BorderX Lab, a cross-border e-commerce startup founded by three former Google engineers, raises $20 million in Series B funding. The financing is led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Hillhouse Capital Group, CBC (China Broadband Capital), Welight Capital and iFly Venture Capital. BorderX […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Tuesday, May 8. Alibaba buys Rocket Internet’s Daraz to expand its e-commerce empire into South Asia. E-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, has bought the entire share capital of […]
Nine year after the first decentralized digital currency was created, cryptocurrency is now making its debut in Hollywood, the movie capital of the world. MovieCoin is a new startup that is aiming to use cryptocurrency to disrupt the move industry by […]
After listening in on the pulse of the universe for more than 22 years, NASA’s decommissioned Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on April 30, the agency reported on Monday. The satellite has been orbiting for more than […]
With customers having more choices than ever, customer experience plays a larger role in branding and customer retention. The new age digital consumer demands more, and expects something special each time she interacts with a brand. Most companies spend a lot […]
Bitcoin is under fire from Microsoft founder and billionaire, Bill Gates. In an interview with CNBC, gates said Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are “kind of a pure ‘greater fool theory’ type of investment,” he said Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I […]
Financial stress is a leading cause of lost productivity in the workplace according to a recent employee financial wellness survey conducted by PWC. One San Francisco, California-based startup is aiming to help employers improve the financial wellness of their employees. The […]
UBTECH Robotics announced Friday that it has completed $820 million Series C investment, the single largest funding round ever for an artificial intelligence company. The latest funding now put the value of the company at $5 Billion, making UBTECH the world’s […]
Silicon Valley based 500 Startups, the most active early-stage Venture Capital firm in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has announced twelve pre-Series A regional companies participating in the second edition of the MENA Dojo Series A Program […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Monday, May 7. Learning Machine, the blockchain startup co-developed a system for putting digital diplomas on the blockchain with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has raised $3 […]
NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft is on its way to Mars, the agency announced yesterday. The Lockheed Martin-built InSight Mars lander was successfully launched today at 4:05 a.m. PT from Vandenberg Air Force Base, […]
Back in March, we reported about tech giants’ decision to ban cryptocurrency ads on their platforms. It first started with Facebook in January. Google followed suit and then Twitter put the knife on it for good. Now that popular online advertising […]
Isreal-based startup Future Meat Technologies announced it has secured a $2.2 million seed investment round co-led by Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods is a Fortune 100 company, and one of the world’s largest food producers. In […]
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Would you like to remove painful memories and delete them from your mind for good? Or, what if you could edit the sensations you feel and paste on your brain pictures that you never saw, cut out unwanted pain or insert […]
This is a guest post written by Jeff Yasuda, founder and CEO of Feed.fm (Feed Media Inc.). Feed.fm helps game developers, content publishers, and e-commerce retailers increase customer engagement, retention, and conversions by incorporating popular music into their environments– at the lowest […]
NASA reported today that the spacecraft element of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has completed its first two major launch environmental tests at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Redondo Beach, California. JWST will soon undergo further tests to ensure […]
In just Less than two months after a Uber self-driving car struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona, police in Chandler Arizona are investigating another autonomous car crash, this time involving a vehicle operated by a Waymo, a subsidiary of Google. […]
Some of the biggest headaches business travelers face are: keeping track of receipts, submitting expense reports on time and facing questions about the legitimacy of certain charges. Now, technology is making expense reporting easier. One of the leaders in this […]
As most of you probably know, we’ve covered blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) more than any other technology topics. AI is one of top 10 breakthrough technologies, if not the top. Some could argue it’s blockchain. The point is, the […]