Millions of Americans are skeptical about the upcoming coronavirus vaccine. A new poll released on July 9 found that only half of America’s population would be willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine if it were available. Another poll cited by the journal […]
Bill Gates is well-known for being the co-founder of Microsoft and one-time, the world’s richest man. But now the billionaire philanthropist has revealed his latest obsession is his new blog site, Gates Notes, where he shares his views on climate […]
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order on Thursday night that will ban any US companies or citizens from making transactions with Chinese tech giant ByteDance, the parent company of the popular video-sharing app TikTok. In addition, President Trump […]
Artemest, the Milan and New York-based tech startup and an online destination for timeless craft, today announced it has over $5 million in equity funding led by French private equity OLMA Luxury Holdings and the Swiss holding Brahma joining the […]
Back in June, we wrote an article when we saw “#ExposeBillGates” trending on Twitter. Coincidentally, the hashtag started to trend after Bill Gates said we need 14 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine to stop coronavirus. In the end, the hashtag […]
Elon Musk seems to be taking a page from Bill Gates’ playbook. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk lamented in a recent interview that Americans are “entitled” and “complacent” while Chinese citizens are “smart” and “hard-working people.” Musk made the comments […]
Private equity firm Blackstone is betting big on family-tree, consumer genomics and personalized medicine. On Wednesday, Blackstone said it agreed to acquire genealogy provider Ancestry.com from private equity rivals Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum Equity, Permira, and other equityholders for a total of $4.7 billion. […]
Yesterday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted a video of the upcoming Tesla Model Y compact crossover utility vehicle (CUV). The Model Y is a fully electric small luxury SUV with seating for five people. The Model Y is is able to […]
Almost every country in the developed world is experiencing a dramatic shift in the proportion of the Boomer population. While the demographics shift, the cost of infrastructure to care for this population is growing approximately five percent every year. In […]
Last week, Microsoft received the backing from U.S. President Trump buy the U.S. operations of the ByteDance-owned TikTok. However, the tech giant seems to have a bigger dream–buy TikTok’s entire global business. Microsoft is going after a deal to buy all […]
We wrote about Epic Games back in July after Sony Corp. invested $250 million in the creator of the popular video game Fortnite and the mobile app Houseparty. The investment valued the Cary, North Carolina-based Epic Games at about $17 billion. […]
As of today, there is currently no scientific evidence that shows any correlation between the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to climate change. However, don’t tell that to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. In a gloom and doom forecast, Gates wrote on his […]
2020 is a year we will never forget. With millions of people unemployed, the coronvirus pandemic has brought about uneasy feelings that exacerbate mental illness and record-high demand for mental health support. According to a 2020 Workforce Attitudes Toward Mental Health […]
Are we in electric vehicle bubble? As startups ride on the success of Tesla, 2020 is shaping out to be a year when electric vehicle companies with names like Fisker, Karma and Rivian are raising millions of dollars at a time […]
Uber announced on Thursday it is buying the UK-based taxi tech startup Autocab, which sells booking and dispatch software to private hire firms, in a move that will allow the taxi app to reach customers where it does not currently operate. The […]
Telehealth sector continues to see massive growth as patients avoid hospital and doctor visit to prevent exposure to the deadly coronavirus. One of the leading companies in this space is Teladoc, a New York-based provider of virtual doctor visits provider and […]
While debate rages on about the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine, studies haven shown that countries that used the malaria drug are doing much better than those that haven’t. According to a report published by Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), the group […]
We wrote about Anthony Levandowski back in November 2017 after the controversial driverless car pioneer started a new religion based on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The new religion of artificial intelligence, as he puts it, is called Way of the Future Church. […]
GentiBio, a Seattle-based biotherapeutics tech startup has closed a $20 million seed funding to develop engineered regulatory T cells to deliver immune tolerizing therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The round was led by OrbiMed, Novartis Venture Fund and RA Capital […]
Coronavirus broke out from Wuhan, China in December 2019. Since then the virus has claimed over half a million lives around the world. A record 25 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the week and millions or businesses were […]