For more than half a century, researchers and governments around the world in a race to zero emissions have been trying to solve the challenge of nuclear fusion, a nuclear process, where energy is produced by smashing together light atoms. Theoretically, nuclear […]
Up until two decades ago, machine learning (ML) was a topic of discussion for a few members of academia. At the time, machine learning applications were mostly confined to large corporations or governmental organizations. Today, ML is everywhere. However, building machine […]
In April, Blue Origin lost to SpaceX after NASA selected Elon Musk’s space company to build the astronaut lunar lander (HLS). NASA awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX with a sole $2.89 billion contract to build the next crewed lunar lander under its Human […]
On September 9, the Biden administration announced the sweeping COVID-19 vaccine requirements that affect about 100 million Americans. The new measures include a vaccine mandate for all federal workers and contractors and a requirement that large companies with more than […]
Insurance companies in the United States lose billions to fraud claims every year. According to the FBI, over $40 billion a year is lost through fraud across all non-health insurance. Fraudulent claims total at least $80 billion per year in the […]
In 2021, the world population is estimated to be 7.87 billion people. By 2050, the number is expected to rise to 9 billion people, 70 percent of these will live in cities. The rapid urbanization boom will be a challenge to […]
Last August, the UK government brought in thousands of refugees into the country as part of its response to the crisis in Afghanistan. The British government also added that 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan will be arriving in the UK over the next […]
UC Berkeley SkyDeck, the startup accelerator of the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), today announced it has selected 20 tech startup companies from across the globe for its Batch 13 startup cohort, with each receiving $105,000 funding along […]
For decades, organizations rely on traditional application security testing (AST) to find and eliminate vulnerabilities in their software. However, as these organizations move to the cloud, they quickly realized that their legacy AST approach is not only unscalable but also […]
On “Doge Day” April 20, SEC Commissioner warned Dogecoin traders: “Don’t come complaining to the government if you lose money.” Since then, the meme coin has gone through a roller-coaster ride. Besides, a few other meme coins have been launched. […]
Just about a month after she unmasked herself as the source behind damaging leaks about the social media giant, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is back in the news. In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook’s […]
Last week, Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta. As part of the announcement, Mark Zuckerberg said the new name reflects the company’s work invested in the metaverse, rather than its namesake social media service. Zuckerberg also revealed that the company plans to […]
Just last week, Crypto.com, a crypto exchange that lets you buy, sell and pay with crypto, became the third most downloaded app in the United States Apple App Store. This week, Crypto reaches a new milestone becoming the #1 most downloaded app […]
Decentralized service protocol, Automata Network rolls out its mainnet alongside a $20 million ecosystem incentive program aiming at boosting the development growth in the future. In a statement released on Monday, Automata Network confirmed the successful launch of its mainnet […]
In 2019, an estimated 80,500 cases of bladder cancer were diagnosed in the United States, representing 4.6% of all cancer diagnoses (greater than the global average), according to a report from NIH. This makes bladder cancer the sixth most common […]
Back in June, we wrote about Watergen, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based tech that makes safe drinking water out of the air while building bridges in the Middle East across nations with different cultures, religions, and ideologies. According to the United Nations, […]
This week, the CDC released a study that finds that vaccine offers better protection than natural immunity. According to the study, “in a new MMWR examining more than 7,000 people across 9 states who were hospitalized with COVID-like illness, CDC […]
On Thursday, August 2, 2018, Apple made history to become the world’s first company to reach a $1 trillion market cap after its shares hit the magic number of $207.05. To put this in perspective, Apple’s $1 trillion market cap […]
Just a week after we reported that Facebook was rebranding itself to Metaverse, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg just announced that the new company’s name is ‘Meta’. “Today we are seen as a social media company, but in our […]
Thanks to Tesla, the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) has increased in recent years as more consumers move away from cars and trucks with internal combustion engines (ICEs) to EVs. The soaring demand for EVs has also led to more pressure […]