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Oloid AI launches from stealth with $5M funding to provide first COVID-19 era contactless biometrics platform for “Deskless Workers”

Nickie Louise Posted On June 1, 2020

As part of the effort to safely get people back to work, workplaces need contactless and hygienic physical access solutions. Fingerprint readers and communal surfaces present the risk of spreading viruses. It’s time we equip our workplaces with simple, secure, […]

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Health

Are masks harmful to your health? MIT Biologist Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai offers a scientific perspective (Video)

Nickie Louise Posted On May 31, 2020

We first wrote about Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai when the MIT biologist first warned about mainstream media coverage of coronavirus. He went on to say that fear mongering will go down as the biggest fraud to manipulate economies. Since then, he’s […]

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NASA, Space X Make Historic Launch

Nickie Louise Posted On May 30, 2020

There is collective sigh of relief after final separation SpaceX’s Dragon separating from its Falcon 9 as NASA and Space X made history after SpaceX carried two NASA astronauts into space from American soil after nearly a decade. Space X now becomes […]

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SpaceX: “We can’t launch because of bad weather.” Russian Soyuz replied with a video of its rocket launch through lightning strikes

Nickie Louise Posted On May 30, 2020

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 […]

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Cisco acquires ThousandEyes for $1 billion to expand its portfolio of cloud-based software and bolster its cloud offerings

Nickie Louise Posted On May 29, 2020

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 […]

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Health

Coronavirus did NOT jump to people at the Wuhan wet market, Chinese CDC now says

Nickie Louise Posted On May 29, 2020

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 […]

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Google reportedly rescind job offers to more than 2,000 contractors and temporary workers amid coronavirus pandemic uncertainty

Nickie Louise Posted On May 29, 2020

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, […]

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Health

Hydroxychloroquine prescriptions surged 2,000% in March after President Trump touted the malaria drug

Nickie Louise Posted On May 29, 2020

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 […]

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Ready Player One: How Technology Has Changed the Game

Nickie Louise Posted On May 29, 2020

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 […]

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Accern secures $13M Series A funding for its AI-powered real-time surveillance platform that monitors over 300 million websites

Nickie Louise Posted On May 29, 2020

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 […]

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Almanac raises $9M in seed funding led by floodgate to bring open source documents to the workplace

Nickie Louise Posted On May 28, 2020

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 […]

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SatoshiPay secures €550,000 in funding to offer B2B cross-border money transfer solutions and connect the world through instant payments using blockchain

Nickie Louise Posted On May 28, 2020

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 […]

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Health

Why are we still wearing face masks if coronavirus can be transmitted through the eyes?

Nickie Louise Posted On May 28, 2020

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 […]

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Featured / Technology News

Tesla CEO Elon Musk earns first portion of performance-based stock option payout, worth about $775 million

Nickie Louise Posted On May 28, 2020

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, […]

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Payments startup Marqeta secures $150M in fresh funding for its global modern card issuing platform; now valued at $4.3 billion

Nickie Louise Posted On May 28, 2020

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 […]

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Former Google activist Claire Stapleton launches Tech Support, a new advice newsletter for frustrated tech workers

Nickie Louise Posted On May 28, 2020

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 […]

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Curu bags $3M in seed funding as the demand for credit skyrockets during the global pandemic

Nickie Louise Posted On May 28, 2020

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 […]

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This former science teacher and stay-at-home mom just raised $4.7M in funding for Glowday, UK’s first marketplace that connects consumers with medically-qualified non-surgical cosmetic practitioners

Nickie Louise Posted On May 28, 2020

• 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 […]

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Health / Research

New hydroxychloroquine study: Early outpatient treatment is the most effective for treatment of COVID-19 patients, Dr. Harvey A Risch of Yale University says

Nickie Louise Posted On May 28, 2020

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 […]

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Oloid AI launches from stealth with $5M funding to provide first COVID-19 era contactless biometrics platform for “Deskless Workers”

Are masks harmful to your health? MIT Biologist Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai offers a scientific perspective (Video)

NASA, Space X Make Historic Launch

SpaceX: “We can’t launch because of bad weather.” Russian Soyuz replied with a video of its rocket launch through lightning strikes

Cisco acquires ThousandEyes for $1 billion to expand its portfolio of cloud-based software and bolster its cloud offerings

Coronavirus did NOT jump to people at the Wuhan wet market, Chinese CDC now says

Google reportedly rescind job offers to more than 2,000 contractors and temporary workers amid coronavirus pandemic uncertainty

Hydroxychloroquine prescriptions surged 2,000% in March after President Trump touted the malaria drug

Ready Player One: How Technology Has Changed the Game

Accern secures $13M Series A funding for its AI-powered real-time surveillance platform that monitors over 300 million websites

Almanac raises $9M in seed funding led by floodgate to bring open source documents to the workplace

SatoshiPay secures €550,000 in funding to offer B2B cross-border money transfer solutions and connect the world through instant payments using blockchain

Why are we still wearing face masks if coronavirus can be transmitted through the eyes?

Tesla CEO Elon Musk earns first portion of performance-based stock option payout, worth about $775 million

Payments startup Marqeta secures $150M in fresh funding for its global modern card issuing platform; now valued at $4.3 billion

Former Google activist Claire Stapleton launches Tech Support, a new advice newsletter for frustrated tech workers

Curu bags $3M in seed funding as the demand for credit skyrockets during the global pandemic

This former science teacher and stay-at-home mom just raised $4.7M in funding for Glowday, UK’s first marketplace that connects consumers with medically-qualified non-surgical cosmetic practitioners

New hydroxychloroquine study: Early outpatient treatment is the most effective for treatment of COVID-19 patients, Dr. Harvey A Risch of Yale University says

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