Over the past decade, billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been criticized for pushing Big Pharma vaccines and medicines on regions of Africa with disastrous results. Some people even used Gates’ own words to accuse him of using new vaccines […]
Hardly a day goes by without another headline of cyber-attacks and data breaches. Companies around the world are losing billions of dollars to cybercriminals. Governments and customers are also holding these companies into account forcing them to tighten their security measures. […]
Mariner Wealth Advisors, a Kansas City-based national wealth advisory firm just makes its sixth acquisition to close out the summer of deals. Today, the firm announced that it has acquired New Jersey-based wealth advisory firm, FCG Advisors. The deal closed on September […]
After achieving unicorn status in its previous funding round, Israeli visual creativity app developer Lightricks recently announced it has raised an additional $130 million. The new Series D funding round will allow Lightricks to expand its operations, primarily through the […]
You probably never heard of StickyLock Games, an Amsterdam, Netherlands-based gaming startup that creates digital experiences using both Augmented and Virtual Reality. The company builds user-friendly applications for businesses, educational institutions, and games. Early this year, StickyLock announced it was looking to create a game-changing first-person shooter […]
Nreal, a Chinese augmented reality (AR) glasses maker and developer of ready-to-wear mixed reality glasses, has raised $100 million to fund international expansion and develop new products. The fresh funding round reportedly values the 4-year old startup at $700 million. Nreal’s […]
Oyo Hotels and Rooms, a SoftBank-backed Indian hospitality startup with $335 million in losses, is expected to file for an initial public offering (IPO) next week to raise around $1 billion, according to a report from Reuters, citing a source familiar […]
Facebook Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mike Schroepfer announced Wednesday he will be stepping down from his role after 13 years with the social giant. Mike Schroepfer has been CTO at Facebook since March 2013. Prior to that, he was the Vice President […]
Greylock Partners has raised $500 million to invest exclusively in seed-stage startups. The announcement comes a year after the firm raised $1 billion for its 16th flagship fund to invest in early- and growth-stage tech startups. Guo and general partner Saam Motamedi […]
Verizon, the U.S.’ largest cellphone provider, is known for providing superior wireless coverage that covers 70 percent of the United States. But not many people know about the company’s investment in technology startups. For example, Verizon bought AOL for $4.4 billion in 2015 […]
Hackers love cryptocurrency partly because of its anonymity. In fact, most cybercriminals prefer their ransom payments to be in cryptocurrency because it’s difficult to trace wallet addresses unless the crypto exchange divulges their financial information to law enforcement agencies. In very […]
In May, the U.S. Federal Reserve bank announced the plan to launch five U.S. central bank digital currency pilots over the next 12 months as part of its Digital Dollar Project effort (DDP). The news came almost a year after the […]
Bill Gates is one of the largest private farmland owners in the United States. Gates has acquired over 269,000 acres of farm in the United States in the past 10 years, according to NBC News. Now, Microsoft co-founder has set […]
For those who have been following Elon Musk and Tesla Group on Twitter, almost no day goes by without a post or tweet on Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD). FSD is a feature Tesla claimed to have “designed and engineered from […]
The number of cryptocurrencies has grown from just a handful of digital coins in 2013 to nearly over 6,000 as of 2021. Even with headlines filled with news of rising prices of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, it’s surprising that blockchain, the […]
Steven Mnuchin has started a new gig less than a year after he left his position as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Trump’s administration. Mnuchin, a former movie producer and an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, just announced the launch of a multibillion-dollar […]
Last week, Restaurant tech startup Toast announced it was going public this week at a $16 billion valuation. Today, the Boston-based startup has priced its IPO at $40 a share, after previously raising its price range to as high as $36 per […]
Finding legal information and professionals in the United States is very hard and challenging, let alone finding legal resources and information worldwide. For most lawyers, looking for legal materials about international laws and arbitration requires going to a worldwide portal of […]
Farming is hard work and the conditions can be grueling and repetitive. There’s a shortage of labor in the agricultural sector as only a few people want to work on farms. Most young people today will rather buy and sell […]
Sorare, a Paris, France-based blockchain-based fantasy soccer game Sorare has raised $680 million in funding to create the next sports entertainment giant leveraging NFTs. The round was led by SoftBank, with participation from players including ex-England international Rio Ferdinand and Spain’s Gerard […]
