Spending in the U.S. 2020 election was already on track to break a record. Now according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, the spending is estimated to reach $14 billion. So far, the largest beneficiaries are mostly U.S.-based media outlets and […]
Back in August, we wrote about Rocket Lab after the space startup announced its plans to recover and reuse the first stage of its electron first stage and then capture them mid-air by a helicopter. Today, Rocket Lab announced its next Electron […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Monday that it’s giving all U.S. employees Thanksgiving week off as a reward for working through ‘unprecedented challenges.’ Zuckerberg said the social giant will give other employees three new paid days off as well, according to […]
The U.S. government and law enforcement agencies around the country are bracing for a surge of post-election day unrest. According to a report from CNN, White House a “non-scalable” barrier surrounding the White House complex has been erected to protect the […]
Food giant Nestlé announced last Friday it’s acquiring a meal prep startup food startup Freshly for $950 million upfront and up to $550 million in potential milestone-based payments. Founded in 2012, New York-based Freshly is best known for its weekly subscription meal service […]
Calithera Biosciences is a San Francisco-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the discovery and development of targeted, small-molecule therapies that disrupt cellular metabolic pathways to preferentially block tumor cell growth and enhance immune-cell activity. Today, the company received a new research award […]
inRiver, a Malmo, Sweden-based tech startup that helps businesses sell more products online via better product information, today announced that they have closed $32 million in funding to support the rapid growth planned to meet accelerated customer demand, continued product development, […]
Ocado, a British online supermarket, announced that it has acquired two U.S. robotics startups as it seeks to modernize its warehouses and “accelerate delivery, innovate more and grow faster.” In an announcement on Monday, Ocado said it has acquired San Francisco-based […]
Phillip Stutts is the founder and CEO of media company Win Big Media. Stutts has been watching politics for over two decades. After 24 years and 1,283 political campaign victories, including three winning U.S. Presidential races, Stutts provides an exclusive analysis of […]
Earlier today, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a national lockdown until December 2 as coronavirus cases top 1 million in Great Britain. “From Thursday until the start of December you must stay at home, you may only leave home for specific […]
For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started this year, the United Kingdom recorded 1 million cases of coronavirus as the country braced for another round of lockdown since March. Prime Minister Boris Johnson expected to announce a month-long national lockdown during […]
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Twitter poses a “threat” to U.S. national security Friday in a scathing letter he wrote to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on recent censorship by Twitter of DHS personnel. Secretary Wolf said that Twitter’s decisions to censor government agencies […]
Just when you think you can’t get enough of Big Tech censorship, Mailchimp announced this week that it will start deleting ‘misleading’ and materially false content sent via its platform effective October 28, 2020. It was not clear how Mailchimp […]
Shares of Twitter plunged more than 21% on Friday, a day after the social media giant reported adding fewer than expected new users during the third quarter. Twitter reported user growth that fell short of expectations amid heightened scrutiny and […]
If you think this is coming from the Onion or Babylon Bee, then you’re wrong. The state of Colorado is taking the mask mandate to a new level. Now, the Colorado Department of Public Health now wants to impose indoor mask […]
Today, with thousands of organizations moving their IT operations to the cloud, they are now faced with new ubiquitous and fundamental challenges of asset discovery and visibility that’s preventing enterprises from efficiently managing, securing, and transforming technology. Enter Lucidum, a California-based […]
Last week, we wrote about PayPal after the payments company announced it has joined the cryptocurrency market, and allowing customers to buy, sell, shop, and hold bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on its network. This is good news for cryptocurrencies and especially for Bitcoin. Bitcoin […]
Sony Corp is in final talks with AT&T to acquire San Francisco-based animation-streaming service Crunchyroll in a deal worth more than $957 million (100 billion yen), according to a Friday report from Reuters, citing Nikkei business daily. Crunchyroll is a San Francisco-based […]
Whoop, the Boston-based health tech startup and the maker of a wearable device that tracks sleep among other health metrics, has raised $100 million Series E funding with back from investors including venture capital firm IVP, SoftBank Vision Fund, and athletes […]
Over the years, the number of startup investments at the seed and early-stage has dropped off, according to data provider PitchBook. And even when the funding is available, some venture firms simply follow the mantra of “invest to divest,” meaning […]