The sun has an infinite amount of energy to generate electricity apparently without toxic pollutants or effects on global warming. It is also true that the current solar energy systems (photovoltaics, solar thermal, solar power) offer significant benefits when compared […]
A month ago, we wrote about Arrival when the London-based electric vehicle startup raised $118 million from BlackRock to provide zero-emission mobility solutions for cities. Now Arrival is one of the latest tech startups to join the “SPAC” craze. Yesterday, Arrival […]
Back in May, we covered Medable when the Silicon Valley-based healthtech startup Medable raised $25M funding to drive global adoption of decentralized clinical trials. Medable is transforming clinical research and predictive medicine by creating a platform powered by patient-generated data, Today, […]
AI21 Labs is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based tech startup that is bringing AI into the 21st century by developing AI systems with an unprecedented capacity to understand and generate natural language. Today, AI21 Labs announced it has raised $34.5M in […]
Lanistar is a U.K-based fintech startup that provides a customer-centric alternative to traditional banking. Lanistar claims to offer the “world’s most secure card” that uses “polymorphic technology to enable card users to add up to eight bank cards onto the Lanistar card. […]
Pike Street Capital, a Seattle, Washington-based private equity firm, today announced the closing of Pike Street Capital Partners (the “Fund”), a $237 million fund that will focus on control investments in industrial technology businesses. The fund, which was over-subscribed to its […]
What comes to your mind when you hear or read the word “cryptocurrency?” You’re probably thinking of digitally minted coins brandishing with a large “B” symbol. Yes, Bitcoin is, by far, the most popular cryptocurrency on the market today. With […]
In the largest randomized controlled trial to date with 6,024 subjects, medical masks were NOT effective protection against infection, according to a Danish mask study that was just published in Annals of Internal Medicine. The purpose of the study was to assess […]
MarginEdge, a Fairfax, Virginia-based tech startup and a provider of restaurant management platform, announced today that it has secured $4 million in new funding to assist restaurants with financial and operations management using its smart technology. The round was led by […]
Cogito, a Boston, MA-based tech startup that enhances the emotional intelligence of phone professionals by applying behavioral science through artificial intelligence, today announced it has raised $25 million in funding to accelerate the development of new capabilities that enhance the performance of the […]
Over the past few years, several state governments have deregulated the electricity provider industry, allowing homeowners the right to choose who provides their electricity. Today, residents in 14 states can choose among 50+ electricity providers and plans to find one […]
Apple announced today that it will cut its App Store commission rate to 15% for small app makers and software developers with less than $1 million in annual net sales on its platform. Dubbed as App Store Small Business Program, the tech giant says […]
Bitcoin is on fire. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency defies gravity and surges past $18,000 for the first time since December 2017. Bitcoin broke the $18,000 level and rose about 8.6% higher Wednesday morning at $18,172, breaching a level it hasn’t […]
Some types of games have been online for a long time now, with roulette, blackjack, and poker some of the long-established online games. More recently, they have been joined on the internet by the likes of mahjong, andar bahar, Monopoly, […]
We covered WiBotic back in July when the Seattle-based tech startup partners with Ubiquity Robotics to offer wireless charging for Magni Robot. The partnership makes it possible for Magni users to program the robot to navigate to a charging station where […]
Amicus.io, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based fintech company that enables non-profit organizations to turn their supporters into advocates and fundraisers, today announced that it has raised $8.7M in series B funding from mission-driven investors in philanthropic and banking sectors hailing from the US […]
Today’s connectivity and compute constructs are based on legacy networks that are largely closed and monolithic. As new sets of devices (robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles, etc.) enter the network, coupling reliable connectivity and AI compute at the edge becomes essential. […]
In the early nineties, Microsoft used its monopoly power to kill small innovative tech companies. Microsoft is not alone. IBM and other Big Tech like Google and Facebook did the same. VisiCalc was the first electronic spreadsheet developed by a small […]
We wrote about ChargePoint back in September after the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network filed to go public at a $2.4 billion valuation. Today, ChargePoint announced it is partnering with Apple to integrate a wide range of EV charging information […]
PingCAP, a Beijing, China-based tech startup and the team behind TiDB, the open-source, cloud-native, distributed SQL database, announced today that it has closed $270 million in Series D funding. The funding was jointly led by GGV Capital, Access Technology Ventures, Anatole […]
