Happy Black Friday! Here’s what you need to know in tech startup news. Mattress startup Purple launches in 13 Mattress Firm store locations. Purple, a Utah-based mattress startup that recently merged with a New York shell company, has selectively chosen to sell […]
Elon Musk claims that his startup company, Boring Co, has made $300,000 in hat sales. The Tesla CEO showed off a hat in March with “The Boring Company” on the front. In a tweet released yesterday, Elon Musk said the proceeds from […]
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know in tech startup news. Israeli startup unveiled autonomous drone for harsh industrial settings. Israel-based startup Percepto has just unveiled “Sparrow I,” an autonomous drone designed for aerial monitoring of complex industrial centers […]
According to report from Bloomberg, hackers stole personal information from 57 million customers and drivers with Uber in a security breach that the company concealed for more than a year. Uber confirmed today the hack affected 57 million customers and drivers. […]
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and a home to over 180 million people. Its cities and streets are filled with refuse and waste. Just like any developing country, recycling is not encouraged at the government level. The […]
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know in tech startup news. Controversial driverless car pioneer Anthony Levandowski has started a new religion based on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Silicon Valley has founded its own religion. It is as serious it can […]
Are you scare of what Blockchain might do to the gig economy? If not, you might love Skedaddle’s plan to disrupt the gig economy. Skedaddle, is an “Uber-for-buses” startup, that is launching a blockchain project that aims to completely eliminate tipping. Skedaddle […]
Confido, a startup on the Ethereum platform disappeared from the internet on Sunday after raising $374,000 USD from investors in an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) fundraiser. According to a Reddit user, Confido first reported a legal issues on Medium website […]
A Finland-based micro-satellite radar imaging startup, Iceye, today announced a contract award with the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) for Earth Observation Data Support Services. DIUx is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) organization focused on accelerating commercial technologies to […]
Qodeo launches Seedrs crowdfunding campaign with impressive investors. Qodeo, a company that monitors the global venture ecosystem and is rolling out the first global service that automatically matches best fit investors with entrepreneurs, has announced a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Xiaomi […]
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Massive US military social media spying archive left wide open in Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 buckets. Three misconfigured AWS S3 buckets have been discovered wide open on the public internet containing “dozens of terabytes” of social media posts and […]
You probably have never heard of Neufund if you live here in the United States. So, why is everyone in Europe talking about this cryptocurrency startup? Neufund is the new way to fund ventures. It provides a blockchain-based fundraising. The young […]
Billionaire venture capitalist and founder of PayPal Peter Thiel is no longer affiliated with Y Combinator after the startup accelerator ended its part-time partner program, according to an edited company blog post. Pete Thiel is still a board member of Facebook. No one […]
An official at the Department of Homeland Security admitted that a team of experts remotely hacked a Boeing 757 parked at an airport. The hack was not conducted in a laboratory, but on a 757 parked at the airport in Atlantic […]
Good morning! Here is the startup news you need to know this Friday. Axios Raises $20 Million From Investors. The news media startup Axios has raised a $20 million round of second-round funding from a range of investors, including WndrCo, […]
The new Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot has learned new skills. A new video on YouTube shows how the robot is able to jump and perform backflip across platforms. Boston Dynamics is an engineering and robotics design company that is best known […]
Airbnb just bought a London-based Accomable to provide more disability-friendly listings to customers. The deal includes adding to the Airbnb website Accomable’s roughly 1,100 house and apartment listings that can accommodate guests with physical disabilities. Airbnb declined to disclose the price and terms […]
A Portland Oregon-based software company Opal Labs, has filed a $50 million lawsuit against New York-based Sprinklr Inc. and one of its employees. In a suit filed in Oregon, Opal claims the defendants obtained confidential information about Opal’s software and used […]
Good morning! Here is the startup news you need to know this Thursday. China’s third largest bike-sharing startup is about to crash. Bluegogo, which has 700,000 bicycles in China, appears to be on its last legs with employee cuts and complaints […]