We’re currently on the cusp of the biggest energy transition in history: from oil to renewable energy which ushers in a new era of electric vehicle revolution. This transition is also disrupting the entire energy distribution value chain and the […]
Less than a year after goPuff acquired BevMo for $350 million, the Philadelphia-headquartered Consumer goods and food delivery service startup announced today that it has entered an agreement to buy San Francisco’s rideOS for $115 million to accelerate innovation and bolster its […]
Curate, a St. Louis, Missouri-based tech startup, has raised $1.25 million in seed round funding to help creative small businesses thrive online. The round was led by Chicago-based OCA Ventures, with participation by Square co-founder Jim McKelvey, Cultivation Capital, and Stout […]
What a difference a year makes. As we reported early last year, 23andMe, a home DNA-testing startup founded by the former spouse of Google founder Sergey Brin, laid off about 100 people, or 14 percent of its staff due to a decline in DNA […]
On June 10, we wrote about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) when the agency announced it was holding an ’emergency meeting” after hundreds suffered rare heart inflammation following Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. The meeting, which […]
As part of its ambition to dominate and rule the world, China continues to infiltrate and steal cutting-edge technology from top U.S. universities, tech companies, laboratories, and strategic government organizations like the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Today, The Department […]
We featured Lexion back in 2019 after the Seattle, Washington-based artificial intelligence startup that provides voice-operated and intelligent assistant for professionals, closed $4.2 million for its AI-powered solution for managing contracts. Lexion has witnessed rapid growth since our last story. To further […]
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban says he lost money trading a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) token called TITAN that crashed from $60 to zero in under 24 hours. In a Twitter post, Cuban claimed he was “hit” by a cryptocurrency token market crash […]
As the coronavirus pandemic winds down and businesses reopen, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for employers to fill millions of job openings. Many of these companies struggle to find talent to fill their jobs. Gone are the days of just posting […]
Internet of Things (IoT) or connected world finally makes it possible to connect home appliances, industrial machines, building automation, and smart energy grids to the Internet. But securing these connected devices has been a challenge. According to research firm Markets […]
Back in May, we wrote about the Tether scandal and Binance investigation and what they both meant for the future of bitcoin and stablecoins. Since then, bitcoin has witnessed a roller coaster ride with prices fluctuating between $35,000 to a […]
As we reported last month, Colonial Pipeline surrendered to hackers five days after a crippling cyberattack shut down the largest fuel pipeline network in the United States. With just one password, hackers successfully installed a piece of ransomware and compromised the entire […]
While challenger banks continue to gain traction as they streamline products and services for their customers, one fintech startup just announced a new round of funding to help and build new services to help established and traditional legacy banks compete. […]
Google found itself in hot water again on Wednesday after The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco revived a lawsuit in which shareholders of Google parent Alphabet accused the giant of misleading them by concealing security vulnerabilities, including in […]
The information technology (IT) sector has evolved over the years. Unlike the utility industry where consumers have been buying electricity since the end of the 19th century, it took the IT industry more than a decade later before companies were […]
In 2019, 20.6 percent of U.S. adults experienced mental illness (51.5 million people), according to a study by the National Alliance on Mental Health. This represents 1 in 5 adults. The same study also found that 5.2 percent of U.S. adults experienced […]
A little over a year ago, Waymo, a self-driving startup owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, raised a whopping $2.25 billion in its first external funding round. The round was led by Silicon Valley heavyweights including Alphabet itself, along with outside firms […]
R-Zero, a San Francisco-based tech startup formed during the pandemic to make ultraviolet disinfecting machines for commercial and institutional customers, announced today it has raised $41.5 million to help automate its process and make it more efficient. The round, which […]
Back in October, we wrote about Google for Startups after it awarded up to $100,000 to 76 black founders from its $5M Google for Startups Black Founders Fund. Unlike the traditional venture capital funding, the founders received non-dilutive cash awards and […]
After more than one year of silence, the discussion about the origin of the deadly coronavirus that has so far killed over 3.75 million people worldwide, is beginning to get the attention of the U.S. mainstream media. For the past […]
