Energiewende is a German word for ‘”energy transition.” Energiewende is a policy launched by the German government in 2000 to decarbonize its primary energy supply. Depending on whom you ask, the program has been praised by many environmentalists and others called […]
Expedia Group Inc, the company that operates the online travel platform Expedia.com, today reported its fourth straight quarterly loss, as coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the travel industry. In the financial results released Thursday for Fourth Quarter 2020, the company […]
We wrote about Bumble back in September 2020 after the popular dating app announced its $6 billion IPO. Widely popular among professionals and millennials, Bumble is an app that brings dating, friend-finding, and career-building into a single social networking platform. The […]
UpEquity, an Austin, Texas-based startup and a provider of tech-enabled mortgage platform creating a better way to buy a home, today announced it closed $25 million in Series A funding. The round, which consists of $7.5 million of equity financing and […]
Back in October 2020, we wrote about Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates after he warned that climate change is “even scarier” than the COVID-19 pandemic. The once world’s richest person warned at the time that the ‘shutdown’ was ‘nowhere near sufficient’ […]
German automaker Volkswagen announced Thursday that it will use Microsoft’s cloud computing services to help it streamline its software development efforts for self-driving cars, according to a report from Reuters. The financial or contractual details of the deal were not disclosed. […]
Bureaucracy is one of those words that gets thrown around so frequently but no one seems to know the true meaning of it. As someone with knowledge of how the U.S. federal government works, the true meaning of the word can […]
We featured Smarthop back in July 2020 when the Miami, Florida-based tech startup raised $4.5 million in seed funding to empower small trucking companies with AI-powered freight dispatch solutions. You may be wondering want Smarthop does. In the United States, 91% […]
Social giant Twitter announced on Wednesday its financial results for the fiscal year 2020, saying it recorded a net loss of $1.136 billion against net income a year earlier. According to the company, “2020 net loss was $1.14 billion, representing […]
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Xometry, our home state’s tech startup that’s now grown to become the world’s largest on-demand manufacturing marketplace. The last time we wrote about Xometry was back in October 2020 when it announced the […]
Fresh off a successful IPO, DoorDash announced it has acquired Chowbotics, the creator of the Fresh Food Robot. The financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but the Chowbotics team have all become DoorDash employees, and the company will operate independently […]
Failing gaming giant, GameStop (NYSE: GME) was trading under $50 per share heading into an explosive session of unprecedented gains in late January 2021. The stock reached a 52-week high of $483 per share, from a 52-week low of $2.57 […]
Remember back in January when Elon Musk urged his 44 million Twitter followers to ditch Facebook and use the secure messaging app Signal? The two-word tweet was all it took for Signal and Telegram to skyrocket. Immediately after Musk’s tweet, Signal and Telegram […]
As people continue to practice social distancing to stem the spread of coronavirus, many people are staying away from restaurants to avoid human contact for fear of being infected with the deadly virus. Now, Dubai has found an innovative way […]
To steal Musk’s phrase, “It’s getting real.” Creating truly convincing digital humans is hard. It takes a huge amount of time, effort, and skill, not to mention costly equipment and staff. There have been some great examples running in Unreal Engine […]
According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, more than 30 million young adults are considered “cash-rich” but with limited credit histories, making their only option to use debit cards. TomoCredit is a San Francisco-based fintech startup started by immigrant founders. The […]
Even with a purchase of $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin, Elon Musk is not backing away from Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency he called “the people’s crypto.” Just this morning, Musk announced in a tweet that he has “Bought some Dogecoin for […]
Tyler Technologies announced Wednesday it will buy Olathe, Kansas-based payments company NIC Inc for about $2.3 billion, as the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a shift to online services and electronic payments by governments. Founded in 1992 by Jeff Fraser, NIC is […]
The global eSports market is booming. According to Newzoo, the global esports will top $1 billion in 2020, a year-on-year growth of +15.7%, up from $950.6 million in 2019. The number of eSports players has also doubled from 2018 to 2021. […]
Are you tired of being tracked online? Maybe it’s time to consider privacy-focused search engines. Yesterday, we wrote about how Google is tracking you on 86% of the top 50,000 websites online. The more people learn about how Google tracks […]