The health of our oceans is at a tipping point with unprecedented plastic pollution and damage to marine life and ecosystems. Covering 71% of our planet and containing 96% of all of our water, the health of our oceans is […]
Tomorrow.io, a SaaS Weather intelligence platform that provides real-time weather forecasts, is going public through a merger with a blank-check firm Pine Technology Acquisition Corp in a deal worth nearly $1.2 billion, the two companies said on Tuesday. The deal is expected […]
2021 is a blockbuster year for Ethereum–a decentralized opensource platform that enables developers to build decentralized applications (dApps) and deploy smart contracts that employ blockchain technology. However, as the mainstream Ethereum adoption continues to grow, a new problem began to emerge: scalability. As […]
In May, fintech startup and online mortgage lender Better.com announced it was going public via a SPAC deal with Aurora Acquisition Corp. in a deal that valued Better at $7.7 billion. However, the SPAC merger is now in question after a […]
Facebook continues to face an exodus of top engineers after former employee and whistleblower Haugen said Mark Zuckerberg should step down as CEO rather than rebranding to Meta. The latest example is four former Facebook engineers who left the social giant to […]
Back in March, we wrote about Geojam after the Mariah Carey-backed music startup launched its Emerging Artist Program to reward fans and support emerging artists. Similar to Songclip, Geojam is a social music community that connects fans, artists, influencers, and brands. In fact, […]
The best of Bitcoin & Ethereum is now together in one place. Phase One of the NEVM launch is complete! Our Bitcoin-secured Layer 1 for EVM smart contracts reached mainnet on block 1,317,500, December 6th, 2021. With this upgrade to […]
Why advertise on job boards when you can get your message in front of 100 million social media fans? That’s how Elon Musk has been able to recruit the best and the brightest people to work for his companies. With […]
US Judge Doughty once said, “If boosters are needed six months after being “fully vaccinated,” then how good are the COVID-19 vaccines, and why is it necessary to mandate them?” This is a rational question the US government failed to […]
Arabic is one of the widely spoken languages around the world. Today, it is estimated that there are more than 420 million Arabic speakers globally with 30 different dialects. Egypt has the highest population of Arabic speakers with the highest population of […]
It was just last month that we wrote about Lucid Motors after the so-called Tesla killer made its public debut in July via a SPAC with Michael Klein’s blank-check acquisition firm that valued the company at $24 billion. By November, Lucid’s market […]
The highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of Chinese AI facial recognition startup SenseTime is finally happening. After several false starts, SenseTime Group is looking to raise up to $767 million in its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), according to […]
Cryptocurrency hackers strike again. Last August, hackers stole over $90 million worth of crypto coins from the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid. The crypto startup also said that some of its digital currency wallets had been “compromised,” and that hackers were transferring the […]
A little over a year ago, we wrote a piece titled, “These 6 corporations control 90% of the media outlets in America and The illusion of choice and objectivity.” Today, these six corporations along with big tech companies, now control a majority […]
NSO Group is a cybersecurity tech startup you’ve probably never heard of. Founded about 12 years ago, the Tel Aviv, Israel-based NSO Group develops technology that helps government agencies prevent and investigate terrorism and crime to save thousands of lives around the globe. The […]
Bitcoin has been defying the law of gravity for over three weeks now. But not for too long. What goes up must come down. In just an hour, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency lost $9,000 and fell as low as […]
In the past 20 years, the average cost of college in the United States has tripled to $35,720 per student per year, with an annual growth rate of 6.8%. Even with all the scholarships available, the rising cost has put thousands […]
Plastic pollution is a huge problem around the world. Even though many western nations have banned the use of plastic bags, developing countries in Africa and Asia still use plastic bags. The situation is no different in India, a country […]
On November 6, Elon Musk launched a Twitter poll asking millions of his fans if he should sell 10% of his stake in Tesla to pay billions in tax liability. About 24 hours later, 58% of Twitter poll respondents said Musk should sell […]
Hycan, a GAC and Nio-backed Chinese electric car startup, is reportedly on the verge of raising $300 million in another round of funding as investors pour billions of dollars into the electric car space. In an interview with Evelyn Cheng of CNBC during […]
