XPRIZE is a non-profit organization that designs and hosts public competitions intended to encourage technological development to benefit humanity. Its mission is to bring about “radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity” through incentivized competition. Back in October, the organization released […]
Despite the slowdown from the coronavirus pandemic, venture capital investment in European startups is poised to hit a record high this year and even better than last year. That’s according to the conclusion of an annual survey of the state […]
How safe are COVID-19 vaccines? It depends on whom you ask. The issue of vaccine safety has been the subject of discussion since the coronavirus pandemic started at the beginning of this year. About a week ago, a new survey found […]
Edge is a new tech buzzword. No day goes by without another headline about edge computing or edge AI. In a very simple term, Edge computing is what I called “power to the devices.” As enterprises move IT compute to the […]
Riding electric scooters can be lots of fun. However, as a parent, I worry about the safety of my children. Now, there is good news. Voi Technology is a Swedish micro-mobility startup that is aiming to encourage safer e-scooter riding with […]
As the coronavirus pandemic panic starts to die down, more and more investors are beginning to jump back into investing in promising and high-growth startups. One of these startups is SingleStore (formerly MemSQL), a developer of a cloud-based scalable database for […]
We wrote about Salt Security in the middle of this year after the cybersecurity startup founded by Israeli Defense Forces alumni closed a $20 million Series A funding led by Tenaya Capital. The events of the past year have made digital platforms […]
No day goes by without headlines about some new and amazing technology. It’s getting increasingly difficult to keep up with the pace of technological changes. These emerging technologies also take some time before they reach mainstream adoption. They have to […]
Computer passwords have been around for about 60 years now. The first computer password was developed in 1961 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for use with the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS). That password later gave rise to many of the […]
We covered IDnow a little over a year ago when the Luxembourg-based tech startup raised $40M in funding to accelerate the growth of its Identity Verification-as-a-Service (IVaaS) platform. IDnow has experienced exponential growth since our last article. As a sign […]
In 2020 alone, the U.S. federal government spent more than $93 billion on information technology (IT), according to publicly available IT spending data on ITDashboard.gov. While the U.S. government has spent a massive amount of money on IT and new […]
The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is widely-known for having long work hours and creating an overbearing amount of stress on employees––which commonly leads a number of professionals to leave the industry after just a few years. Enter Monograph, a […]
Late last month, we wrote about the 50 most funded tech startups in the United States in 2020. Little did we know that Fetch Rewards, a Wisconsin-based startup in the middle of the list, would be raising new funding this month. Fetch […]
The eSports market is estimated to be worth around $1.1 billion in 2020, according to a recently published report by market intelligence firm Newzoo. Of the total, Newzoo expects around three-quarters of the esports industry’s value to come from media rights and […]
Cisco announced early this morning that it has agreed to buy London-based cloud communications software company IMImobile for 595 pence per share in cash in a deal valued at about $730 million, including debt, according to a report from Reuters. […]
Centivo, a New York-based healthtech startup building a digital health plan aimed at self-funded employers, today announced it closed a $34 million Series B funding round to help employers deliver high-quality and affordable healthcare to their employees. The round, which was […]
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth orbits the Sun at an average distance of 149.60 million km (92.96 million mi), and one complete orbit takes 365.256 days. The temperature of the Sun at its […]
Greenhouse production is experiencing significant growth. In North America, the greenhouse fruit and vegetable market is growing more than 20 percent annually. As greenhouses expand their square footage to meet demand, however, labor shortages and rising labor costs pose challenges […]
Back in September, we wrote about NASA after the space agency unveiled a $28 billion plan to return humans back to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972. According to NASA, the first mission, known as Artemis I, will begin late […]
We wrote about Snowflake back in September after the cloud-data warehousing startup went public raising nearly $3.4 billion at a $33.2 billion valuation. The maker of cloud-data software made history after its stock popped 104% to $245 in its first trade, […]
