For weeks now, many experts have been saying that the official numbers of coronavirus cases coming out of China are not accurate and should not be believed. Now, it turned out they were right all along. Today, China’s government-run Xinhua […]
The last time we wrote about Pony.ai was back in August 2019 when the the artificial intelligence and robotics startup partnered with Toyota to accelerate the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles. Now, the Chinese tech startup has teamed up with […]
Last Friday, two tech rivals Apple and Google partnered together to develop a contact tracing technology to combat the spread of coronavirus. However, many people are increasingly wary of big tech companies due to privacy concerns. Now, one small tech startup […]
On Tuesday, we wrote about Expert System, an Italian-based artificial intelligence company that uses semantics and natural language to monitor the emotions and general sentiment around the COVID-19 pandemic expressed by people in the US and UK across social media. Expert […]
Yesterday, we told you about the error message people received when they tried to find the status of their $1,200 stimulus check on IRS website. Instead of getting the status of their stimulus payments, tax payers were greeted with ‘Payment status not […]
On March 23, the CDC issued clinical guidance on remdesivir as a therapeutic treatment for COVID-19 patients. Almost a month later, there is new report that Gilead drug is showing effectiveness in treating coronavirus patients. A new report from STAT News, which first […]
Last week, we published a report of the states with the biggest increases in unemployment due to coronavirus, based on the findings from WalletHub, a leading personal finance website that helps consumers make smarter financial decisions. With the U.S. losing over 22 million jobs […]
Movandi, an Irvine, California-based wireless startup and a leader in new 5G Millimeter Wave (mmWave) networks, announced today a $27 million Series C funding round to further accelerate and extend the range of real world 5G mmWave deployments. WRVI Capital led this current round […]
While a lot of attention has been focused the number of deaths from the deadly coronavirus, less attention is paid to millions of Americans that have lost their jobs. Just for a moment, try to wrap your head around this: […]
We’ve been writing about hydroxychloroquine for at least one month now. During that period, we’ve also received countless emails from our readers thanking us for sharing the news about the malaria drug. At the same time, we also received threatening […]
As of today, New York City has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, based on the data compiled Johns Hopkins University. Now, a new MIT study claims that city subways and buses were “a major disseminator – […]
Alluxio (formerly Tachyon Nexus), a San Mateo, California-based tech startup today announced it has extended its Series B financing to $15.5 million to grow its hybrid cloud data orchestration platform. The round, which brings the total amount of funding raised to date […]
Two weeks ago, we broke the news about the possible origins of coronavirus. The story was based on report from two Chinese scientists who claimed the virus likely originated from horseshoe bats used for research in two China labs. Now […]
As we reported over the past few weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in one of its infamous tweets on January 14 that there was ‘No clear evidence coronavirus is transmitted from human-to-human.’ Now, Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House […]
Abbott Laboratories announced today the launch of a new coronavirus antibody test that can test if you’ve ever had coronavirus. According to the company, the test could be screening 20 million people for antibodies for Covid-19 by June. The new antibody […]
With many Americans out of jobs, the government said on Monday that the first wave of stimulus payments for individuals is expected to begin today, Wednesday. However, many Americans hoping to find out if and when they would receive their coronavirus stimulus […]
Over the past few weeks, we’ve shared a lot of positive stories about how malaria drug hydroxychloroquine has saved lives of many people here in the United States. However, as part of our fair and balanced coverage of the drug, […]
As tech startups grapple with coronavirus pandemic, a company out of the Netherlands is disrupting the startup recruiting world in a big way. Founded in early 2019, Funded.club provides recruiting services for startups and scale-ups on a fixed-fee basis. Rather […]
It’s all over the news, the death toll in the United States due to the coronavirus is higher than any other country in the world. Yes, but what many people are not talking about is that the U.S. population is […]
As we all know, early diagnosis of disease generally increases the chances for successful treatment by focusing on detecting symptomatic patients as early as possible. The same can be said of coronavirus or other infectious diseases–early detection is the critical […]