GoTo Group, a unicorn tech startup created in May as a result of a merger between Indonesia’s internet startups Gojek and Tokopedia, announced in November that it raised $1.3 billion in a pre-initial public offering (IPO) funding round. Now we’re getting some […]
Meta (formerly Facebook) announced Thursday that about 50,000 Facebook users have been targeted by private surveillance companies. The tech giant said the seven companies carried out a combination of reconnaissance, engagement, and exploitation. In a blog post, Meta said, “We alerted around […]
If you think you have witnessed the biggest technological revolutions of your generation with the internet and smartphone, hang onto your keyboard because you’re about to have a wild ride. We are now entering the metaverse. Metaverse is the immersive […]
Infarm, a Berlin, Germany-based AgTech startup that grows food indoors in racks, announced today it has raised $200 million in Series D funding led by the Qatar Investment Authority, with participation from new and existing investors including Partners in Equity, Hanaco, […]
Last week, we wrote about GAMSTOP, a free service that lets residents within the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) put controls in place to help restrict their online gambling activities. The piece covered the inner workings of the GamStop API. GAMSTOP is […]
Investments in consumer goods and food delivery startups have grown in recent years as more people who now work from homes prefer to make their purchases online instead of shopping at the local stores. Companies like DoorDash, GoPuff, and others […]
Back in April 2019, we wrote a piece titled, “Why Aren’t Women-Led Startups Getting More Funding?” The article was about a woman-owned startup based in San Francisco and how the founder linked her inability to raise enough funding to her gender. […]
Globalization and a relatively stable government have led to a growing shift toward technology investments in Africa. In addition, the recent coronavirus pandemic and China’s repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang have led to a momentous shift in people’s attitudes toward China. […]
This is a guest post by Knud Kegel, VP Product at EMnify, a Berlin, Germany-based startup that provides cloud building blocks for cellular communications in the IoT stack, connecting millions of IoT devices globally. IoT continues to grab headlines and […]
It was just five months ago that ShareChat raised $145 million from Temasek and others investors. Back then, the Bengaluru-based Indian regional language social content-sharing platform was valued at around $3 billion. Today, ShareChat announced it has raised another $266 million in fresh […]
As you may recall back in September, we reported that Reddit was planning to go public and seeking to hire advisers for its U.S. IPO. The report followed a $700 million round in August at a valuation of more than $10 billion. […]
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is about to pay the largest taxes in American history. So, where does the $15 billion figure come from? On November 6, Elon Musk launched a Twitter poll asking millions of his fans if he should sell 10% […]
Just last week, we wrote about how Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates spent over $319 million on media outlets to promote his global agenda. Bill Gates is a busy man. When he’s not spending time on his Foundation that helps millions […]
We’ve been following the story of SpaceX’s Starship orbital flight for over a year now. Starship is a fully reusable launch vehicle still under development by SpaceX as part of its plan to fulfill the ultimate purpose of Mars exploration. Starship, which consists of […]
In recent years, there is a significant growth in online learning as millions of people for opportunities to gain new skills. The arrival of the covid pandemic early last year further accelerated the need for online learning. In addition, rapid […]
In 2018, Jaron Lanier, who is considered the father of virtual reality, warned that social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are dopamine farms that reprogram people’s brains and change how they think and feel. Lanier further warned that spending too […]
On December 9, MITRE disclosed a previously unknown new zero-day vulnerability in the popular Java logging package log4j v2.x known as Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228). Log4j is an open-source logging system widely used in a large number of enterprise systems. Hackers may already be taking […]
It has been almost two years since we last covered Sysdig, a container security startup that enables companies to securely run cloud-native workloads in production. Back then, Sysdig raised $70 million in late-stage funding round to extend market presence. Since then, Sysdig has witnessed […]
When it comes to organization spendings on IT, cybersecurity takes the lion’s share. According to a report from Forbes Magazine, 30,000 websites are hacked globally every day. In addition, 64% of companies around the world said they have experienced at least one form […]
Mixhalo, a San Francisco-based tech startup that delivers high-quality audio in real-time to attendees at live events, has closed $24 million Series B funding led by led by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC (“Fortress”), with participation from other […]
