Who needs COVID-19 antibody testing when you can just use coronavirus-sniffing dogs. This week, Finland deployed coronavirus-sniffing dogs at Helsinki Airport to detect passengers infected with coronavirus using travelers’ sweat. The pilot program, which began on Wednesday with ten coronavirus-sniffing canines, is part of a four-month […]
Back in January, we wrote about SuperAwesome after M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, invested in the U.K.-based startup as demands for Internet safety for kids intensify. SuperAwesome provides a platform for developers to include kid-safety tools in their products. The 7-year old […]
As of today, more than 200,000 Americans have died from coronavirus since the global outbreak in January of this year. However, this number does not really tell us the whole story. As the saying goes, the devil is in the details. […]
Back in April, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned against taking malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 outside a hospital or formal clinical trial setting after “serious” poisoning and deaths were reported. Now, it turns out it was all a […]
Over the past few months, we’ve written extensively about T-cells and how they may offer long-lasting protection against COVID-19. T-cells also called T lymphocyte or memory T-cells, are one of two primary types of lymphocytes—B cells being the second type—that determine […]
This is a guest post from the Kenan-Flagler Entrepreneurship Center (Eship Center) at the University of North Carolina. The Center creates a better world by inspiring, motivating, and developing entrepreneurial leaders from diverse backgrounds who can recognize opportunities and solve […]
“We are now seeing a second wave of coronavirus across Europe,” that was the warning message from U.K.’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Johnson said his country is facing the same dangerous surge as France and Spain, and suggested young people failing […]
We first wrote about Clearview AI in January after the New York Times ran a story about the controversial AI startup, titled: “The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It.” According to the report, more than 600 law enforcement agencies, including […]
Back in January before the widespread of the coronavirus pandemic, we wrote a piece about how researchers at Cardiff University may have found a cure for cancer after the team of researchers accidentally discovered immune cell (T-cell) that kills most cancers. At the […]
Ever feel like you left the door unlocked, or forgot to turn off the stove? The new Amazon indoor flying drone might just be what you need. Amazon on Thursday unveils an indoor flying drone for recording security video in homes and car […]
With now nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still debates about how deadly the virus is. Many countries in Europe still considering another round of lockdowns, but the U.S. has so far rejected the idea of a nationwide […]
Attunely, a Seattle-based fintech startup that produces machine learning models for debt collection, reducing waste, and improving recovery yield, today announced it has closed $9 million in new capital which includes an earlier seed round as well as a Series A investment. The […]
The Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) cars have had a great run. After over 130 years of existence, it seems the days are of gasoline-powered cars are numbered, at least in the state of California. In 1872, American George Brayton invented the […]
ShareChat is an Indian social media startup that offers the content consumption and sharing platform only in Indian local or vernacular languages to cater to over 1.17 billion wireless network users of India. ShareChat is available in 15 Indian languages. Today, […]
Following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died at the hands of Minneapolis police, big tech companies have increased their supports and investment in Black-owned businesses. Today, Wish, an e-commerce shopping app and one of the largest and global […]
As we get older, we lose our hearing. Hearing loss occurs when the tiny hair cells are damaged or die. However, unlike other cells in our body, the hair cells do not regrow, so most hearing loss caused by hair cell damage […]
Customers are the lifeblood of any business and as such, they are essential to business growth. Successful businesses thrive based on how they treat their customers. In the same vein, conversations are the strongest tool you have to build relationships […]
ChargePoint is a San Francisco-based clean energy startup that develops and manufactures technology for its network of electric vehicle charging stations. ChargePoint is also the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) charging network. Just last month, ChargePoint raised $127 million in funding to […]
While we were raving about the tabless cell battery and other technology breakthroughs announced during Tesla’s ‘Battery Day, investors didn’t buy it. Wall Street was disappointed after the highly anticipated ‘Battery Day’ fell short of expectations. Tesla lost $50 billion of its […]
Is it possible that coronavirus could have escaped from a lab? The answer, according to many scientists is a resounding “No.” Alina Chan is a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Chan had […]