In 2018, Jaron Lanier, who is considered the father of virtual reality, warned that social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are dopamine farms that reprogram people’s brains and change how they think and feel. Lanier further warned that spending too […]
It has been almost two years since we last covered Sysdig, a container security startup that enables companies to securely run cloud-native workloads in production. Back then, Sysdig raised $70 million in late-stage funding round to extend market presence. Since then, Sysdig has witnessed […]
Mixhalo, a San Francisco-based tech startup that delivers high-quality audio in real-time to attendees at live events, has closed $24 million Series B funding led by led by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC (“Fortress”), with participation from other […]
When Jeff Bezos stepped down as Amazon’s CEO back in July, he promised to spend the rest of his time on passion projects like his space company Blue Origin, Washington Post, and philanthropic efforts. In an email to Amazon employees, whom he […]
With 84% of world energy usage still coming from fossil fuels, climate change has become a major issue facing the modern world. The world’s leading scientists estimate that we may need to remove as much as 6 gigatons of CO2 per […]
In October, Facebook changed its corporate name to ‘Meta’ to reflect its foray into the metaverse. In addition, CEO Mark Zuckerberg also revealed that the new company plans to spend $10 billion to transition from its much-criticized social network and related family […]
Earlier today, TIME magazine named Tesla CEO and the world’s richest person Elon Musk as their “Person of the Year 2021” In a statement, Time magazine’s editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said, “For creating solutions to an existential crisis, for embodying the possibilities and the […]
Tesla CEO and the world’s richest person Elon Musk has been named Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021. The announcement comes a year after Musk’s electric car company also becomes the most valuable carmaker in the world and over […]
With billions in war chest from the sales of covid vaccines, pharma giant Pfizer announced on Monday it has agreed to buy rival drugmaker Arena Pharmaceuticals Pfizer for $6.7 billion cash or $100 per share. Pfizer said it expects to finance the transaction with […]
Tyson Clark, a general partner with Google Ventures (GV), has passed away at the age of 43. During his time as GV, Clark spent his career in enterprise technology, focusing on companies in the SaaS application and data center infrastructure […]
When he’s not telling people to have more babies, Tesla CEO Elon Musk always has something interesting to share with his 60 million fans on Twitter. Just last month, he asked his Twitter followers whether he should sell 10% of his stake […]
In countries like Europe, online gaming and gambling are considered some of the most sought-after pastime activities. This is for the fact that gambling is not only profit-yielding but also spikes up the dopamine levels giving a kick to the […]
Parallel Finance, a new decentralized lending and staking protocol on Polkadot and Ethereum, has successfully secured the fourth slot in the Polkadot Parachain auctions. More than 30,000 contributors have contributed a total of 10.75 million Polkadot (DOT) tokens during the […]
Investments in the crypto space are at record levels. As mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies grows, investors are pouring billions of dollars into decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFT startups. With millions of people now investing in cryptocurrencies, one of the hottest […]
We covered Chingari back in October after the video-sharing app was getting ready for its public token sale. Chingari app started off in 2018 as an Indian version of the Tik Tok app for sharing and creating short videos. But it was a […]
Italy’s antitrust regulator has been working on overdrive to rein in on a handful of US big tech companies abusing their monopolies. Late last month, Italy’s watchdog fined Apple and Google 10 million euros ($11.2 million) each for what it described […]
Flint Capital, a Boston-based international venture capital fund, announced today it has closed its second venture fund, which will invest $103 million to help high-tech companies from Europe and Israel to enter the U.S. market. By the beginning of 2022, $40 […]
Just when you think the delivery space is getting crowded, investors continue to pour millions into the space hoping to find the next big winner. Millions of people now spend more time at home and make their purchases online instead […]
The trucking industry is a big component of the global economy. It facilitates the movement of goods and materials from one place to another. The freight trucking market in the U.S. is estimated at $514.7 billion in the year 2021. On […]
Just when you think you’ve had enough of Elon Musk in one day, the most loved billionaire on the Internet is back with another controversial statement that’s not going to sit well with climate alarmists. Musk says “civilization is going […]