more than 400,000 global hackers join forces to unleash hell on the Russian military, […]
Investors continue to pour billions into the red non-fungible token (NFT) space as VC firms, celebrities, and blue-chip companies have doubled down on crypto investments, betting on the potential of cryptocurrencies and the rapidly growing market for NFTs. Today, the […]
Just a day after the Russian forces invaded Ukraine, the hacktivist group Anonymous launched a cyberwar against Russian websites, including the website state-controlled TV network Russia Today. The group said the attacks are a part of a cyberwar they declared against Russia in retaliation […]
Cider Security, an Israeli cybersecurity tech startup that has been operating in stealth mode for over a year now, announced today it has emerged from stealth with $32 million in Series A funding to revolutionize continuous security for continuous integration […]
A platform like Nexo introduces a solution to crypto holders looking to put idle assets to work. An existing crypto asset holder can use their assets as collateral for a loan or lend it out to collect interest. Earnings are […]
On Tuesday, we wrote about Coinbase and Binance after two of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges rejected the calls to ban Russian users from their platforms so as to put more economic pressure on Moscow to withdraw its troops from Ukraine. […]
Americans are more stressed than they were in the 90s. New research published in February examined the impact of stress on people who are middle age. The new paper, which was published in the journal American Psychologist, Penn State researchers found a stark increase […]
As the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine reaches a new level, a sitting U.S. Senator has called on the Russian people to assassinate their own President. In a tweet Thursday night, Sen. Lindsey Graham said that Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
Like billions of people around the world, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is closing monitoring the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. As you may recall, early this week Musk sent hundreds of Starlink terminals to Ukraine, ten hours after the […]
In recent years, women-founded startups have seen an inflow of billions of dollars as VC firms and accelerators pour money to encourage and support the once-neglected group. Just yesterday, we covered Mindshift Capital, a women-led VC fund that has attracted leading […]
Microsoft announced that the son of the company’s CEO Satya Nadella has died at the age of 26. Zain Nadella, who was born with cerebral palsy, died Monday, February 28 at the age of 26, the tech giant said in heart-breaking […]
As we all know, female-led ventures are disproportionately overlooked by venture capitalists at multiple stages of the entrepreneurship pipeline. But women-led startups are creating more jobs than ever. In 2017 alone, for example, more than 1.1 million women-led businesses generated nearly $1.5 […]
As competition heats up in micro-mobility space, Ford Motor Company has decided to sell its e-scooter unit Spin, to Softbank-backed European rival Tier in exchange for equity. Ford said in a statement that the merger will provide the scale that’s “desperately […]
Fanatics, a Jacksonville, Florida-based sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels, has raised a massive $1.5 billion in new financing, valuing the sports platform at $27 billion. The announcement comes a little over a month after Fanatics purchased […]