On Wednesday, Space X Demo-2 launch was canceled due to bad weather. The mission marks the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 that humans will fly to the space station from U.S. soil. Barring another weather […]
Cisco has acquired network intelligence startup ThousandEyes in a deal reportedly valued at around $1 billion. In a Thursday announcement, the tech giant said the acquisition of the San Francisco-based ThousandEyes would enable the combined companies to provide customers with an end-to-end […]
For over 5 months now, the Chinese government and other health officials have been telling the world that coronavirus originated in bats, then jumped to humans via an intermediary animal species. Now, new truths have emerged. Now according to a new […]
As the coronavirus pandemic created uncertainty for businesses across industries, Alphabet’s Google reportedly rescinded job offers to more than 2,000 contractors and temporary workers, according to a report published Friday in the New York Times. Citing an email received from Google, […]
Americans ignored all the warnings from WHO and CDC as prescriptions for the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine skyrocketed after the President Trump touted the drug as a potential game-changer. According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical […]
Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One took the fictional work of Ernest Cline and made it an onscreen hit. With $582 million at the box office, the movie clearly struck a chord, but the question is why? The obvious answer is […]
Accern, a New York City-based artificial intelligence tech startup that uses AI and machine learning to help enterprises to make better financial service decisions, announced it has closed a $13 million Series A funding round to expand its customer base and […]
Almanac, a San Francisco, California-based tech startup and a provider of cloud-based platform for open-source documents, today announced a $9 million seed funding round led by Floodgate with nearly 100 investors from the world’s most successful companies. Almanac will use the […]
SatoshiPay, a blockchain-based fintech startup that offers a micropayment solution for content creators, today announced it secured €550,000 investment from Stellar Development Foundation (SDF). The investment, which is by way of convertible loan notes, marks the third investment made by SDF through its […]
Back in early April, we wrote an article titled, “Three most important things you can do to protect yourself from coronavirus.” The article was written at a time when the world did not a lot about the virus. In the […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has earned the first portion of an incentive-based stock option payout that is worth more than $700 million, according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday. Based on terms in the filings, […]
Marqeta, an Oakland, California-based fintech startup, today announced that it has raised an additional $150 million in new funding from a leading institutional investor, valuing the company at $4.3 billion. The company, which is still unprofitable, plans to use fresh capital infusion […]
Claire Stapleton, a former Google activist and one of the organizers of the mass Google Walkout protest, is starting a new advice column/newsletter for frustrated tech workers. Stapleton made the announcement about a year since she left Google, claiming she was unfairly pushed […]
Curu, a Denver, Colorado-based fintech startup that helps lenders expand their total available market, reduce their customer acquisition costs and fund more loans by building their applicant’s eligibility, today announced it has closed $3 million in seed funding to scale its solution via […]
• Female founder of Glowday secures $4.7 million (£3.8 million) investment deal • SaaS enabled marketplace for non-surgical cosmetic treatments to launch when lock-down ends • Demand expected to boom post COVID • Will support client safety and consumer confidence […]
According to a new study published in American Journal of Epidemiology, early outpatient treatment is the most effective for treatment of coronavirus patients. The study, which was led by Dr. Harvey A Risch of Yale University, suggests that late stage studies missed […]
In an exclusive report from Guardian newspaper, Australian infectious researchers are raising questions about a study published in the Lancet which prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to halt global trials of the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19. The researchers query origin […]
For years, Big Tech companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube, have enjoyed the freedom and legal protection for content posted on their platforms. The protection comes from Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 protects, which states […]
The debate rages on about the ongoing lockdowns and the devastating effects on the U.S. economy. Now, according to a new analysis conducted for the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, an astounding 43% of all COVID-19 deaths have taken place in nursing […]
Hydroxychloroquine and its sister chloroquine drug have been making headlines since March when President Trump touted hydroxychloroquine as a poential game-changer. What’s really interesting about these two drugs is that, neither of drug gained any media attention until President Trump tweeted […]
