HoneyBook, a business software tech startup and a provider of customer relationship management platform aimed at freelancers and small businesses in creative fields, announced today it has raised $250 million in funding led by investment giant Tiger Global Management. The […]
Back in May, we wrote about Zhang Yiming, founder of TikTok parent company ByteDance, after he announced his resignation as CEO because he lacked the social skills to be an ideal manager. “I’m not very social,” Zhang said in a statement. […]
In 2021, the world population is estimated to be 7.87 billion people. By 2050, the number is expected to rise to 9 billion people, 70 percent of these will live in cities. The rapid urbanization boom will be a challenge to […]
When Tesla CEO Elon Musk went to bed on Sunday night of October 25, his net worth stood at $254 billion. When the market closed at 4:00 PM EST Monday, Musk’s net worth was $290 billion. That’s right, a $36 billion […]
Last August, the UK government brought in thousands of refugees into the country as part of its response to the crisis in Afghanistan. The British government also added that 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan will be arriving in the UK over the next […]
UC Berkeley SkyDeck, the startup accelerator of the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), today announced it has selected 20 tech startup companies from across the globe for its Batch 13 startup cohort, with each receiving $105,000 funding along […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known for stirring the pot and setting the internet ablaze with his cryptic tweets. Now the world’s richest person has decided to do it in another language. Yesterday evening, Musk posted a tweet with the […]
Nuro, a developer of autonomous driving technology backed by two former Google engineers, has raised an additional $600 million in Series D funding round to speed up efforts to commercialize its robotic delivery services. The announcement comes two years after […]
For decades, organizations rely on traditional application security testing (AST) to find and eliminate vulnerabilities in their software. However, as these organizations move to the cloud, they quickly realized that their legacy AST approach is not only unscalable but also […]
What started over four decades ago as an adventure game between two undergraduate students has now turned into a multi-billion dollar industry. In 1978, ARPANET, the network that became the basis for the Internet, was linked to the University of Essex, Colchester, […]
In late August, China banned kids from playing online games for more than 3 hours per week to safeguard their physical and mental health. The new policy, which went into effect September 1, applies to companies providing online game services to minors, […]
On “Doge Day” April 20, SEC Commissioner warned Dogecoin traders: “Don’t come complaining to the government if you lose money.” Since then, the meme coin has gone through a roller-coaster ride. Besides, a few other meme coins have been launched. […]
Just about a month after she unmasked herself as the source behind damaging leaks about the social media giant, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is back in the news. In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook’s […]
Payment processing has come a long way in recent years. The growing popularity of online shopping and the use of quick pay options in brick and mortar stores has forced companies to rethink old practices and spurred innovation. In September […]
Last week, Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta. As part of the announcement, Mark Zuckerberg said the new name reflects the company’s work invested in the metaverse, rather than its namesake social media service. Zuckerberg also revealed that the company plans to […]
Just last week, Crypto.com, a crypto exchange that lets you buy, sell and pay with crypto, became the third most downloaded app in the United States Apple App Store. This week, Crypto reaches a new milestone becoming the #1 most downloaded app […]
Acacia Research Corp, a California-based tech company that partners with patent owners including inventors and universities to license patents that are infringed, has made a $790 million cash offer to acquire Comtech Telecommunications Corp, according to an exclusive report from Reuters, […]
Fraud and money laundering, already a critical challenge to all digital transactions, have been on the rise due to the global instability brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Investigations such as the Pandora Papers have also reignited concerns on AML compliance and […]
Decentralized service protocol, Automata Network rolls out its mainnet alongside a $20 million ecosystem incentive program aiming at boosting the development growth in the future. In a statement released on Monday, Automata Network confirmed the successful launch of its mainnet […]
In 2019, an estimated 80,500 cases of bladder cancer were diagnosed in the United States, representing 4.6% of all cancer diagnoses (greater than the global average), according to a report from NIH. This makes bladder cancer the sixth most common […]
