China is the world’s biggest polluter and the biggest emitter of fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the world. The data is based on the latest stats from research firm Statista. China alone contributes about 30 percent of the world’s […]
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on millions around the globe. Over 2.5 million people have lost their lives and thousands of businesses have to shut down their operations. However, in the midst of all these, there is a pandemic “digital silver […]
Cipher Mining, an industrial-scale Bitcoin mining startup company, announced on Friday it will go public through a merger with blank-check firm Good Works Acquisition Corp in a deal that values the combined company at $2 billion. Cipher Mining is the latest in […]
Since coronavirus began over a year ago in Wuhan, China, researchers have warned that there is a direct correlation between obesity and higher COVID-19 death tolls across the globe. Obesity and overweight are also linked to hypertension and an increased […]
It’s been a while since we checked in with Gemini, a licensed digital asset exchange and custodian built for both individuals and institutions founded by the Winklevoss twins. We wrote about the two brothers back in September 2018 when New York […]
As people spend more time at home to stop the spread of the coronavirus, telehealth and in-home medical care are finally disrupting mainstream healthcare. Earlier today, we wrote about TytoCare, a mobile health platform that allows anyone to perform a self physical examination, […]
Imagine you’re a chief technology officer (CTO) of a company and you find yourself in an all-too-common situation in which you have a backlog full of secondary tasks, but you have to focus on critical issues. Now, it is Thursday […]
The future of shopping is here. Back in 2018, we wrote about Amazon after the retail giant launched its first checkout-free grocery store called Amazon Go. It is a grocery store without checkout lines. The sensor-infused store and convenience store was opened […]
ThredUp is a fashion resale marketplace that enables individuals to buy and sell clothing for women and children. ThredUp is one of the world’s largest online resale platforms for women’s and kids’ apparel, shoes, and accessories. Today, the Goldman Sachs-backed secondhand clothing […]
Nuxeo, a New York-based cloud-native, open-source, low-code platform content services platform has been sold by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity and Kennet Partners to Hyland Software. The total amount of the deal was not disclosed. In an announcement today, Kennet Partners, a […]
TytoCare, a mobile health platform that allows anyone to perform a self physical examination, and remote diagnosis, has raised an additional $50 million in Series D funding. The funding will allow TytoCare to continue to expand the availability of its full-stack telehealth […]
Earlier today, SpaceX’s Starship SN10 prototype aborted the first launch attempt due to what Elon Musk describes as “slightly conservative high thrust limit and increasing thrust limit.” Three hours later, the SpaceX team retried the launch and successfully landed the Starship SN10 […]
Last week, we wrote about why crypto-collectibles and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are the new craze and how celebrities like Mark Cuban are cashing in, Now, Elon Musk’s girlfriend Grimes is also cashing in. Grimes recently made nearly $6 million in only 20 […]
2020 was the year of the global coronavirus pandemic. So far, over two million lives have been lost to the deadly coronavirus. In addition, millions of people have also lost their jobs. Thousands, if not millions of companies shut down […]
Payments giant PayPal is reportedly in negotiations to acquire Israeli cryptocurrency startup Curv for around $500 million, according to a report from Coindesk, citing three sources familiar with the situation. Curv’s security technology enables users to build crypto finance products […]
Welcome to the post-COVID-19 world. We now live in a time when not many people go to the shopping malls. With millions of people spending more time at home, most people now shop online and eCommerce sites have changed the […]
FutureFuel is a New York-based FinTech startup that works with employers, financial institutions, and universities to deploy digital solutions to help students pay down their student loan debt. Today, FutureFuel announced it has closed a $10 million Series A1 round to accelerate product […]
While everyone is talking about coronavirus pandemic, not very many are talking about the government’s stratospheric borrowing throughout the pandemic period. As of June 2020, the total U.S. debt surged to $55.9 trillion amid big increases in corporate and government borrowing, […]
Arts and crafts retailer Michaels Companies has been acquired by the private-equity firm Apollo Global Management in a deal valued the company at $5 billion. In an announcement on Wednesday, the Michaels Companies said it has entered into a definitive merger agreement […]
About a year ago today, we wrote about Banzai after the Seattle-based SaaS startup Banzai scored a $7M Series A funding to simplify event marketing. Fast forward a year later, Banzai has closed a $15 million in venture debt funding to expand […]