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Japan’s drone startup SkyDrive demonstrates the first successful test flight of flying car in Japan
Nickie Louise Posted On August 31, 2020


Air taxis are no longer the things you see in fiction movies. Welcome to the future of flying cars. Japan’s drone and robotic startup SkyDrive becomes the first company to demonstrate the first successful test flight of a flying car […]


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Health  / Research
Gilead says 7% of COVID-19 patients on Remdesivir developed acute kidney injury. Gilead also says in its clinical data that “It’s NOT yet known if Remdesivir is safe and effective for the treatment of COVID-19”
Nickie Louise Posted On August 31, 2020


We’ve been following Gilead’s remdesivir (sold under drug name Veklury) for over five months now. In April, Remdesivir’s study was touted by Dr. Anthony Fauci as a smashing success. Gilead’s stock also soared after the news. A lot has changed since […]


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Biotech startup Pyramid Biosciences raises $28M in funding for the advancement of its TRK modulator clinical programs in oncology and dermatology
Nickie Louise Posted On August 31, 2020


Pyramid Biosciences, a Boston-based biotech startup developing new precision therapies focused on the modulation of cell surface receptors, today announced it has raised $28 million in funding to accelerate the growth of Pyramid Biosciences’ programs focused on novel tropomyosin receptor […]


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Swiss fintech startup Expense Robot rebrands to Yokoy; launches Yokoy Mastercard
Nickie Louise Posted On August 31, 2020


We covered Expense Robot back in March after their seed-round-announcement when the Swiss fintech startup raised $1.79 million to automate expense and business credit card processing using AI. A lot has changed since then. In an email to TechStartup early this […]


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Health  / Research
90% of people tested positive in 3 states barely carried coronavirus. Stunning new research finds C19 PCR tests are much too sensitive to be useful in assessing coronavirus spread
Nickie Louise Posted On August 30, 2020


The United States now has at least 6,157,483 confirmed cases of coronavirus with over 187,000 deaths reported, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. As part of its effort to slow the spread of coronavirus in the United States, the […]


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New updated data from CDC now shows that just 6% of the 161,392 reported US coronavirus deaths are caused by ONLY COVID-19
Nickie Louise Posted On August 29, 2020


The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its provisional death counts for reporting period 2/1/2020 through 8/22/2020. According to the stats, CDC said that only 6% of the 153,504 US deaths are related to COVID-19 only. […]


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Europe’s anti-mask and anti-lockdown protests: More than 50,000 rally in Berlin and London to protest against coronavirus lockdown restrictions
Nickie Louise Posted On August 29, 2020


Thousands of anti-mask, anti-lockdown protesters turn out in Europe’s big cities including Berlin and London to protest against government coronavirus measures. According to German newspaper Deutsche Welle, German authorities estimate that some 38,000 people took part in a march that split into […]


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Top 10 emerging technologies of 2020 and beyond
Nickie Louise Posted On August 29, 2020


It’s August, we’re more than halfway into the year. With coronavirus continuing to wreak havoc and disruption around the world, 2020 has been a year of chaos, pandemic, and uncertainties. But that does not mean that the technology sector remains standstill. […]


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Meet Arnav Kapur, a student at MIT’s Media Lab who can surf the internet with his mind
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2020


Earlier today, Elon Musk presented a live demo of Neuralink V0.9 that shows a brain-machine interface in action. During the press conference, the Neuralink team showcased a future technology that could help people deal with brain or spinal cord injuries or controlling 3D […]


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Elon Musk showcases his Neuralink’s AI-powered brain implant in live pigs
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2020


A little over a year ago, Elon Musk announced his new ambitious project called Neuralink that seeks to connect human brains to a computer. Neuralink is a product that can make anyone superhuman by connecting their brains to a computer. Musk […]


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Apple terminates Fortnite maker Epic Games’ App Store account
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2020


It’s on! As the battle rages on between Apple and Fortnite maker Epic Games, Apple announced just an hour ago that it has suspended the Epic Games’App Store account. Apple’s action follows a temporary restraining order on Monday evening, in which a […]


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InstaShop, a hyperlocal grocery app startup founded in 2015 by two college students, sold to Delivery Hero for a whopping $360 million
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2020


At the time when most college students are busy dividing their time between studying and partying, Ioanna Angelidaki and John Tsioris were busy working on their startup. The two Greek partners co-founded InstaShop, a hyperlocal grocery app, and an online marketplace for supermarkets, […]


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Movano closes $12.5M bridge financing round to transform glucose monitoring with non-invasive wearable technology
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2020


Movano is a stealth mode San Francisco Bay Area digital health startup that transforms glucose monitoring with its non-invasive wearable technology. Today, Movano announced it has closed its bridge round at $12.5 million to expand both internal and external testing efforts. The capital will […]


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Boeing donates more than $10 million to support racial equity and social justice nonprofits and programs
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2020


Boeing today donated $10.6 million to a group of 20 nonprofits working to address racial equity and social justice in the United States. The funding package is part of the company’s previously announced multi-year commitment that includes a mix of […]


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U.S. technology stocks are now worth more than the entire European stock market
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2020


The United States continues to dominate technology space. Thanks in part to the trillion-dollar tech club companies like  Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Their dominance is reflected in their market capitalizations on Wall Street. According to a report released today by Bank […]


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Elon Musk’s Las Vegas Boring Company hyperloop and high-speed tunnel ‘only a few months away’ from operational
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2020


What once seemed like something out of a science fiction movie is becoming a reality. About four years ago, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk came up with the idea of a hyperloop and high-speed tunnel to address the traffic […]


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Berbix raises $9 million Series A funding for its instant identity verification platform
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2020


According to a 2018 study by McKinsey, the market for ID verification-as-a-service will grow from $10 billion in 2017 to between $16 billion and $20 billion in 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the trend toward social isolation and it […]


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Health
Renowned epidemiologist and Yale professor Dr. Harvey Risch says there’s a ‘massive disinformation campaign’ against hydroxychloroquine
Nickie Louise Posted On August 28, 2020


In May, Dr. Risch, a renowned epidemiologist and Yale professor, wrote an opinion study titled: “Early Outpatient Treatment of Symptomatic, High-Risk Covid-19 Patients that Should be Ramped-Up Immediately as Key to the Pandemic Crisis.” The study, which was published in the American […]


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Toronto-based AI-powered SaaS mobile platform ACTO closes $11.5M Series A funding to accelerate virtual transformation for life sciences companies
Nickie Louise Posted On August 27, 2020


ACTO is a Toronto-based drug and medical device company that uses AI-powered mobile experiences and agency partnerships. ACTO helps to improve treatment access by disrupting how drugs and devices are commercialized globally. Today, ACTO announced it has closed $11.5 million Series […]


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Tesla employee turns down $1 million offer, works with FBI to prevent a cybersecurity attack on Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada
Nickie Louise Posted On August 27, 2020


On July 1, Tesla passes Toyota to become the world’s most valuable automaker at a market capitalization of $206 billion. But not many people are happy with the company’s success. It turns out some state actors and foreign hackers are out […]


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