The first iteration of the DYGYCON event is now in the book. DYGYCON is a virtual metaverse that connects you to blockchain projects. The event was organized by the creators of Splinterlands, the hit blockchain trading card game in which players really […]
Starly, a brand new launchpad and marketplace for gamified nonfungible token (NFT) collections, has closed $6.125 million in pre-IDO funding round to create a space for artists and collectors and deliver the ultimate experience for creators and their fans. With the rapidly expanding NFT […]
Tomorrow.io, a SaaS Weather intelligence platform that provides real-time weather forecasts, is going public through a merger with a blank-check firm Pine Technology Acquisition Corp in a deal worth nearly $1.2 billion, the two companies said on Tuesday. The deal is expected […]
Facebook continues to face an exodus of top engineers after former employee and whistleblower Haugen said Mark Zuckerberg should step down as CEO rather than rebranding to Meta. The latest example is four former Facebook engineers who left the social giant to […]
The best of Bitcoin & Ethereum is now together in one place. Phase One of the NEVM launch is complete! Our Bitcoin-secured Layer 1 for EVM smart contracts reached mainnet on block 1,317,500, December 6th, 2021. With this upgrade to […]
US Judge Doughty once said, “If boosters are needed six months after being “fully vaccinated,” then how good are the COVID-19 vaccines, and why is it necessary to mandate them?” This is a rational question the US government failed to […]
It was just last month that we wrote about Lucid Motors after the so-called Tesla killer made its public debut in July via a SPAC with Michael Klein’s blank-check acquisition firm that valued the company at $24 billion. By November, Lucid’s market […]
The highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of Chinese AI facial recognition startup SenseTime is finally happening. After several false starts, SenseTime Group is looking to raise up to $767 million in its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), according to […]
A little over a year ago, we wrote a piece titled, “These 6 corporations control 90% of the media outlets in America and The illusion of choice and objectivity.” Today, these six corporations along with big tech companies, now control a majority […]
NSO Group is a cybersecurity tech startup you’ve probably never heard of. Founded about 12 years ago, the Tel Aviv, Israel-based NSO Group develops technology that helps government agencies prevent and investigate terrorism and crime to save thousands of lives around the globe. The […]
On November 6, Elon Musk launched a Twitter poll asking millions of his fans if he should sell 10% of his stake in Tesla to pay billions in tax liability. About 24 hours later, 58% of Twitter poll respondents said Musk should sell […]
The New Zealand Lotteries Commission known as Lotto NZ has integrated Neccton’s mentor software to strengthen the player protection policy. The collaboration began when Neccton obtained a contract through a public tender process in which the applicant had to prove […]
On November 15, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked a federal judge to give it until the year 2076 to fully release all of the data and the documents the agency used as the basis for the approval and […]
On Monday, Jack Dorsey stepped down from his role as Twitter CEO. Just two days after the announcement, Dorsey’s payments company Square announced yesterday it’s changing its corporate name to Block as the company expands beyond its original credit card-reader business […]
Grab, a SoftBank-backed food delivery startup and Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing, makes its public debut on Thursday after a record $40 billion merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), making it the biggest Southeast Asia listing. Grab becomes the latest […]
New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is not having a good week. Just yesterday, Parag came under fire for an old tweet after just less than 2 days on the job. On October 26, 2020, Agrawal shared the following tweet with quotes: “If […]
Legacy banks are losing their grips on millennials and Gen Z as millions of young consumers abandoned the traditional banks in favor of online and digital-only banking. Now, the old banks are fighting back by offering mobile banking services that make […]
One of the basic rules of safety is that testing never ends. This is even more profound in autonomous vehicles, also called driver-less or self-driving vehicles. Unlike regular vehicles with human drivers, an autonomous vehicle is one that senses its environment […]
On November 17, OSHA suspended the vaccine mandate in a big win for employers after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to stay that found it likely to be struck down as unconstitutional. Now about two […]
Reibus, a provider of B2B e-commerce platform for the industrial metals market, has raised $75M in Series B funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. This investment brings Reibus’ total funding to over $100 million and a valuation of $750 million. […]
