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AgTech startup Farmers Business Network secures $250M in Series F funding to expand direct-to-farm services and connect farmers to share knowledge

Nickie Louise Posted On August 3, 2020

Farmers Business Network (FBN), a San Francisco-based agtech startup and an independent and unbiased, farmer-to-farmer agronomic information network, today announced it has closed $250 million in Series F funding to expand its Farmers First℠ FBN Direct℠ range of best value, direct-to-farm […]

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Microsoft confirms talks to buy TikTok U.S. operations after receiving support from President Trump; aims to finish deal by Sept. 15

Nickie Louise Posted On August 2, 2020

Microsoft is a step closer to acquiring the U.S. operations of the embattled Chinese social app, TikTok. The tech giant announced on Sunday that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke with President Trump about acquiring social video app TikTok. Microsoft confirmed […]

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Featured / Space / Technology News / Transportation

Every entrepreneur and startup founder should watch this video about Elon Musk and how he proves the naysayers wrong

Nickie Louise Posted On August 2, 2020

From PayPal to electric cars to rockets, billionaire and tech titan Elon Musk wants his company, SpaceX, to build America’s next manned spacecraft. But the naysayers said it couldn’t be done. On May 30, SpaceX became the first private company to […]

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SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 Returns to Earth – Watch Live coverage

Nickie Louise Posted On August 2, 2020

You can watch a replay of the coverage below. https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1290021497692655619

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Health

Australia’s Victoria declares state of disaster and sets curfew to stop surge in coronavirus outbreak; reported 671 COVID-19 cases in just one day

Nickie Louise Posted On August 2, 2020

Victoria, Australia’s second-most populous state, has declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID-19. The curfew and movement […]

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Featured / Space / Technology News / Transportation

NASA astronauts return home in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spacecraft; scheduled to arrive at 2:48 p.m. EDT on Sunday

Nickie Louise Posted On August 2, 2020

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are on their way home after after a two-month mission at International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX made history to become the first private company to launch NASA astronauts into space from American soil. […]

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Cybersecurity / Featured / Security / Technology News

Here’s why President Trump is banning TikTok in the U.S. TikTok’s data collection should worry and scare every American

Nickie Louise Posted On August 1, 2020

TikTok has been making the headlines over the past few weeks, although not for the reasons the company intended. Yesterday, we told you about President Trump’s plan to ban the Chinese video app due to national security concerns and possible spying […]

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Failed Startups / Social Media / Technology News

BREAKING: President Trump says he plans to ban TikTok from the U.S.

Nickie Louise Posted On July 31, 2020

About 5 hours ago we wrote about a report that Microsoft is in talks to buy China’s TikTok U.S. operations. Now, it seems ByteDance-owned TikTok has no option left but to sell U.S investor. According to a report from AP […]

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Microsoft reportedly in talks to buy China’s TikTok U.S. operations

Nickie Louise Posted On July 31, 2020

On Wednesday, we told you that ByteDance is considering a range of options for TikTok amid pressure from the US to give up the control of the app; investors value the app at $50 billion in takeover bid. Now, tech giant […]

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Atlassian acquires Sweden-based asset management tech startup Mindville

Nickie Louise Posted On July 31, 2020

Collaboration software provider Atlassian announced it has acquired Sweden-based asset management tech Startup Mindville for an undisclosed sum. Mindville is an asset and configuration management company that creates a place for companies to store their information about their assets and infrastructure. Mindville […]

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Lemonaid Health scores $33 million Series B to connect patients to doctors and expand its telehealth offering

Nickie Louise Posted On July 31, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the integration of telehealth and transformed the way consumers interact with their healthcare providers. Providers are seeing 50 to 175 times the number of patients via telehealth platforms than they were before the outbreak, according […]

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Health

House hearing on coronavirus: Watch as Dr. Fauci is grilled and get called out for his inconsistent opinion and hypocrisy

Nickie Louise Posted On July 31, 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases, appears today at the House hearing on coronavirus raging out of control. His testimony comes at a time when the U.S. coronavirus deaths rose by almost 25,000 […]

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Health

Herd immunity seems to be working for Sweden: Sweden, which never had lockdown, sees COVID-19 cases go down as rest of Europe fears second wave of coronavirus

Nickie Louise Posted On July 31, 2020

With millions around the world under lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, one Scandinavian nation stands almost alone. As the rest of the world shut down their economies to stop the spread of coronavirus, Sweden made a contrary decision to keep its economy […]

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Apple Launches New Gift Card for ‘Everything Apple’

Nickie Louise Posted On July 31, 2020

Are you thinking of getting a gift for some body special in your life but don’t know what to get? If so, you might want to consider getting the new Apple gift card. Today, Apple just announced a new single gift card […]

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Tesla rival and Chinese electric vehicle startup Xpeng Motors is reportedly in talks to raise $300M in funding ahead of U.S. IPO

Nickie Louise Posted On July 31, 2020

Just last week we wrote about Xpeng Motors after the Chinese Tesla rival raised $500M in Series C plus funding to accelerate growth and take on Tesla Model 3. This morning, CNBC is reporting that Chinese electric vehicle startup is in […]

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Health / Technology News

Dr. Simone Gold, the doctor censored by big tech over hydroxychloroquine viral video, has been fired and now lost her job

Nickie Louise Posted On July 30, 2020

Dr. Simone Gold, a board certified emergency physician who appeared in the hydroxychloroquine viral video, has now lost her job. She said she was fired from her job because of the media slander. Dr. Simone Gold, the founder of the newly created group […]

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Google parent company Alphabet reports first revenue decline in history; search revenue dropped more than $2 billion from a year ago

Nickie Louise Posted On July 30, 2020

For the first time its history, Google parent company Alphabet sees its revenue decline from a year ago due to the impact of coronavirus pandemic. However, the company managed to beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations. Even with the declining revenue, Alphabet added […]

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Health

Mask and Goggles: Dr. Fauci urges Americans to wear goggles for added COVID-19 protection

Nickie Louise Posted On July 30, 2020

Over the past few months, the debate has been about the effectiveness of masks. Now, that debate seems to be over. Almost everyone is in agreement that face covering and masks are, to some extent, effective against the spread of […]

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Health / Research

The truth about Hydroxychloroquine, according to frontline doctors. And why hydroxychloroquine controversy may never go away

Nickie Louise Posted On July 30, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine has become the most controversial drug in the history of America. We’ve been writing about hydroxychloroquine since March after the deadly coronavirus spread to the United States from Wuhan China in December 2019. What’s so fascinating about this drug […]

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