In elementary school, we all learned about the three major major sources of energy: fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum), nuclear energy, and renewable energy. However, have you ever wondered how electricity gets to your home? As you probably […]
In September, a study from the University of California found that teenage boys are more at risk from vaccines than covid. The study also found that youths are 6 times more likely to suffer from heart problems from the vaccine […]
MarkLogic, a data integration company and provider of enterprise NoSQL database, announced today it has acquired San Jose, California-based tech startup Smartlogic. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition agreement, both companies will continue to conduct business […]
No day goes by without headlines on cyberattacks or data breaches. Earlier today, we wrote about Vestas after hackers exposed the data of the world’s biggest manufacturer of wind turbines, forcing the company to shut down its wind turbines. Now, hackers […]
Within the blockchain ecosystem, The Graph and Subquery have become the two standard indexing protocols that are used to build fully decentralized applications. Essentially, indexing is the main concept behind both of these protocols. Indexes are used to reduce search […]
Eleven days ago, we wrote about Rivian after the Amazon-backed electric vehicle-truck startup made its Wall Street debut as a public company. Rivian opened at $106.75 per share after being priced at $78. By the time the market closed, shares of the Plymouth, […]
In 2019, nearly 5,000 retailers announced store closures as they failed to compete with companies like Amazon and other online giants. Over the years, the biggest retailers who focused on ‘seasonal’ trends have also fallen behind, giving way to real-time […]
MoonPay, a payment infrastructure provider for crypto companies, has raised $555 million in its first-ever financing round led by Coatue and Tiger Global. MoonPay said it will use the new capital infusion to expand its geographic reach, hire more staff, and […]
Are we alone in the universe? Or are there somewhere other intelligent beings out from very different worlds with advanced civilizations than ours? These are some of the questions astronomers and scientists have been asking for since humans first went […]
On July 20, 1969, the United States became the first country to successfully land humans on the Moon. Although Russia and China have landed spacecraft on the Moon eight and three times respectively, to this day, the United States is the […]
With the saturated real estate market, this new startup is aiming to revolutionize the $156.2 billion real estate sales and brokerage industry and innovate its way to the top. Place is a new prop-tech startup and provider of business services platform […]
The highly anticipated IPO of Indian fintech startup Paytm plunged by 28% on its first day of trading. Paytm’s shares sank as much as 28 percent in a weak stock market debut on Thursday, a week after the country’s biggest-ever initial […]
Every day, an unprecedented amount of data is generated every second by continuous interactions on our digital devices, online platforms, organizations’ IT systems, and cloud data centers. However, making sense out of this data has remained a challenge for most […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked a federal judge on Nov. 15 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 […]
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has been hailed as a new way for users to lend, borrow and save while bypassing traditional gatekeepers of finance such as banks and government regulations. DeFi is built on the premise that the technology will potentially eliminate […]
With growing concerns about climate change and carbon emissions, some consumers now prefer climate-friendly, plant-based meats and dairy instead of the traditional ones made from animals. According to some research, animal-free dairy is estimated to produce around 85-97% fewer greenhouse gas […]
CloudWalk, a fintech startup that is democratizing the payments industry in Brazil, has raised $150 million in funding led by Coatue, an investment firm focused on companies in the technology, media, and telecommunications space. The latest round brings the company valuation to $2.15 billion, making […]
Last week, we wrote about Bill Gates after Microsoft co-founder told Britain’s former health secretary Jeremy Hunt in a November 4 interview that ‘we need a new way of doing the vaccines’ because ‘we didn’t have vaccines that block transmission.’ Gates […]
Upgrade, a neobank that offers credit to mainstream consumers through cards and personal loans, announced Tuesday it has raised $280 million in a funding round is a Series F round valuing the fintech startup at a $6 billion pre-money valuation. The round […]
Alluxio (formerly Tachyon Nexus), a provider of an open-source cloud data orchestration platform, announced today it raised $50 million in Series C funding led by a leading global investment firm, with participation from existing investors including a16z, Seven Seas Partners, and […]
