Quva is a U.K.-based FinTech startup that technology solutions for alternative investment managers. Today, the company announced the launch of a new fintech platform that’s set to transform the way private equity firms, venture capital funds, and angel investment networks currently manage […]
Pizza for bitcoins? It was a year after Satoshi Nakamoto invented blockchain to serve as the public transaction ledger for bitcoin. Laszlo Hanyecz, an early Bitcoin adopter and a computer scientist in Florida, wanted two large pizzas in exchange for 10,000 […]
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a new payment option that allows consumers to receive their purchase right away (Buy Now), either online or in-store, and then pay (Pay Later) for their purchase in installments. The BNPL model has also attracted millions […]
Hyperloop is a new mode of ground transportation that could make it possible for passengers to travel at over 700 miles an hour in a floating pod that travels inside giant low-pressure tubes, either above or below ground. Unlike the […]
Forget about bitcoin. The future is digital assets. Crypto-collectibles and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are the new craze and celebrities are already cashing in. Artists, influencers, and NBA stars are already making millions from trading NFTs. For example, last week we wrote about […]
On Thursday, SpaceX’s Starship SN10 prototype aborted the first launch attempt due to what Elon Musk describes as “slightly conservative high thrust limit and increasing thrust limit.” Three hours later, the SpaceX team retried the launch and successfully landed the […]
China is the world’s biggest polluter and the biggest emitter of fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the world. The data is based on the latest stats from research firm Statista. China alone contributes about 30 percent of the world’s […]
The smooth functioning of the agriculture system these days is riddled with challenges: labor shortages, increasingly harmful environmental impacts, and the skyrocketing demand all force farmers to seek new ways of adapting to the changing needs. Although the use of […]
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on millions around the globe. Over 2.5 million people have lost their lives and thousands of businesses have to shut down their operations. However, in the midst of all these, there is a pandemic “digital silver […]
Cipher Mining, an industrial-scale Bitcoin mining startup company, announced on Friday it will go public through a merger with blank-check firm Good Works Acquisition Corp in a deal that values the combined company at $2 billion. Cipher Mining is the latest in […]
Since coronavirus began over a year ago in Wuhan, China, researchers have warned that there is a direct correlation between obesity and higher COVID-19 death tolls across the globe. Obesity and overweight are also linked to hypertension and an increased […]
It’s been a while since we checked in with Gemini, a licensed digital asset exchange and custodian built for both individuals and institutions founded by the Winklevoss twins. We wrote about the two brothers back in September 2018 when New York […]
As people spend more time at home to stop the spread of the coronavirus, telehealth and in-home medical care are finally disrupting mainstream healthcare. Earlier today, we wrote about TytoCare, a mobile health platform that allows anyone to perform a self physical examination, […]
Imagine you’re a chief technology officer (CTO) of a company and you find yourself in an all-too-common situation in which you have a backlog full of secondary tasks, but you have to focus on critical issues. Now, it is Thursday […]
The future of shopping is here. Back in 2018, we wrote about Amazon after the retail giant launched its first checkout-free grocery store called Amazon Go. It is a grocery store without checkout lines. The sensor-infused store and convenience store was opened […]
ThredUp is a fashion resale marketplace that enables individuals to buy and sell clothing for women and children. ThredUp is one of the world’s largest online resale platforms for women’s and kids’ apparel, shoes, and accessories. Today, the Goldman Sachs-backed secondhand clothing […]
Nuxeo, a New York-based cloud-native, open-source, low-code platform content services platform has been sold by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity and Kennet Partners to Hyland Software. The total amount of the deal was not disclosed. In an announcement today, Kennet Partners, a […]
TytoCare, a mobile health platform that allows anyone to perform a self physical examination, and remote diagnosis, has raised an additional $50 million in Series D funding. The funding will allow TytoCare to continue to expand the availability of its full-stack telehealth […]
Earlier today, SpaceX’s Starship SN10 prototype aborted the first launch attempt due to what Elon Musk describes as “slightly conservative high thrust limit and increasing thrust limit.” Three hours later, the SpaceX team retried the launch and successfully landed the Starship SN10 […]
Last week, we wrote about why crypto-collectibles and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are the new craze and how celebrities like Mark Cuban are cashing in, Now, Elon Musk’s girlfriend Grimes is also cashing in. Grimes recently made nearly $6 million in only 20 […]
