Late last month, we wrote about a 19-year-old who turned down a $5,000 offer from Tesla Elon Musk to take down a Twitter account that tracks his private jet. The news quickly went viral after he rejected Musk’s offer. The saga now […]
Calm, the #1 meditation and sleep app, announced Wednesday it has acquired health technology startup Ripple Health Group. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition agreement, Ripple’s CEO David Ko will now serve as Calm’s […]
Productboard, a San Francisco-based product management software maker, has raised $125 million in a late-stage funding round led by Dragoneer Investment Group and Tiger Global. Productboard plans to use the fresh capital to hire staff and expand products for its enterprise […]
In July 2021, a new Pfizer-funded study found that Pfizer vaccine effectiveness drops to 84% after 4 to 6 months. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla shared findings from the company-funded study that showed Pfizer’s vaccine efficacy declines approximately 84 percent within four […]
Lunchbox, a New York-based FoodTech startup that’s disrupting the restaurant industry, today announced it has raised $50 million Series B Funding to help mom-and-pop restaurants break their reliance on third-party apps. The round was led by Coatue, with participation from existing investors […]
As the security situation on Ukraine’s border with Russia continues to deteriorate, the U.S. Pentagon will move some of its Europe-based forces further east and deploy additional U.S.-based troops to Europe, according to a report from CNBC. NBC News also […]
Google’s Alphabet is now a $2 trillion company. Today, Google parent company Alphabet Inc. inched closer to joining Apple and Microsoft in the elite $2 trillion market valuation club after the search giant’s shares surged 10% on Wednesday after a blowout […]
Big tech companies like Tesla, Uber, Cruise, and Waymo are revolutionizing the future of transportation with their self-driving vehicles that will one day take us anywhere with just a click on our smartphones. While all attention is focused on these […]
It’s the year 2022. There’s at least one social network for everyone and for every niche interest. There is Facebook, a place to hang around with friends and family. Instagram is another social platform to brag about how rich and well-off you […]
The meteoric rise of Bitcoin over the past year has led to the mass adoption of cryptocurrency among retail and institutional investors. According to a new Pew Research Center survey, the vast majority of U.S. adults have heard at least a […]
Just a little over three months after Facebook changed its name to Meta, the social giant is now aiming to position itself as the dominant player in the metaverse space through hiring and new acquisitions. To that end, Facebook has […]
Since Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came to power in 2013, he’s been working hard and building alliances with the US and other nations to build a tech hub in Saudi Arabia and create a friendly business environment. His Vision 2030 goal is […]
UC Berkeley SkyDeck, the global startup accelerator of the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), along with Cariplo Factory, an innovation hub specializing in entrepreneurship programs, and Lendlease, a global real estate and investment group, today announced the launch of […]
NSO Group is an Israeli cybersecurity tech startup you’ve probably never heard of. The startup has no web presence and its spyware is used by private companies and government agencies to spy on their citizens. The NSO Group’s military-grade Pegasus spyware is […]
A new era of the Internet is upon us and the metaverse is here to change the internet as we know it. Unless you’ve been living in a cave, the ‘metaverse’ is now the latest buzzword in technology and among […]
AppHarvest is a green tech startup we have covered on many occasions. Backed by businesswoman and television personality Martha Stewart, AppHarvest is an indoor farming startup that uses AI to produce 30 times more food per acre than traditional farms and also uses […]
The electric scooter market space is saturated with hundreds of startups competing for their shares of the market. The two biggest players Bird and Lime have raised about $1 billion in funding as they expand their presence in the US […]
The meteoric rise of enterprise software startup Chargebee from a small startup to a unicorn is a testament to many years of hard work and perseverance by the team of this relatively new startup. In April 2021, Chargebee joined the highly […]
MNTN, a Culver City, California-based AdTech startup that provides advertising software for direct marketers and agencies, has raised $119 million in a Series D funding round co-led by asset manager BlackRock and Fidelity management and research. The round was closed in […]
Gamers of the NFT-based game Tezotopia, created by Gif Games, will connect with brands while keeping full control of their identities in the metaverse. Everyone is talking about metaverse since Facebook announced its name change to Meta back in October. […]
