Back in August 2020, we wrote about Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine after the Russian scientists said they have completed the clinical trials of a vaccine against covid-19. The phase clinical trials of the Russian vaccine were completed in less than two months […]
Back in December, we featured Divvy Homes in our list of the ten most successful tech startups of 2020. Divvy is a real estate tech startup addressing the housing affordability crisis across the U.S. with a flexible homeownership model for hard-working […]
The last time we wrote about UiPath was back in July 2020 when the New York-based tech startup raised $225 million in a Series E funding. Today, UiPath announced it has closed another $750 million Series F funding round at a post-money valuation […]
Amid the ongoing GameStop controversy and the upcoming SpaceX launches, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is taking a break from Twitter, perhaps to focus on his business. After a busy few weeks responding to the GameStop controversy and throwing his support around Reddit […]
Last week, it was the electric-vehicle startup Faraday Future. This week, another tech startup is joining the SPAC craze. Astra, a San Francisco, California-based rocket launch startup that provides satellite delivery service and launch service, announced Tuesday it is going public through […]
Google will pay $3.8 million to settle discrimination case that it underpaid women and unfairly passed over women and Asians for job openings. The $3.8 million also includes $2.6 million payment to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants to resolve allegations that […]
It’s been just over a year since the first coronavirus case was reported in the United States. For the first time, more Americans have now received at least one dose of the vaccine than have tested positive for the virus since […]
The global space tourism market is estimated to reach $1. 7 billion by 2027. The companies currently leading this market are Virgin Galactic, Airbus Group, Boeing Company, and others. Now SpaceX wants to make a foray into the nascent space tourism industry. Today, SpaceX […]
Databricks, a cloud-native tech startup whose software helps companies quickly process large sets of data and get it ready for analysis, announced today it has raised $1 billion to meet the growing demands of its unified data platform. The new […]
Is Robinhood in trouble? Just two days ago, the free-trading app Robinhood raised a $1 billion lifeline from investors to stay afloat. Then over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported that Robinhood has raised another $2.4 billion from shareholders. The announcement […]
Today, Ford Motor Co. and Google sign a six-year multi-million dollar strategic partnership to accelerate Ford’s transformation and reinvent the connected vehicle experience. The deal will make Google responsible for much of the automaker’s growing in-vehicle connectivity, artificial intelligence, as well […]
Think about this for a moment. Who in his right mind wants to see ads on their mobile devices? Apparently, Facebook thinks so. The social media giant thinks we are sheep who need to be fed with more ads. As […]
Cellino Biotech, a Cambridge, MA-based startup that develops intracellular delivery lasers and nanotechnology for gene editing applications. announced today it has closed $16 million in seed funding to advance its AI-guided laser platform to automate and scale autologous cell-and tissue-based therapies. The […]
Hyundai Motor and UK-based tech startup Urban-Air Port just unveiled the world’s first eVTOL hub. Last week, Urban-Air Port has partnered with car giant Hyundai Motor to develop the infrastructure required for when flying cars take to the skies to ferry people […]
Illumina is one of the leading companies when it comes to DNA sequencing and array-based technologies. And today, the company announced a partnership agreement with Sequoia Capital China to launch a genomics incubator in China. Powered by Illumina, the collaboration aims to […]
As COVID-19 rages on in the United States, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a sweeping mandatory mask order late Friday requiring people to wear “two or more layers” of face masks while using any form of […]
Happy weekend! We think this motivational video is a great way to start your week. The video is about how Elon went from a nervous breakdown to rockets blowing up, to building the world’s most valuable car company. Even as everyone […]
Online casinos have been a growing industry for quite some time. With more and more people choosing to gamble from their couch rather than going to a casino, it’s easy to see why gambling companies are putting more money into […]
The Honest Company, a baby and beauty products startup co-founded by actress Jessica Alba, is reportedly seeking to raise $2 billion in an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report from Bloomberg BNN. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said […]
Fintech startup and free-trading app Robinhood had a rough week, to say the least. First, the millennial-favored stock trading app came under attack after it banned Reddit amateur traders known as WallStreetBets (a Reddit board of over 2.8 million members) from trading on […]