The decentralized web or Web3 has grown at a rapid pace in the last two years. From its glory days of static pages or Web 1.0, the Internet quickly evolved to Web 2.0 which brought platforms and user-generated content such […]
The founders of the bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) are making a second go at crypto after the troubled startup was ordered into liquidation in June by a court in the British Virgin Islands. According to an exclusive by […]
In September 2019, we covered MoviePass when the subscription-based movie ticketing platform shut down and went bankrupt in 2020 after burning through nearly $68.7 million of investors’ funds. The startup blamed the shutdown on the failure to “recapitalize the company.” Fast forward […]
An NFT influencer known on Twitter as “NFT God” claims to have lost “a life-changing amount” of his net worth in nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and crypto after accidentally downloading malicious software found in a Google Ad search result. In a […]
After a lackluster 2022 and many months of bad news, crypto investors have been patiently waiting for months for some good news, and this past weekend, they finally got some. Bitcoin jumped about 20 percent in just a few days, with […]
Good evening and happy Friday! It’s a super light news day so we’re not going to cover much ground today. With that, below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Friday, January 13, 2023. Tencent bets big on […]
We’re only two weeks into 2023 and more than 23,000 tech workers have already been laid off. The latest is SmartNews, a Tokyo, Japan-headquartered news aggregation website and app. SmartNews announced today it is laying 40% or around 120 of its U.S. […]
Online gaming has exploded over the last decade. While most players used to be wary of playing their favorite casino games online, the popularity of trusted fantasy apps like FanDuel and DraftKings has given millions of sports fans and players ways […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally dropped the hammer on crypto lender Gemini and Gemini, a crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins. SEC on Thursday charged Genesis and Gemini with allegedly selling unregistered securities in connection with a high-yield product […]
The world has less than 10 years to avert climate change catastrophe, a study published in the online journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment warned. The study also found that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increased by almost 5% last year, […]
Cryptosat, who just launched their 2nd LEO satellite on Jan 3rd, 2023, now successfully performed the first experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) with DoraHacks. This could be a game-changer in terms of securing the voting mechanism of DoraHacks, and […]
In April 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that “increased cases of myocarditis and pericarditis were reported in the United States after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna).” The agency further stated that: “Data from multiple […]
All the flights in the US grounded for the first time since 9/11 after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suffered a system outage that sends messages to pilots. The agency later ordered airlines to stop domestic departures but lifted the ban […]
While the daily headlines are dominated by tech companies and crypto firms laying off hundreds of thousands of workers, the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance is planning a massive hiring spree in 2023. Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) said […]
About two years ago, we wrote about Oxbotica after German automotive industry supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG invested an undisclosed amount in the UK-based autonomous vehicle software startup to jointly develop driving systems for pod-like shuttles which will be able to transport […]
With healthcare reform, an aging population, and an increasing number of new cancer diagnoses each year, the demand for healthcare services continues to rise. At the same time, pressure from payers to improve efficiency means that providers cannot increase capacity […]
One of the biggest IT infrastructure challenges facing organizations as they move their applications to the cloud is knowing the health of the systems and services in operations. These organizations are also under pressure to keep their IT infrastructure and cloud […]
Flare, the Layer 1 oracle network, finally launches tonight with the distribution of over 4 billion tokens to millions of recipients. Flare announced it has successfully initiated its long-awaited token airdrop at 11:59 pm UTC on January 9th. According to the […]
With funding drying up, deep-pocket companies are scooping up promising and high-growth tech startups before their IPOs. Earlier today, we wrote about Wolters Kluwer, an Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands-based global that has acquired two startups in just a week. But Wolters […]
As you may recall, last week we wrote about Meta and Apple after the two tech giants were fined for breaking EU data rules with their targeted ads. Facebook’s Meta was fined over $400 million by the EU privacy regulator for […]
