Many young people face significant barriers, especially when it comes to secondary education, which is crucial for employment, well-being, and citizenship. Ongoing support and investment in education, such as funding of learning supplies and establishing measures for inclusion or removing […]
Progress, an enterprise software provider, today announced plans to acquire Seattle-based software automation platform Chef for $220 million in cash. Progress said the acquisition will help the company to extend its product offerings in DevOps and DevSecOps with market-leading infrastructure automation. The […]
AstraZeneca has put on hold the late-stage (phase three) trials of its vaccine to investigate a “potentially unexplained illness” in one of the participants, the pharmaceutical giant announced yesterday. The vaccine, which is currently being developed in collaboration with the […]
The last time we wrote about Xometry was back in July when the Maryland-based On-demand manufacturing marketplace startup launched a 2D technical drawings marketplace. Xometry is changing the way you order custom parts with custom manufacturing on-demand services for 3D printing, CNC […]
Grand Rounds, a San Francisco-based digital healthtech startup that provides quality care and clinical navigation by partnering with more than 130 companies, today announced it has secured a $175 million round led by investment funds affiliated with global investment firm The Carlyle […]
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have been especially badly affected by the events of 2020, making the new release by business management app vcita particularly timely. Announced last week, Packages is a service that enables SMBs to better highlight, bundle, […]
After many months of rumors and leaks, Microsoft finally confirmed Tuesday that it is set to launch a smaller, cheaper version of its upcoming next-generation console. In a Twitter post from the company’s Xbox account, Microsoft teased the new device, […]
Early this month, we wrote about Google after the tech giant launched its first accelerator for women-led tech startups with a focus on women founders in the United States and Canada. The program is part of Google’s effort to help female founders build […]
Superhero Capital, a Helsinki, Finland-based venture capital firm today announced the first close of its $39.1 million (€30M) second fund at €30M to invest in early-stage startups in Finland and the Baltics. The fund, which targets startups that create competitive advantages by […]
3D printing technology poses a “grave and growing threat” to individual privacy because of the potential for products to reveal private information about individuals, experts have warned. People could use cameras, laptops, or mobile phones to track and trace the origins […]
ClinSpec Diagnostics (ClinSpec Dx), a Glasgow-based tech startup with a mission to improve the early detection of cancer, today announced it has raised $3.2 million (£2.4 million) to support the further development of innovative testing technology. The round, which brings the company’s […]
In the UK, the mobility market is already valued in the billions of pounds, and across the world is predicted to be worth around £256 billion by 2025. The global connected vehicle data sector is set to be worth around […]
In its continued effort to catch up with the United States, China announced on Sunday it has successfully launched and landed an experimental reusable spacecraft. Lauded the achievement as an “important breakthrough,” China state-run Xinhua news agency said the spacecraft was launched on […]
Back in June, we wrote a piece about Lift eFoil, a motorized hydrofoil surfboard that lets riders experience flight over almost any body of water at up to 25 mph, with no waves required. The Lift eFoil leverages advances in lithium-battery technology […]
We wrote about AnyVision back in January 2019 after the AI-based visual intelligence software startup announced new funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Qualcomm Ventures to accelerate growth. AnyVision is an AI design and development company that specializes in face, object, and human […]
A new forecast released Friday by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington (IHME) is predicting a sobering reality for the United States. As the nation heads into the fall and winter, IHME is predicting that more than […]
You can have whatever you want if you are a billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Back in December of last year, we told you about Tesla after the electric car company announced the plan to build 500,000 electric vehicles […]
Early last month, we told you about the new coronavirus vaccine that was developed by Russian scientists. At the time, Russia announced it has completed the clinical trials of a vaccine against COVID-19 and will be made available for emergency […]
In late June, we covered a story about the India government after it banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, WeChat, and UC Browser. Since then tensions between China and India have escalated amid border disputes in the Himalayas. In June, a border […]
Always-on smart sensing products such as IoT and IIoT devices, smart speakers, voice-activated TV remotes, and hearables, consume a large amount of power and eventually drain batteries. These devices are continuously consuming power while waiting for triggers such as voice to […]