A top Chinese diplomat Sha Zukang said that China must be ready to use nuclear weapons and should abandon its ‘no-first-use’ policy to push back against new alliances forming in the Pacific and if the United States continues to defend […]
Even as technology continues to disrupt many industries, the financial and mortgage sectors still have a long way to go. For example, the current mortgage process is cumbersome and time-consuming, rife with filling out complicated documents which take days and […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his girlfriend Grimes have gone their separate ways after three years of relationship. The artist and the SpaceX founder were together for 3 years before they ended their relationship. In a statement, Musk told Page Six saying, […]
Progress, a tech company that offers software for creating and deploying business applications, today announced it has acquired New York-based tech startup Kemp for $258 million in an all-cash deal. The acquisition is expected to close in October 2021. In a statement, the […]
Remember back in June when China crackdown on cryptocurrencies? Bitcoin lost 7% of its value, falling as low as $32,105 after China banned financial institutions and payment companies from providing services through cryptocurrency transactions. Now China is back in the news as it […]
According to the New York Times, serious covid infections among vaccinated people have been relatively rare. However, a recent Times analysis of data which “spanned the period from the start of the vaccination campaign until mid-June or July 2020, found that at […]
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 […]
