Ride-hailing company Lyft is laying off about 17% of its total workforce due to coronavirus. In a filing with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, the Uber rival said that it planned to lay off “approximately 982 employees,” or […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is joining millions of Americans asking the government to lift the lockdown and lift restrictions. Musk is calling for coronavirus lockdowns to be eased and America to be re-opened, asserting, “give people their freedom back!” Musk urges […]
A lot of good news coming out about promising treatments and vaccine for coronavirus. Early this month, we wrote about Pfizer after the pharmaceutical giant said it has found a treatment for coronavirus that decreases viral replication. Now, Pfizer says coronavirus vaccine could […]
Niche, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based edtech statup and a school search platform connecting people to the perfect K-12 school or college, today announced it has raised $35 million in Series C funding to advance the platform as the leading destination for users to […]
Last week, we wrote about Fastly after the cloud provider released a report on internet performance per U.S. states and a few regions. Today, the company has come out with new revelation. Fastly announced a February to April 2020 analysis of internet performance within […]
Just as many Americans started to breathe a sigh of relief, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, reportedly said Wednesday that a second wave of the coronavirus is “inevitable” later this year. Dr. Fauci is the top U.S. epidemiologist […]
This is a guest post by Randy Altschuler, Chief Executive Officer at Xometry, the largest marketplace for On-Demand manufacturing, connecting customers with optimal manufacturing solutions through proprietary AI algorithms. With various shelter-in-place ordinances entering their second month, Americans are naturally eager […]
Smart contact lenses, essentially flexible displays packed with augmented reality tech, are an obvious way to explore virtual and augmented reality (AR), and camera technologies. Mojo Vision is an invisible computing startup company that’s already looking beyond that form factor […]
Leading cybersecurity firms unite to provide free support to the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 crisis by joining C5 Capital’s international Cyber Defense Alliance. Today, a number of leading cybersecurity experts have joined C5 Capital’s Cyber Alliance to Defend our Healthcare, […]
Last week, we told you about the disappointing news of the promising Ebola drug remdesivir after Financial Times reported the drug did not improve patients’ condition or reduce the coronavirus pathogen in their bloodstream. The paper cited documents accidentally published […]
Technology is progressing with lightning speed, and it is hard to keep track of all the developments in various sectors. Smart homes have seemingly crept up from nowhere, but appliances that take care of everything from lighting to sound may […]
LabVantage Solutions, a Somerset, New Jersey-based provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services, today announced the availability of its new purpose-built COVID-19 laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution. The new solution is designed to jump-start the ability of laboratories everywhere to […]
We wrote about DivvyCloud back in February after the cloud security startup published its findings on data breaches. Today, Rapid7, a provider of security analytics and automation, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the company. Under the […]
Hydroxychloroquine is back in the news again. The controversial drug that many doctors and patients claimed to have save the their lives has been under constant attack by the mainstream media. Now, in a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey of […]
Recruiting the right patients into the right clinical trial is essential for successful drug development. Traditionally, this process has been cumbersome, expensive and highly inefficient. Enter TrialBee, a Malmo, Sweden-based tech startup that provides global pharmaceutical companies with technology tools to increase […]
According to World Health Organization (WHO), depression is the number one cause of disability worldwide. As the coronavirus pandemic exacerbates, telehealth services to treat mental health conditions remotely, including Flow Neuroscience, may become widespread, as part of social distancing efforts. […]
Shopify is a Canadian multinational e-commerce platform best known for powering over 1 million businesses in 175 countries. Today, the company launched Shop, a free app for iOS and Android devices that you can use to make your online shopping experience […]
Yesterday, we told you about two Californian Drs. Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi, co-owners of a chain of Accelerated Urgent Care facilities, after they said the current quarantine approach is not based on science and recommend shelter-in-place order be lifted. […]
Relish, the relationship training app for happier, healthier romantic relationships, has $5 million in Series A to fuel the company’s growth plans. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from previous investors, Trinity Ventures and Bullpen Capital. This latest […]
We are now 42 days into a nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus. But the longer people stay at home, the higher the cost to our lives, our economy and cost in lives lost from other causes than Covid-19. The question […]
