Greylock Partners has raised $500 million to invest exclusively in seed-stage startups. The announcement comes a year after the firm raised $1 billion for its 16th flagship fund to invest in early- and growth-stage tech startups. Guo and general partner Saam Motamedi […]
Verizon, the U.S.’ largest cellphone provider, is known for providing superior wireless coverage that covers 70 percent of the United States. But not many people know about the company’s investment in technology startups. For example, Verizon bought AOL for $4.4 billion in 2015 […]
In May, the U.S. Federal Reserve bank announced the plan to launch five U.S. central bank digital currency pilots over the next 12 months as part of its Digital Dollar Project effort (DDP). The news came almost a year after the […]
Bill Gates is one of the largest private farmland owners in the United States. Gates has acquired over 269,000 acres of farm in the United States in the past 10 years, according to NBC News. Now, Microsoft co-founder has set […]
Last week, Restaurant tech startup Toast announced it was going public this week at a $16 billion valuation. Today, the Boston-based startup has priced its IPO at $40 a share, after previously raising its price range to as high as $36 per […]
Finding legal information and professionals in the United States is very hard and challenging, let alone finding legal resources and information worldwide. For most lawyers, looking for legal materials about international laws and arbitration requires going to a worldwide portal of […]
Farming is hard work and the conditions can be grueling and repetitive. There’s a shortage of labor in the agricultural sector as only a few people want to work on farms. Most young people today will rather buy and sell […]
Twitter said on Monday that it has agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that it misled investors about its daily and monthly user engagement numbers. In a regulatory filing, Twitter and the individual defendants continue to […]
Our Earth’s atmosphere has five major and several secondary layers. From lowest to highest, the major layers are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) defines the beginning of space as the Kármán line, which is […]
In a big blow to Pfizer and other health officials pushing for a new round of jabs, scientists finally say enough is enough. This evening, The FDA advisory panel votes against Pfizer booster shots for the general population. The FDA panel […]
Is the American military under silent attack? Just when you think the coronavirus is the only thing to worry about. CBS News just broke the news about Anomalous Health Incidents (AHI) reported across the DoD, CIA, State Department, and other federal […]
In July, former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden sounded the alarm bell about how government agencies are using military-grade spyware to spy on citizens. As far back as 2018, the U.S. government and private companies around the world have been using Pegasus spyware developed by an […]
Six months after the U.K. food delivery startup Deliveroo went public, Amazon announced yesterday its first major tie-up with the company since it invested in the company two years ago. As part of the partnership, Amazon said it will offer its […]
The FinTech industry is changing the face of finance and banking. Unlike in the past when companies only care about making profits, a new generation of leaders and a thriving ecosystem of startups are unlocking new possibilities to make broader […]
Stock insider trading has been going on for decades. Now the same illegal practice is now moving its way to the NFT world. Earlier today, an executive at the NFT platform OpenSea used insider knowledge to buy NFT assets in […]
App Annie is a mobile data and analytics platform tech startup founded 11 years ago by Bertrand Schmitt and Bjorn Stabell. App Annie is a leading alternative data provider for the mobile app industry. Its platform is used by more than 1 million users […]
Renewable energy generation is expected to account for more than half the world’s power supply by 2035, rising to 75% by the middle of the century. Over the years, the cost of lithium-ion batteries has decreased quickly and markedly, enabling […]
Pharmacia & Upjohn was a company most Americans probably never heard about. Pharmacia & Upjohn was a global pharmaceutical company formed by the merger of Sweden-based Pharmacia AB and the American company Upjohn in 1995. In July 2003, Pharmacia was later sold to […]
Toast is a Boston-based restaurant tech startup the has been helping struggling restaurants navigate and survive through the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 18 months. Now, the startup is gearing up for its IPO next week that could potentially value the 10-year old […]
For 40 years, the SoftBank Group has helped fund promising tech startup companies and founders around the world. In March 2019, Softbank created the $5 billion SoftBank Latin America Fund to partner with entrepreneurs and founders shaping the future of […]