In August, researchers at Oxford University found that covid vaccines are less effective than advertised. In the largest study of its kind, Oxford University and the UK Office for National Statistics analyzed more than 3 million PCR tests from a random sample […]
Lum Network, a blockchain tech startup building the first decentralized protocol for businesses to build authentic trust with their customers, has raised $4 million in a private Sale round led by a number of key crypto and technology investors. The round also […]
No day goes by without new headlines on climate change. While organizations and governments around the world focus their attention on reducing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, measuring emissions is equally crucial to implementing and reporting on carbon […]
When Jeff Bezos stepped down as Amazon’s CEO back in July, he promised to spend the rest of his time on passion projects like his space company Blue Origin, Washington Post, and philanthropic efforts. In an email to Amazon employees, whom he […]
Airtable, a cloud-based software tech startup that offers an online platform for creating and sharing relational databases, has raised a massive $735 million Series F funding round that nearly doubles its valuation to $11 billion from a year ago. AirTable joined the highly […]
Water leaks are a significant environmental problem. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, leaky faucets are estimated to waste almost 1 trillion gallons of water per year in the United States, that’s equal to the annual household water use of more […]
With 84% of world energy usage still coming from fossil fuels, climate change has become a major issue facing the modern world. The world’s leading scientists estimate that we may need to remove as much as 6 gigatons of CO2 per […]
In October, Facebook changed its corporate name to ‘Meta’ to reflect its foray into the metaverse. In addition, CEO Mark Zuckerberg also revealed that the new company plans to spend $10 billion to transition from its much-criticized social network and related family […]
Earlier today, TIME magazine named Tesla CEO and the world’s richest person Elon Musk as their “Person of the Year 2021” In a statement, Time magazine’s editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said, “For creating solutions to an existential crisis, for embodying the possibilities and the […]
Travelers have many things to worry about when traveling to their destinations. The situation is further compounded especially during the holiday seasons when millions of travelers are traveling to see friends and loved ones. However, one of the major concerns […]
Atlanta-based tech startup Punchlist has raised $2 million in seed funding to save teams time by allowing creative companies to add feedback directly to websites, images, and pdfs in one place. The round was led by Overline and PJC, with participation from Meritech […]
2021 has been a blockbuster year for technology startups around the world. From crypto, DeFi, health, NFT, and renewable energy, investors have poured a record $240 billion into promising and innovative technology startups as of September 30, dwarfing 2020’s full-year total […]
Tesla CEO and the world’s richest person Elon Musk has been named Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021. The announcement comes a year after Musk’s electric car company also becomes the most valuable carmaker in the world and over […]
With billions in war chest from the sales of covid vaccines, pharma giant Pfizer announced on Monday it has agreed to buy rival drugmaker Arena Pharmaceuticals Pfizer for $6.7 billion cash or $100 per share. Pfizer said it expects to finance the transaction with […]
Over the last decade, the average home price rose by nearly 30% while average income only increased by only 11% during the same time period, according to data from Bankrate. In just one year, the typical U.S. home price hit […]
Why do you think people invest their money in cryptocurrency? For those of you who have been paying attention to bitcoin roller coaster rides, the answer might not surprise you. The number one reason millions of people buy bitcoins and other […]
There’s a popular saying that “when a product is free, you are the product.” For about two decades now, Facebook (now called Meta) has been making billions off the back of children and billions of people on its platforms. Facebook has now […]
Tyson Clark, a general partner with Google Ventures (GV), has passed away at the age of 43. During his time as GV, Clark spent his career in enterprise technology, focusing on companies in the SaaS application and data center infrastructure […]
On Wednesday, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said four covid vaccine doses may be needed sooner than expected to fight the Omicron variant. In an interview with CNBC’, Bourla said, “When we see real-world data, will determine if the omicron is well covered […]
When he’s not telling people to have more babies, Tesla CEO Elon Musk always has something interesting to share with his 60 million fans on Twitter. Just last month, he asked his Twitter followers whether he should sell 10% of his stake […]
