Last week, China passed a controversial national security law on Hong Kong, which many fear could be used to override existing legal processes and end China’s “One country, two systems” policy. In response, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the United States […]
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization (WHO), a senior administration official confirmed Tuesday. The U.S. has submitted its withdrawal notification to the United Nations secretary-general, the official said. Withdrawal requires a year’s notice, so it […]
OwnBackup, a New Jersey-based cloud-to-cloud business continuity platform that provides backup and security services for Salesforce clients, today announced a $50 million in follow-on funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Vertex Ventures, and existing investor Innovation Endeavors. This latest round, which […]
Novavax, a late stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that it has been selected to participate in Operation Warp Speed (OWS), a U.S. government program that aims to begin delivering millions of doses of […]
We’ve been covering the story of Moderna vaccine development for a few months now. Moderna is a biotech company focused on drug discovery and drug development based exclusively on messenger RNA. In May, Moderna announced positive results of its phase 1 data […]
Fake news websites, commonly known as hoax news websites, are websites that deliberately publish fake news—hoaxes, propaganda, and disinformation purporting to be real news. The sites often use social media like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to drive web traffic and […]
Questo, a Bucharest, Romania-based tech startup and a developer of the platform for city exploration games, has raised €300,000 to help travelers and locals explore destinations by going on tours in game form, called quests. The round was led by Sparking Capital […]
Tesla is on a tear, with no sign of slowing down. As we reported last week, the electric car company is now the world’s number one automaker by market capitalization surpassing Japanese automaker, Toyota. Its soaring stock price, thanks to record […]
Last month, we wrote about TikTok after a new study found the ByteDance-owned app to be overtaking YouTube and Instagram as children and teens abandon the two most popular video-sharing platforms. Now, it seems Facebook has thrown the towel. Last […]
Harvard University announced Monday it will implement digital online learning for all its courses during the coming academic year, while tuition for the prestigious Ivy League school will remain at about $50,000. Harvard’s endowment is currently valued at over $40 billion, […]
Back in April, we told you about Huawei after the Chinese flagship technology company its 5G came under threat from mounting opposition to the Chinese company in Boris Johnson’s own ruling Conservative Party. Despite criticism from the United States, the UK government back […]
Data Dynamics, a Teaneck, New Jersey-based tech startup and a provider of unified unstructured data management platform, today announced it has recently closed on a $9 million financing round to support its strong product traction and market adoption. The round was led […]
Last week, we told you about Tesla after the electric car company surpassed to become the world’s most valuable automaker; market cap hits $206 billion. Now, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken time out to poke fun at the company’s naysayers […]
Uber has bought San Francisco-based food-delivery service Postmates for $2.65 billion in stock, the two companies announced in a joint statement Monday. Postmates is the fourth-largest delivery food service in the U.S. Last month, we told you about Uber’s attempt to […]
Taking medication comes with certain risks: the recent controversy surrounding hydroxychloroquine has made this clear once again. More generally, drugs are responsible for 130,000 hospitalizations and 30,000 deaths annually in countries such as France. That is the equivalent to the […]
According to multiple studies, there is a strong evidence for indoor airborne transmission of viruses, particularly in crowded, poorly ventilated environments. Other studies also found that poor ventilation in public buildings, workplace environments, schools, hospitals, aged care homes, or activities […]
Coronavirus cases are increasing in at least 37 states in the United States. Yesterday, Florida set a record with the state reporting over 11,000 new cases of coronavirus in just a single day. As states across the country begin to ease […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is back on Twitter just a month go after Musk said he was off tweeting for a while. “Off Twitter for a while,” Musk said in a tweet on June 1. Last week, Musk tweeted: “Who controls the […]
Do you have what it takes to design a futuristic toilet that will work on the moon? National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking for people to help design and innovate space toilet concepts as part of its Lunar Loo […]
In South Africa, at least 80,000 people have already been diagnosed with Covid-19 and more than 1,674 have died from Covid-19 since March, when the President declared a state of disaster and national lockdown. Late last month, we wrote about the […]
