Have you ever had covid-19, fully recovered from the virus, and later to be asked by your employer to go and get vaccinated? That was the case with George Mason University (GMU) Professor Todd Zywicki. Prof. Zywicki has already contracted and […]
Peter J. Burns III has started or helps start almost 200 small businesses over the last four decades. But none of them may have the lasting impact of Millennial Queenmaker (MQ). With its launch earlier this summer, the startup, which […]
Lacking the technical and financial resources of big enterprises, small to medium businesses (SMBs) might think that machine vision is not a viable option for them. Their perception is that automating quality assurance (QA) is complex and expensive. As a […]
The US Air Force (USAF) had signed a working contract with Constellation Network, a San Francisco-based technology and blockchain company, to secure a variety of data interactions in its defense operations. Constellation has received a Phase II Small Business Innovative […]
Earlier today, 12 US service members including 11 marines and a Navy medic were killed in the Kabul, Afghanistan airport attack, according to a report from the BBC. So far, more than 60 people have died including civilians and 12 US […]
We live in the digital age and data is rapidly becoming the lifeblood of the global economy. Data now represents a new type of economic asset used by leading companies to gain a competitive advantage over their rivals. This has brought […]
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all the rage these days. They’ve gone from cryptocurrency side projects to digital art collectors queuing up for hours online for a chance to buy some. NFTs are not just collectors, public figures like Elon Musk, […]
Afghanistan has been in the news since last week after the Afghan government fell to the Taliban on August 15. The collapse of the Afghan government has led to the fleeing of thousands of Afghan refugees to neighboring countries like Pakistan […]
A pitch deck is how you make connections with the people who can take your startup where you want it to go. It’s only the first step but there won’t be any more unless you impress investors enough. Doing it […]
For years, autonomous vehicle industry veterans say only an aerospace and defense skunkworks team can successfully deliver automotive radar with the range, resolution, and real-time edge processing smarts necessary to enable Level 4-5 autonomy. Now, this new tech startup is […]
German publisher Axel Springer announced Thursday that it is buying the digital media site Politico. The two companies did not disclose the exact price of the deal, but early reports value it at about $1 billion. The Virginia-based Politico is […]
Xiaomi said Wednesday that it had acquired autonomous driving tech startup Deepmotion for about $77.37 million as it aims to expand into the crowded electric vehicle market. Xiaomi said the acquisition will “enhance the technological competitiveness” of its nascent electric vehicle business and move […]
Abtrace, a London, UK-based healthtech startup, announced today it has raised £2.1 million in seed funding to transform how chronic and long-term health conditions are detected, monitored, and treated. This round was led by the Lisbon-based VC fund Faber, with participation […]
BBC presenter Lisa Shaw died due to complications from the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, a coroner has found. The healthy mother of one developed headaches a week after her first dose of the vaccine and suffered blood clots in the brain which […]
In recent days, the FDA approval of Pfizer vaccines and vaccine mandates by employers and other organizations have managed to suck the oxygen out of the 24-hour news cycle. However, while vaccines and therapeutics play major roles in combating the deadly covid-19, what’s […]
SPAC has grown in popularity in the last two years. There are at least 400 SPAC IPOs of the 500 IPOs, a 75 percent increase, according to data from the SPAC analytics firm, SPACAnalytics.com. Softbank-backed car-sharing startup Getaround becomes one of […]
As you may recall, we reported in the middle of last year when Google-backed drone startup Wing delivered library books so kids in Virginia can keep reading during the summer. At the time, Wing partnered with Kelly Passek, a middle school […]
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday pleads against booster shots. Dr. Tedros also questioned the efficacy of the booster shots while highlighting the risk of ‘more potent’ variants.” In a news conference in Hungary, Dr. Tedros doubles down […]
It’s perhaps fair to say that AI and machine learning still occupy the realm of science-fiction within our minds, yet there’s a strong chance that something using artificial intelligence already exists in most of our homes. Voice assistants like Siri […]
Back in April, Taiwan told the world that 25 Chinese Air Force warplanes breached its airspace and defense zone in just a day. The incursion into Taiwan’s airspace took place months before the United States decided to pull out of […]
