Thanks to hundreds of pages of Dr. Fauci’s emails released this week. A majority of Americans now believe that the coronavirus pandemic originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to the latest Economist/YouGov poll. Despite a massive and coordinated effort […]
Croptimistic Technology, a Saskatchewan, Canada-based AgTech startup announced today it has closed $3.5M in Series A investment from Forage Capital Partners (Forage) to complement an additional $1.7M in funding from the founders and institutional debt. Croptimistic is the company behind SWAT (Soil, water, […]
As big tech companies continue to censor free speech and de-platform many, some countries are now fighting back. Nigeria announced Friday that it had indefinitely suspended Twitter’s activities in the country, just two days after the social media giant removed […]
Over the last year, there has been an increase in the use of video conferencing tools as businesses and organizations use them to connect with remote workers, customers, and employees during the coronavirus pandemic period. Apart from the pandemic, many […]
Today, an estimated one-third of all the food produced in the world goes to waste. According to new UN research, an average of more than 900 million tons of food is thrown away every year. The Food Waste Index Report 2021 also […]
Getir, an Istanbul, Turkey-based tech startup that provides on-demand delivery services, has raised $550 million in a Series D investment round, pushing the company’s valuation to a whopping $7.5 billion. Getir was last privately valued at $2.6 billion in a May funding round. The […]
Back in February, we wrote about Bill Gates after the Microsoft co-founder and Amazon Jeff Bezos invested in nuclear fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS). CFS is an MIT spinoff research company that focuses on bringing fusion energy technology to the market. Unlike […]
Outreach, a Seattle, Washington-based sales engagement platform, has just landed $200 million in Series G funding. The round was co-led by new investors, Premji Invest and STEADFAST Capital Ventures. To date, Outreach has raised a total of $489 million in funding. The […]
In the middle of last month, we reported that Twitter was planning to “Twitter Blue,” a subscription service priced at $2.99 per month to let you “undo tweets” and much more. Today, the social giant announced Thursday the launch of Twitter Blue, […]
Apple announced Wednesday that its App Store facilitated an estimated $643 billion in billings and sales in 2019, according to a new study commissioned by the tech giant. The sales figure marks a 24% jump from last year, as many consumers […]
U.S.-based cybersecurity firm FireEye announced Wednesday that it’s selling its products business, including the FireEye name, to a consortium led by private equity firm Symphony Technology Group for $1.2 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close by the end […]
Cryptology Asset Group, a Malta-based crypto asset and venture investment firm, announced today that it’s investing $100 million over the next two years into crypto-related venture funds. In a statement, Cryptology said it plans to focus on first-time funds and emerging managers, […]
Yesterday, the Internet was ablaze after thousands of emails of Dr. Anthony Fauci were published online. The emails, which spanned from January to June 2020, were first obtained by The Washington Post and BuzzFeed News through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). […]
Oil and gas giant Total has rebranded as TotalEnergies to mark its shift from crude oil to renewable energy sources. The company shareholders also voted overwhelmingly in favor of its rebrand as TotalEnergies to mark its shift to renewable energy. Along with […]
In January 2017, just 10 days before Trump’s inauguration, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that there will be a challenge to the coming Trump administration in the arena of infectious diseases. He said the administration will face a “Suprise Outbreak.” In a […]
With non-fungible token (NFT) mania sweeping across the Internet, new startups are answering the challenge to meet the growing demands for specialty NFT marketplaces. Even GameStop, the video game chain with brick-and-mortar game stores, wants a piece of the action. As we reported last […]
As employers scramble to fill open jobs, many companies are turning to EdTech startups to train new people and bring them to the workforce. One of the biggest beneficiaries of the training boom is Guild Education, a Denver, Colorado-based EdTech startup […]
Oak9 is a Chicago-based tech startup that provides a cybersecurity SaaS platform for developers. Backed by a seed round of $5.9 million in funding, Oak9 today announced the launch of its Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security platform to help businesses accelerate […]
In artificial intelligence, the use of synthetic data is critical for businesses due to privacy, product testing, and training machine learning algorithms. As such, synthetic data does not contain any personal information. Instead, it contains sample data that has a similar […]
Just like peeling the onion one layer at a time, the truth about the origin of coronavirus is slowly unraveling. As experts comb through hundreds of pages of Fauci’s emails obtained by The Washington Post and BuzzFeed News through the Freedom […]