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 […]
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 […]
