According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), transportation was responsible for more than 29% of greenhouse emissions in the U.S in the year 2019. These emissions from transportation come primarily from burning fossil fuel in aircraft, trains, ships, and […]
Hedge fund firm Starboard Value LP has purchased a 6.5% stake in GoDaddy worth about $800 million, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, citing a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Starboard said […]
It’s commonly known that Silicon Valley, San Francisco is the world’s tech capital. It almost feels like it’s spawning billionaire companies left and right. However, few people know that Stockholm is second only to Silicon Valley in terms of unicorns – startups valued […]
In America’s high technology sector, the gains are often incredibly centralized. Over the course of the past decade, the main story has been the staggering concentration of tech jobs, companies, capital, and innovation within a narrow corridor stretching from Silicon Valley […]
California is home to some of the world’s largest and best-known technology companies in the world. It all started during The California Gold Rush of 1948 through 1955 when over 300,000 people from other states and around the world flocked […]
Carlos Tejada, Deputy Asia Editor for The Times, has died at the age of 49. Before his death, Tejada was an editor in Asia for 13 years, including with The Wall Street Journal. He spent his career at the Journal before joining the […]
What started out as a conspiracy theory a few months ago has become a reality. In April, we ran a story asking if you are ready for a COVID monitoring microchip to be implanted under your skin. Back then, the Pentagon’s […]
2021 has been a great year form for the private space tourism industry. Thanks to companies like Virgin Galactic and Bezos’ Blue Origin, space travel which was once reserved for superpowers like Russia and the United States, is now available to […]
HUMAN Protocol, a permissionless protocol that offers a new way for humans and machines to securely connect and collaborate, today announced the full launch of its HUMAN App, a web-based application that demonstrates how work published to the Protocol can be accessed […]
Sinqia, a Brazilian fintech company that offers IT solutions to financial institutions, including banks, insurance companies, has acquired NewCon, a small tech startup and local developer of software for consortiums, in a transaction worth $74.73 million (422.5 million reais). The deal, which is Sinqia’s largest acquisition […]
TikTok, the Chinese viral video-sharing app that started out as a joke now, has now become the most popular app in the world. That’s not all, TikTok has also dethroned Google to become the most popular site on the planet. According […]
Early this month, we wrote about SenseTime after the Chinese AI facial recognition startup finally announced the highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO). After several false starts, SenseTime Group said it was looking to raise up to $767 million in […]
What goes around comes around. Twitter is known for censoring dissenting views. Now the founder of Twitter Jack Dorsey is getting a taste of his own medicine. Marc Andreessen, a renowned venture capitalist and Silicon Valley heavyweight, has blocked Jack for his comments on […]
Move over Instagram, for there’s a new social media king in town. As of this week, Chingari has finally surpassed the photo-sharing app to become the most popular free social media app in India, according to the latest Google Play […]
One of what we love about the tech community is the joy of seeing how startups, venture capital firms, and investors are making a difference in the world and making the world a better place. In June, for example, we […]
About a week ago, Crypto pioneer and Tron founder Justin Sun announced his retirement from the company he started just four years ago to become an ambassador of the Grenada government to the World Trade Organization. In an interview last week, Sun said: “My […]
If you’ve been following the latest crypto trends, then you have probably noticed that there’s been a lot of speculation about the crypto derivatives market recently. This has largely been driven by Bitcoin’s recent decline in mid-November, followed by a […]
Early this month, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said fourth Covid vaccine doses may be needed sooner than expected to fight the Omicron variant. However, that may no longer be necessary if the latest report from the US Army were to […]
The demand for nonferrous metals including aluminum and copper has increased over the past decade. And as the price of these metals increases due to rising demands, the value of recycled scrap metal rises and boosts industry revenue. According to […]
Are you planning to buy a new electric car? If so, you might want to read this story before you shell out thousands of dollars on a new Tesla car. An unhappy Tesla owner Finland decided to blow up his Model […]
