The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused a surge in demand for contactless payments and accelerating the shift from credit card payments at parking locations to mobile app-based contactless payments. ParkMobile is an Atlanta, GA-based tech startup and the #1 parking app in […]
PaceMate, a Bradenton, Florida health tech startup and provider of a cloud-based platform that integrates with all cardiac vendors monitoring at-risk cardiac patients in real-time, today announced it has closed an $8 million Series A investment to expand market reach for […]
Visa announced on Monday a major industry first in bridging the worlds of digital and traditional fiat currencies: the use of USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin backed by the US dollar, to settle a transaction with Visa over Ethereum—one of the […]
Forget about the stimulus checks. NASA is planning a mission to a giant metallic asteroid called 16 Psyche that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire. The mission is scheduled for August 2022. According to NASA, the giant asteroid has gold […]
Welcome to the new normal. You may be required to provide proof of vaccination before you can apply for a job or conduct any commercial or leisure activities. The Biden administration is set to launch a COVID19 passport that Americans must have […]
There’s a popular saying that “Good products are bad for the economy.” We now live in a world where the majority of items we use are not made to last. There is no better example than the story of the Centennial Light, the […]
In 2019 alone, the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that the United States emitted 5.1 billion metric tons of energy-related carbon dioxide, while the global emissions of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) totaled 33.1 billion metric tons. Regardless of your political […]
Back in December 2020, we wrote about President Biden after he promised to build 550,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and create over 1 million jobs by investing in clean energy research over the next few years. Then in January, Biden signed […]
WeWork, a co-working unicorn startup that has been plagued with all kinds of problems, is finally going public 18 months after the IPO collapse. Today, WeWork announced it has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm BowX Acquisition […]
Gigaforce, Silicon Valley-based InsurTech startup, today announced the launch of a patent-pending, blockchain-optimized, claims platform designed to expedite subrogation, recovery, and salvage processing for insurance ecosystems. A provider of a SaaS-based, blockchain-optimized, Gigaforce combines heterogeneous data, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven predictive models, specialized […]
Amplicore, a Mason, Ohio-based early-stage biopharma startup developing a new pipeline of drugs to treat musculoskeletal disorders, announced today it has closed a $4 million in seed funding led by Photon Fund, with participation from Industrial Technology Investment Corporation, Berkeley Catalyst Fund, […]
Over a year after coronavirus began from Wuhan, China, WHO and health experts around the world are still unable to pinpoint exactly where the deadly virus originated from. Late last year, Chinese virologist Dr. Li-Meng Yan said she had proof and […]
Pilot, a San Francisco-based accounting startup that provides back-office services for startups and small businesses in the US, announced today that it has closed a $100 million funding round, doubling its valuation to $1.2 billion and making Pilot a new member […]
Earlier today, we wrote about how tech investors are pouring millions of dollars into Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) startups as crypto collectibles craze sweep through the art world. The NFT market has been exploding since the beginning of this year as digital art creators […]
Sequoia Capital India announced today it has closed a $195 million seed fund to back promising tech startups across India and Southeast Asia. The announcement comes two years after the firm launched Surge to help daring founders from India and Southeast Asia […]
Crypto.com has partnered with internationally known celebrity content creators as it launches a new NFT platform featuring membership by invitation only. Tech will meet top-draw creative entertainment in a unique offering for the crypto industry. Celebrity Content To Accompany The […]
For many months, we’ve been trying to get the word out there about how Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is going to change the world financial system as we know it. Now for the first time, millions of people around the world […]
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the latest crypto craze. Celebrities and artists around the world are riding the NFT hype and cashing in millions of dollars as the crypto-collectibles craze sweep through the art world. So, what exactly are NFTs? As […]
Every year, over 1.25 billion notarizations take place across nearly every sector of the American economy. The COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated the need for businesses and consumers to securely digitize transactions that used to happen in person. Yet many of life’s […]
Greenwood, an Atlanta-based digital banking startup designed for Black and Latino consumers and businesses, announced today that it had raised $40 million from six of the seven largest U.S. banks and the top two payment technology companies: Truist, Bank of America, PNC, […]
