TripAdmit, a Dublin based travel tech startup that provides sales and distribution solutions for tours and activities, has raised €500,000 in seed funding to expand its global footprint and increase its international reach. The round was backed by both international and Irish […]
In a boost to the gig economy, Uber and Lyft won big yesterday after Californians voted that the two ridesharing companies should be exempted from a labor law that aimed to make drivers employees instead of contractors. Shares of Uber were up more than […]
When the coronavirus started in Wuhan, China in December 2019, nobody knew it was going to wreak havoc of unimaginable proportion at a level we’ve not seen since the influenza epidemic of 1889–90. In addition to over one million people […]
Atos, a French digital transformation company, announced today it is partnering with French startup Pasqal to develop a quantum accelerator based on neutral atom technology for High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems. The technology would make it possible to strengthen the computing […]
We wrote about NASA back in 2018 after the U.S. space agency received a response from Voyager 1 spacecraft that was 13 billion miles away after 37 years of inactivity. The twin space probe, Voyager 2 was launched by NASA 16 days […]
Last Wednesday, we wrote about France after 523 French people died of coronavirus in just 24 hours. A few hours later, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a month-long nationwide lockdown to stem the tide of the deadly virus. Now, it seems the situation is […]
For many times since the coronavirus pandemic started in January of this year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reversed course on guidelines regarding the COVID-19. In an effort to encourage everyone to vote in the […]
It’s been over two years since we last wrote about Udacity. In July 2018, the EdTech startup launched a blockchain nanodegree program for the Middle East and North Africa. Since then, Udacity has seen exponential growth. The nine-year-old Udacity provides online education […]
3Commas.io, a Tallinn, Estonia-based cryptocurrency startup and a provider of a crypto-asset management platform that offers a unified access point and interface with the 23 of the world’s top crypto exchanges, today announced it has closed $3M in a Series A financing led […]
Human API, a Silicon Valley-based health tech startup announced today that it has raised over $20 million in Series C funding to accelerate innovation by giving consumers a cutting-edge means of sharing health data with the enterprises and researchers putting it to good […]
Last week, we wrote about Starlink after Elon Musk’s SpaceX company announced the prices of its new satellite internet service. In an email to select customers who had expressed interest in signing up for the service, SpaceX priced the initial Starlink […]
Spending in the U.S. 2020 election was already on track to break a record. Now according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, the spending is estimated to reach $14 billion. So far, the largest beneficiaries are mostly U.S.-based media outlets and […]
Back in August, we wrote about Rocket Lab after the space startup announced its plans to recover and reuse the first stage of its electron first stage and then capture them mid-air by a helicopter. Today, Rocket Lab announced its next Electron […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Monday that it’s giving all U.S. employees Thanksgiving week off as a reward for working through ‘unprecedented challenges.’ Zuckerberg said the social giant will give other employees three new paid days off as well, according to […]
The U.S. government and law enforcement agencies around the country are bracing for a surge of post-election day unrest. According to a report from CNN, White House a “non-scalable” barrier surrounding the White House complex has been erected to protect the […]
Food giant Nestlé announced last Friday it’s acquiring a meal prep startup food startup Freshly for $950 million upfront and up to $550 million in potential milestone-based payments. Founded in 2012, New York-based Freshly is best known for its weekly subscription meal service […]
Calithera Biosciences is a San Francisco-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the discovery and development of targeted, small-molecule therapies that disrupt cellular metabolic pathways to preferentially block tumor cell growth and enhance immune-cell activity. Today, the company received a new research award […]
inRiver, a Malmo, Sweden-based tech startup that helps businesses sell more products online via better product information, today announced that they have closed $32 million in funding to support the rapid growth planned to meet accelerated customer demand, continued product development, […]
Ocado, a British online supermarket, announced that it has acquired two U.S. robotics startups as it seeks to modernize its warehouses and “accelerate delivery, innovate more and grow faster.” In an announcement on Monday, Ocado said it has acquired San Francisco-based […]
Phillip Stutts is the founder and CEO of media company Win Big Media. Stutts has been watching politics for over two decades. After 24 years and 1,283 political campaign victories, including three winning U.S. Presidential races, Stutts provides an exclusive analysis of […]
