Michael Saylor is leaving his role as CEO of MicroStrategy to become Executive Chairman of the company, according to a statement released this afternoon. MicroStrategy’s president, Phong Le, will become the company’s new CEO. Saylor founded MicroStrategy in 1989 with his […]
If you are a regular audience of this platform, you’ve probably read our article about the conspiracy theory and erroneous claim that 5G networking equipment weakens the immune system. That claim has since been debunked. Over the years, the development […]
Robinhood is in trouble with government regulators again. The commission-free trading app found itself in hot water after the New York State’s financial regulator fined the crypto unit of Robinhood $30 million for alleged violations of anti-money-laundering, cybersecurity, and consumer protection […]
On August 17, 2020, The Italian Supervisory Authority (SA) banned the use of Google Analytics, ruling that it was non-compliant with EU data protection rules. They banned the popular analytics tool, finding that the protections Google applied were not sufficient to […]
Electric heavy truck maker Nikola Motors announced on Monday it has agreed to buy energy storage technology company Romeo Power for $144 million as part of its effort to secure control of critical battery pack engineering and production process, giving the Tesla rival control […]
Creating robots is hard and challenging. Most roboticists will tell you that it took years before the last robot they built or programmed was any good at performing a specific task. So to avoid reinventing the wheels, most robotic companies typically begin […]
In April, Chinese self-driving tech startup Pony.ai received a taxi license in China to become the first autonomous driving taxi company in the country. The startup said it was awarded a license to operate 100 driverless vehicles in the Guangzhou city […]
In October 2021, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced with great fanfare that it was changing its corporate name to Meta to reflect its focus on the metaverse, a term the social giant described as “an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, […]
Unstoppable Domains, a San Francisco-based tech startup and pioneer of blockchain domains, has become a new member of the highly coveted unicorn club after raising $65 million in Series A funding. The round, which now puts the company at a […]
There’s no denying that the crypto market has continued to be faced with a lot of bearish pressure over the last half a year or so, as is made evident by the fact that the total capitalization of this space […]
Imagine you spend more than a decade building your small startup company. Everything was going well and business was booming. Then after all your toils and perseverance, you woke up one morning and found out that one of the most […]
Fan engagement has always been a massive part of sports. This is a large component of the home field advantage, and sports teams have been prioritizing it accordingly. If you’re a sports fan, you’ll want to engage with your favorite […]
The world’s biggest game has rejected non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Last week, Minecraft developer Mojang dropped the ban hammer on NFTs saying that NFTs “do not align” with Minecraft values. The news of the ban quickly spread across the NFT space causing […]
A recent survey by the Locomotiva Institute found that 34 million Brazilians do not have access to banking services. Of this number, 6.3 million Brazilians do not have a bank account, while the remaining 17.7 million are underbanked. That was not all, […]
In late 2019, we wrote Northvolt after the maker of electric vehicle batteries received a €5.8 million investment from EIT InnoEnergy to support Northvolt’s target of using 50% recycled materials in all its new battery cells by 2030. The funding also went […]
Forget about the Great Resignation. There’s a more worrisome trend brewing among global workers as a vicious cycle of low wages, job dissatisfaction, flexibility, and work-life balance is leading millions to quit their jobs in droves. In the summer of […]
There’s no denying the fact that the crypto market has been on the receiving end of a lot of financial devastation recently, as is highlighted by the fact that the total capitalization of this space has dropped from $3 trillion […]
About four years ago, we wrote about Baidu after the China search giant teamed up with U.S. automaker Ford to collaborate on a two-year joint autonomous vehicle test project to develop and test self-driving vehicles on designated roads in Beijing, and possibly […]
Bitcoin topped $24,000 on Wednesday for the first time since June as crypto investors shrugged off the looming recession and inflation after news of a softer than expected rate hike from the Federal Reserve. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency surged past […]
Back in June, we wrote about EarthFund after the decentralized platform launched a “DAO-as-a-Service” system to allow anyone to set up funding DAOs for causes they care about and simplify funding for world-changing causes. With EarthFund DAO, anyone can join communities dedicated to […]
