Last week we wrote about DoorDash after it was reported that the SoftBank-backed food delivery startup was planning to secure new funding before its upcoming IPO. Now, according to an exclusive report from Axios, DoorDash has raised $400 million in new […]
Alexander E. Kearns, a 20-year-old stock trader who said he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars on the free-trading app, took his own life. According to his family, Alex Kerns, a student at the University of Nebraska, died by suicide […]
In an elaborate use of open-source intelligence, The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday tracked down a protester who set cop cars alight by tracing the custom T-shirt she wore at a Philadelphia. Lore-Elisabeth Blumenthal was tracked down by […]
It’s one thing to get coronavirus through airborne. It is another thing to ingest the virus into your body through food. Now, according to a report from Reuters, Chinese health authorities have found the trading sections for meat and seafood in […]
The last we covered UC Berkeley SkyDeck was back in March when the startup accelerator announced it biggest cohort from 11 countries, startups will collaborate remotely. Today, UC Berkeley SkyDeck announces that in the past six months, including the COVID-19 shelter-at-home period, seven of […]
Alternet, a Dallas, Texas-based energy company on mission to innovate solutions to the global energy storage capacity shortage, today announced drafting a letter of intent (LOI) with its funding partner delineating terms for an initial $25 million first tranche investment […]
Back in February 2018, we wrote about Y Combinator (YC) after the company launched its free online Startup Investor School to train new startup investors. YC is a seed money startup accelerator launched in March 2005. Over 2,000 companies have been launched through […]
There is no doubt that coronavirus is the worst pandemic of our time. The virus, which started late last year in Wuhan, China, could cost the global economy $82 trillion, according to one estimate. Latest forecast published by the Centre for Risk […]
First China exported coronavirus to countries around the world, and now the country is exporting fake masks to the United States. Today, U.S. Federal prosecutors charged a Chinese manufacturer of selling defective and substandard masks that could put wearers at risk amid […]
Since its inception in the late 90s, the internet has been known for the free and rapid dissemination of uncensored information, but in recent years big tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google have been censoring content, which is a violation of their […]
Watch out Instacart there is a new sheriff in town. Dumpling is new delivery startup that lets you take control of your grocery delivery experience. The Berkeley, California-based startup connects you with a personal shopper near you and place orders from […]
In the early weeks of the coronavirus epidemic, the question many Americans were asking was: Should we be wearing masks? In response, U.S. public health officials including theU.S. Surgeon, said that masks weren’t necessary for the general public. “The data doesn’t show that […]
Starburst, an enterprise Presto company offering an SQL-on-Anything analytics platform, has closed $42 million in Series B financing to unlock the value of data by helping teams access it anywhere. The round follows a $22 million Series A in November 2019, bringing the […]
Tempus is a Chicago, IL-based health technology startup advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The company was founded in 2015 by Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky. Tempus conducts genomic tests and analyzes clinical data in a […]
For months now, Facebook has faced criticism from both sides of political spectrum for its policy that allows politicians to run political ads that contain false information on its services. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg now thinks he has a perfect solution […]
GreenLight Biosciences, a Medford, MA-based biotech startup focused on sustainable production of chemicals and fuels, today announced it has raised $102 million in Series D funding to rapidly expand production of its RNA products for agricultural and life sciences applications, including […]
This an op-ed by Mr. Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States of America. This op-ed appeared is published on on June 16, 2020 at WhiteHouse.gov. In recent days, the media has taken to sounding the alarm bells over a “second […]
According to Human Resource Executive, 75% to 80% of workers don’t complete their HR system’s talent profile, leaving organizations without a critical data set needed to inform agile business decisions. Enter Degreed, a Pleasanton, California-based tech startup and a provider […]
According to industry forecast, the e-commerce market will expand rapidly in the coming years, especially as public health concerns radically reshape consumer behavior and further accelerate the transition from brick and mortar stores to online shopping. Even before the COVID-19 […]
The numbers are in. According to analysis from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), of the 1,320,488 coronavirus cases reported between January 22 and May 30 that included information on race and ethnicity, 33% of the patients were […]