Google will pay $3.8 million to settle discrimination case that it underpaid women and unfairly passed over women and Asians for job openings. The $3.8 million also includes $2.6 million payment to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants to resolve allegations that […]
It’s been just over a year since the first coronavirus case was reported in the United States. For the first time, more Americans have now received at least one dose of the vaccine than have tested positive for the virus since […]
The global space tourism market is estimated to reach $1. 7 billion by 2027. The companies currently leading this market are Virgin Galactic, Airbus Group, Boeing Company, and others. Now SpaceX wants to make a foray into the nascent space tourism industry. Today, SpaceX […]
Databricks, a cloud-native tech startup whose software helps companies quickly process large sets of data and get it ready for analysis, announced today it has raised $1 billion to meet the growing demands of its unified data platform. The new […]
Is Robinhood in trouble? Just two days ago, the free-trading app Robinhood raised a $1 billion lifeline from investors to stay afloat. Then over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported that Robinhood has raised another $2.4 billion from shareholders. The announcement […]
Today, Ford Motor Co. and Google sign a six-year multi-million dollar strategic partnership to accelerate Ford’s transformation and reinvent the connected vehicle experience. The deal will make Google responsible for much of the automaker’s growing in-vehicle connectivity, artificial intelligence, as well […]
Think about this for a moment. Who in his right mind wants to see ads on their mobile devices? Apparently, Facebook thinks so. The social media giant thinks we are sheep who need to be fed with more ads. As […]
Cellino Biotech, a Cambridge, MA-based startup that develops intracellular delivery lasers and nanotechnology for gene editing applications. announced today it has closed $16 million in seed funding to advance its AI-guided laser platform to automate and scale autologous cell-and tissue-based therapies. The […]
Hyundai Motor and UK-based tech startup Urban-Air Port just unveiled the world’s first eVTOL hub. Last week, Urban-Air Port has partnered with car giant Hyundai Motor to develop the infrastructure required for when flying cars take to the skies to ferry people […]
Illumina is one of the leading companies when it comes to DNA sequencing and array-based technologies. And today, the company announced a partnership agreement with Sequoia Capital China to launch a genomics incubator in China. Powered by Illumina, the collaboration aims to […]
As COVID-19 rages on in the United States, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a sweeping mandatory mask order late Friday requiring people to wear “two or more layers” of face masks while using any form of […]
Happy weekend! We think this motivational video is a great way to start your week. The video is about how Elon went from a nervous breakdown to rockets blowing up, to building the world’s most valuable car company. Even as everyone […]
Online casinos have been a growing industry for quite some time. With more and more people choosing to gamble from their couch rather than going to a casino, it’s easy to see why gambling companies are putting more money into […]
The Honest Company, a baby and beauty products startup co-founded by actress Jessica Alba, is reportedly seeking to raise $2 billion in an initial public offering (IPO), according to a report from Bloomberg BNN. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said […]
Fintech startup and free-trading app Robinhood had a rough week, to say the least. First, the millennial-favored stock trading app came under attack after it banned Reddit amateur traders known as WallStreetBets (a Reddit board of over 2.8 million members) from trading on […]
As part of his effort to fight climate change, last week Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that he was donating $100 million towards a prize for best carbon capture technology. The announcement was met with mixed reactions. While […]
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is known here in the U.S. for his philanthropy work, having founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 with his wife. However, Mr. Gates is also known around the world for his vaccination projects […]
Happy Friday! As the week winds down, it’s time to relax and spend time with our loved ones. Since we’re still at the beginning of the year, the weekend may also be a good time to reflect on what we […]
Contrary to the media narratives, this week’s market activity surrounding GameStop and Wall Street is not about finance. It’s about what many are calling the ongoing war between the elites and populists and exacerbating wealth inequalities. First, let’s go back to how it […]
The last time we wrote about Johnson & Johnson was back in September 2020 when the world’s biggest pharmaceutical company launched the final phase of the human trial of its COVID-19 single-shot vaccine that includes 60,000 volunteers. Four months later, Johnson & Johnson has […]
