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 […]
The New Zealand Lotteries Commission known as Lotto NZ has integrated Neccton’s mentor software to strengthen the player protection policy. The collaboration began when Neccton obtained a contract through a public tender process in which the applicant had to prove […]
The iGaming industry has seen a big boom in the past two years as millions of people turned to online gaming as a way to pass time amid the ongoing pandemic. For example, in the first nine months of 2021, iGaming generated […]
Two years after introducing the all-terrain vehicle (ATV) along with pickup vehicle Cybertruck, the world’s largest electric-car maker quietly launch “Cyberquad for Kids,” a four-wheel ATV, all-electric quad bike for kids in the United States at a starting price of […]
Glorify, a Christian faith-based app for worship and meditation, has raised $40 million in funding from investors including SoftBank Latin America Fund, Silicon Valley heavyweight Andreessen Horowitz, and reality TV star Kris Jenner, Corey Gamble, Michael Ovitz, Michael Bublé, Jason Derulo, […]
Maven 11 Capital, a global blockchain and digital asset investment firm., has closed $120 million for its second fund, Venture Fund II as the booming cryptocurrency market heats up and investors’ appetite to include crypto assets in their venture portfolio. Maven 11 […]
On November 15, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked a federal judge to give it until the year 2076 to fully release all of the data and the documents the agency used as the basis for the approval and […]
In a close reminder of what took place during Nazi Germany during Hitler’s rule, today, Germany becomes the first nation to impose the toughest restrictions for unvaccinated citizens as German COVID-19 deaths passed 100,000 mark in the fourth wave of the virus. According […]
On Monday, Jack Dorsey stepped down from his role as Twitter CEO. Just two days after the announcement, Dorsey’s payments company Square announced yesterday it’s changing its corporate name to Block as the company expands beyond its original credit card-reader business […]
Grab, a SoftBank-backed food delivery startup and Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing, makes its public debut on Thursday after a record $40 billion merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), making it the biggest Southeast Asia listing. Grab becomes the latest […]
This is a guest post by Sowmyanarayan Raghunathan, VP of Engineering at Talentica Software, the global leader in product development for startups. Debt is usually considered monetary in nature. But as technology has become a core asset for many businesses, companies […]
New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is not having a good week. Just yesterday, Parag came under fire for an old tweet after just less than 2 days on the job. On October 26, 2020, Agrawal shared the following tweet with quotes: “If […]
Legacy banks are losing their grips on millennials and Gen Z as millions of young consumers abandoned the traditional banks in favor of online and digital-only banking. Now, the old banks are fighting back by offering mobile banking services that make […]
Wealth disparities are on the rise in the United States. Today, the top 20% of Americans owned 86% of the country’s wealth and the bottom 80% of the population owned 14%. Closing the racial wealth gap requires more than just taxing […]
In 2020, the global cannabis market was valued at $22.10 billion. As millions stayed at a home during the pandemic, an increasing number of people turned to cannabis to relax and alleviate their anxieties. This, in addition to more states legalizing marijuana […]
London-based digital asset investing company CoinShares International has acquired French fintech Napoleon Crypto SAS and its social trading platform for $15.8 million (about 13.9 million euros), as the booming cryptocurrency market heats up. As part of the acquisition agreement, CoinShares said […]
One of the basic rules of safety is that testing never ends. This is even more profound in autonomous vehicles, also called driver-less or self-driving vehicles. Unlike regular vehicles with human drivers, an autonomous vehicle is one that senses its environment […]
On November 17, OSHA suspended the vaccine mandate in a big win for employers after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to stay that found it likely to be struck down as unconstitutional. Now about two […]
