On August 28, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its provisional death counts for reporting period 2/1/2020 through 8/22/2020. According to the stats, the CDC said that just 6% of the 161,392 reported US coronavirus deaths were “caused by […]
In early March, MIT biologist Dr. Shiva Ayyadura said fear-mongering on coronavirus will go down as the biggest fraud to manipulate economies. Dr. Shiva is not downplaying the risk and the deadly nature of coronavirus. Instead, Dr. Shiva brought the attention back to the importance […]
Since 2018, we’ve written at least over a hundred articles covering the gaming industry. The gaming space has grown exponentially without signs of slowing down. According to a recent report by Newzoo, the global gaming market will generate $159.3 billion […]
For many years, black holes are thought to gobble up so much surrounding material they put an end to the life of their host galaxy. This feasting process is so intense that it creates a highly energetic object called a […]
It’s been a while since we covered LuluLab, an AI beauty startup spin-off of Samsung Electronics’ in-house venture program. Back in April 2019, LuluLab unveiled its AI skincare solutions designed for the Middle Eastern market at the Beautyworld Middle East, the largest beauty […]
Ever wondered about the top technologies used by big tech companies? Profiling the underlying technologies used by any company can be daunting without ways to look under the hood. Builtwith.com is a popular website that has built lists of websites with a […]
Sculptures have been around for centuries. The Western tradition of sculpture began in ancient Greece and Greek. At the start of civilization, people used sculptures in some form of association with religion and as a representation of gods. Sculptures are made by […]
At TechStartups, we primarily write about the underdog tech startups that you probably have never heard of. We’re rooting for these up-and-coming startups partly because they do not have the money and resources required to get the visibility and exposure to […]
Ever wondered how deep the world’s deepest hole really is? The Kola Superdeep Borehole is the deepest manmade hole humans ever dug. Located in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, the remote region of the Russian Arctic, the Kola hole reaches approximately 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) below the […]
Salesforce is in talks to acquire Slack, an enterprise software platform that allows teams and businesses. The deal could be announced as soon as next week, according to news first the Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the matter. If […]
Localz, a Melbourne, Australia-based tech startup that provides digital customer engagement for small businesses, today announced it has raised £2 million in funding to further develop its product portfolio to support businesses with new safety measures and procedures as well as putting a customer-centric […]
Coronavirus pandemic which began in Wuhan, China reached a new milestone today topping 60 million worldwide. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging Americans to stay home for Thanksgiving this year, the U.S. reported almost 13 million […]
Late last month, Tesla recalled nearly 50,000 Model S and X cars exported to China due to safety concerns over faulty suspensions. The China State Administration for Market Regulation announced that two models, which were made in the U.S. and sold to […]
Back in July, we wrote about Hippo after the Silicon Valley-based insurtech startup raised $150 million in a Series E funding round to accelerate growth. Now, the company just announced it has another $350 million capital investment from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance. Mitsui […]
Unacademy, a Bangalore, India-based startup that provides educational content such as video lectures and examinations, has raised a new round of funding to democratize education and make it more affordable and accessible. The round, which now values Unacademy Group at $2 […]
In September, the Indian government banned 100 Chinese apps, including PUBG, Baidu, and Tencent’s hit games, as border tensions accelerate. The ban came after India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, WeChat, and UC Browser. Citing national […]
In 2019, Facebook was under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors for data-sharing deals with other major technology companies, according to the New York Times. The investigation added to the laundry list of inquiries since the Cambridge Analytica revelations in 2018. Now, […]
The future of work is changing. In September, we published a guest post about how technology is changing the way we work. Now, with the coronavirus pandemic, the old way of work is likely not going to be coming back. […]
We covered N26 back in May when the Peter Thiel-backed digital bank startup raised $100 million funding to prepare for the economic uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic. N26 currently offers its services in 22 European countries and the United States. N26 has […]
While the United States is still the only country to have successfully conducted crewed missions to the Moon, China formally launched a “historic” mission to Moon this week to collect and bring back rocks samples from the unvisited area. In what […]
