December 20, 2017 (SAN FRANCISCO) CanYa Purchase Open Source Bounty Software Platform Prior To Ending Its ICO The coalition of Bountysource and CanYa creates a new open field for peer-to-peer software bounties CanYa has recently announced the purchase of […]
Do you know that only one in five plastic bottles are recycled? Americans consume over 8.6 billion gallons of bottled water. The plastic waste is not limited to the United States. The problem of plastic waste is a lot more in […]
The Florida-based mixed-reality startup Magic Leap is finally rolling out its first product after 7 years and $1.9 billion in funding. To date, the startup has raised almost $2 billion. The startup was founded in 2011 by Brian Schowengerdt, Randall […]
Emil Oldenburg, the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of bitcoin.com (not to be confused with the official bitcoin.org website) has sold all his Bitcoins and switched to Bitcoin Cash, a hard fork of Bitcoin created in August 2017. He said […]
So it begins! The European Union’s highest court has just ruled that Uber should be regulated as a transportation company — and not a tech firm. The ruling, which cannot be appealed, could have major implications for other companies that operate […]
Good morning! Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, December 20 Top court: Uber should be regulated like a taxi company. Europe’s top court has ruled that Uber should be regulated as a transportation company […]
What goes must come down. It seems the law of gravity does not apply to Bitcoin. Finally, Bitcoin drops more than 8% as top cryptocurrency marketplace starts supporting rival bitcoin cash. The digital currency fell from $17,929 to a low of […]
Germany’s competition watchdog, Federal Cartel Office (FCO), today accused Facebook of “limitless” collection of its users’ data. The watchdog said Facebook was a “quasi-monopoly” that was abusing its position to force its users to give up data. Today’s FCO ruling is […]
The New York-based AI-powered insurance startup Lemonade Inc., announced a $120 million Series C funding round led by the SoftBank Group, with participation from existing investors. The startup plans to use the funds to accelerate its global expansion in 2018. […]
Effective February 15, 2018, Google will block all ads (including those owned or served by Google) on all websites that display non-compliant ads. Chrome’s built-in ad-blocker will start working on February 15, 2018, the company announced today. This announcement will have […]
Good morning! Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, December 19. Google’s Waymo is teaming with insurance startup Trov on passenger insurance for self-driving service. Waymo LLC, the driverless-car unit of Google-parent Alphabet Inc., is […]
If you are like the rest of us, we dream of great summer vacation in a tropical island sipping margarita at beach bar overlooking the sea. But that is not what prompted Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal, to come […]
We’ve all witnessed it during our commute hours, road rage, drivers yelling at other drivers. You might ask, is there not a way to better communicate with other drivers? CarWink reinvents the way drivers communicate with each other while minimizing road […]
A California-based startup, Rigetti, is trying to take quantum computing to the next level. The company wants to quantum computers can be game changer and be used to perform a common form of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Rigetti Computing is […]
Good morning! Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Monday, December 18 Aconex, the Australian tech startup beats the odds and now sold to Oracle for $1.6 billion. After 17 years of patience, perseverance, the […]
Chinese Electric Vehicle startup, NIO, is releasing its Tesla rival in 2018 — and it’s amazing. NIO just launched sales of its first vehicle three years after the company was founded, undercutting the price of a rival model from Tesla Inc. Chinese customers […]
Did you know that your toothbrush contains millions of bacteria that could be making you and your family sick? Think about the last time you cleaned your toothbrush. Chances are, it’s been too long to remember. An exposed toothbrush, like the one […]
Are you tired of getting stuck in traffic? You could be flying to work next year if this Chinese startup has its way. Ehang has developed a taxi drone or flying car that it plans to roll out as soon […]
iSpace, a Tokyo-based startup company has raised $90 million Series A funding to send a spacecraft into lunar orbit by 2019, and then land a year later after orbiting the Moon. The funding was led by Japan Airlines Co. and Tokyo Broadcasting […]
Move over, Bitcoin! The new cryptocurrency, Ripple (XRP) price surges 84% in one day to new record high. On December 10, Ripple had a market capitalization of just over $9 billion. As of Wednesday morning, that market cap had increased to […]