Slice, an Indian credit card challenger that helps consumers pay bills and manage expenses, is now valued at over $1 billion after its latest round of funding, the company announced on Monday. The Bangalore, India-based fintech startup reached so-called unicorn status after […]
2016 was a hot year for bike-sharing in China. However, car-sharing became a business model sought after by venture capital firms and end-users. At the time, the car-sharing industry was dominated by tech startups, internet companies, vehicle manufacturers, and real estate developers with all of […]
In 2019, we wrote about an accident involving a Tesla Model S after a Florida doctor was burned to death because the battery in his Tesla Model S burst into flames and the car’s “futuristic door handles” trapped him inside and […]
Happy Thanksgiving Holiday. With news of the new covid variant sucking the oxygen out of the 24-hour news cycle, we think you’re better served with a thought-provoking article about what affects us all: Education. Today, there is a lot of debate […]
The United States became the first country to successfully land humans on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Although Russia and China have landed spacecraft on the Moon, to this day, the United States remains the only nation in the world […]
The 5G revolution is here. Unlike the existing 4G wireless technology, 5G is significantly faster with speed as high 20 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) peak data rates and more than 100 Megabits-per-second (Mbps) average data rates. At this blazingly fast speed, 5G now paves […]
Times change and so do businesses. In fact, the working environment has changed so much over the last two years that new tools appeared to make collaboration between remote teams much easier. One of these tools is the online whiteboard. […]
The global pandemic has changed the way patients see doctors. A recent report from McKinsey & Co. estimated that physicians saw between 50 and 175 times more patients via telehealth than they did prior to the pandemic. Many doctors also turned to telemedicine […]
Early this week, Italy’s antitrust regulator fined Amazon and Apple a total of more than 200 million euros ($225 million) for alleged anti-competitive cooperation in the sale of Apple and Beats products. The Italian watchdog said the contractual provisions of a […]
Yesterday, NASA and SpaceX successfully launched a rocket to demonstrate the world’s first planetary defense system to protect Earth from future asteroid attacks. The DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in California on […]
The metaverse craze is spreading like wildfire just about a month after Facebook changed its name to Meta to reflect its focus on developing virtual reality products for the metaverse. Thousand of big tech companies and venture capitals are pouring billions […]
The metaverse craze continues without any sign of slowing down. Since Facebook changed its name to Meta in October, at least 3,700 companies have jumped on the metaverse bandwagon with Invidia, Tencent, Bytedance, and Alibaba leading the way. There are also […]
The world runs on semiconductors and microchips are everywhere – from your laptops, desktops, aircraft, vehicles, kitchen appliances, and smartphones to millions of mysterious servers that power all the internet websites. Currently, these semiconductors are produced by a handful of companies […]
BlackRock is the world’s largest money manager and the company that is often called the “fourth branch of the US government.” In recent years, the company has become one of the leading companies in the fight against climate change. The […]
NASA has successfully launched a space probe to change the course of an asteroid. The DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in California on Wednesday morning and blasted off at 1:21 AM EST (06:21 […]
New Order said today it has raised $4 million to kick start its community-led venture DAO incubator for promising new DeFi projects. The initiative is backed by an assortment of venture and angel investors, including Digital Finance Group, Outlier Ventures, […]
The news of the chip shortage continues to make the headlines. As the world shut down last year due to the pandemic causing factories around the world to halt production, reduce inventory, and some even close down making the supplies needed […]
In elementary school, we all learned about the three major major sources of energy: fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum), nuclear energy, and renewable energy. However, have you ever wondered how electricity gets to your home? As you probably […]
In September, a study from the University of California found that teenage boys are more at risk from vaccines than covid. The study also found that youths are 6 times more likely to suffer from heart problems from the vaccine […]
MarkLogic, a data integration company and provider of enterprise NoSQL database, announced today it has acquired San Jose, California-based tech startup Smartlogic. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition agreement, both companies will continue to conduct business […]
