Doctors and other officials in Japan, including those concerned about the safety of coronavirus vaccines, submitted a joint petition to the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare to halt the vaccinations, according to a report from Arab News Japan. According […]
In another setback to boost the vaccination rate in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to announce a new warning that Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine can lead to an increased risk of a rare neurological […]
COVID-19 wasn’t a time-limited experience that would affect our lives and then leave us to get back to normal. Even when we succeed in relegating the novel coronavirus to the level of “just another virus” that really is no more […]
No day goes by without another negative headline about TikTok, a Chinese popular video-sharing app launched in 2017 by ByteDance for markets outside of China. TikTok is also notorious for privacy violations. Early this year, TikTok was caught harvesting and selling personal […]
Last month, we wrote about Flipkart after a report that the Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce tech startup was in talks to raise new funding from SoftBank and others. As we reported back then, Flipkart was planning to raise at least $3 billion […]
Early this year, Elon Musk’s friend and co-founder of PayPal Peter Thiel, warned that big tech companies are too cozy with China. Calling Google a ‘treasonous’ company,” Thiel said the tech giant is working with the Chinese military through its artificial […]
We wrote about the DiDi a week ago after the stock of the Chinese ride-sharing startup crashed from 18% high to near its original IPO price on the first day of its IPO debut. Uknown to many investors, the company […]
The recent rise in the popularity of bitcoin has driven record investments into the crypto market with millions of naive crypto investors betting their hard-earned money on speculative digital assets like bitcoin, Ether, Dogecoin, and other meme coins. As more […]
Grocery delivery startup app Instacart announced today it has hired Fidji Simo, one of the highest-ranking female Facebook executives, as its new CEO. Simo will succeed Instacart founder Apoorva Mehta on Aug. 2, and Mehta will transition to executive chairman […]
In early April, Clearbanc, a Toronto-based firm that invests in tech startups, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, rebranded to Clearco. The company also announced it raised $100M Series C funding to fuel its ambitious growth plans and making the startup a member […]
Early this month, we wrote about Wise (formerly TransferWise), after the London-based fintech startup launched a new service that lets Indian users send money to 44 countries around the world, including places like Singapore, the U.K., the United States, the United Arab […]
Noom, a New York-based health tech startup and the operator of the popular weight loss app, has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to lead its preparations for an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report from Reuters, citing people […]
Over the weekend, Kaseya IT management software, a tool commonly used in Managed Service Provider (MSP) environments, was reportedly hit by the REvil ransomware attack, a ransomware hacker group believed to operate out of Russia. As we reported on Monday, the initial […]
So, it begins! You’re now a national security threat if you object to door-to-door vaccines, according to Dan Primack, a business editor at Axios. As we reported yesterday, Biden says the government will now be going door-to-door to Americans who have not […]
Early this year, the internet erupted when Bill Gates called on all the rich countries to change entirely to 100% lab-grown meat to save the planet from climate change disasters. Americans love beef and most don’t want to give up their […]
Just two days ago, China was reportedly in talks to acquire UK’s largest and last remaining advanced chip factory in England through a Chinese-owned Dutch company Nexperia. It was part of China’s plan to dominate the semiconductor market as the semiconductor shortage […]
The red-hot Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) market continues to grow with no sign of slowing down. So far this year, there are more than 362 SPAC IPOs of the 463 IPOs, a 70 percent increase, according to data from […]
For many years, tech startups have seen a steady inflow of funding from global investors. Tech Startups’ analysis of data from Statista and Pitchbook shows a number of major categories — including internet, healthcare, and fintech blockchain (especially NFT) — are some […]
It’s a day after the July 4th holiday, and that means the market is open, and Wall Street is more than busy with onslaughts of new IPOs. One of the new IPOs we’ve been watching for over two years is Blend […]
The new space age is emerging and the extraordinary opportunities in space depend on the transportation systems from Earth to Space. Today, space tourism is still for the extra rich. Going to space comes with a hefty price tag of […]
