Shares of Twitter plunged 7% on Monday the social media giant permanently suspended the account of U.S. President Donald Trump. The company lost about $2.5 billion from its market value. It was the first time Twitter had banned a head of state. The […]
In the wake of the Big Tech’s recent onslaughts on free speech, Twitter competitor and free speech social app Gab announced today it has seen a 750% increase in traffic to its website, with 18 million visits in the last 24 […]
In a coordinated attack by the Big Tech to kill the competition and silence free speech, Google, Apple, and now Amazon, are banning “free speech” social app Parler from their platforms. Just a couple of hours ago, Apple removed Parler from its […]
The Big Tech onslaught continues over the weekend as Apple followed through on its threat to remove Parler, a “free speech” social media app popular among conservatives and President Trump supporters. This evening, Apple said it has removed Parler from its […]
Since its inception in the late 90s, the internet has been known for free and rapid dissemination of uncensored information. But in recent years, Big Tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google have been censoring content, which is a violation of their First […]
Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX) is a cryptocurrency startup founded by Bjorn Kjos, who also founded Norwegian Airlines and Bank Norwegian. Just before entering 2021, NBX has received a $7.12 million (60 million NOK) investment to accelerate the growth of its […]
We’ve been telling you about Big Tech censorship for some time now. This time, the Big Tech and Big Media have really overplayed their hands. America was founded on the notion of free speech, not censorship. The First Amendment to the […]
A lot has changed since we first wrote about Lift eFoil last year. Lift Foils is a Puerto Rico-based startup and maker of Lift electric hydrofoil, or eFoil that lets riders experience flight over almost any body of water at up to […]
It’s been a year since the coronavirus pandemic started in Wuhan, China. So far, the deadly virus has claimed at least 2.15 million lives around the world. The CEO of Moderna said he believes coronavirus is going to stay with humans […]
When we relaunched TechStartups three years ago, one of our goals was to help new and up-and-coming startups get their message across to thousands and millions of tech audiences around the world and be part of their success story. As part […]
This is a guest post from VisualCapitalist.com, a Vancouver, Canada-based company that creates rich visual content for the modern investor. Visual Capitalist provides a new way to discover business opportunities and learn about investment trends. This post is authored by […]
For some reason, we missed the latest news about Apple’s ambition to jump into the electric car space. While all eyes are on Tesla after its stock surged to a new high, Apple has been working on a plan to move […]
There are well over 1 billion sites on the world wide web. While the exact number of websites keeps changing every second, a recent Netcraft Web Server Survey found that there 1,196,298,727 as of September 2020. Given this overwhelming number of websites, it […]
When you look at seas and oceans on the map or from outer space, you might think that they just flow into each other. On the surface, it looks like there’s only one big giant ocean and scientists just gave […]
Back in late 2018, IBM acquired open-source cloud company Red Hat in a $40 billion blockbuster deal. Then in October of last year, the 109-year old IBM announced it was splitting into two separate companies to focus on cloud computing. […]
The last time we wrote about SoFi was back in April 2020 when the fintech startup acquired Utah-based payment processor Galileo for $1.2 billion. Galileo, which has been around for more than a decade, is a more established company than SoFi. Galileo also […]
Yesterday, we wrote about how Elon Musk made more money in one year than Bill Gates’ entire net worth. Today, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk just became the richest person in the world, with a net worth of more […]
Is bitcoin on track to hit $100,000 in 2021? What will happen next is anyone’s guess. At this point, however, bitcoin is on track to break the $40,000 price mark if it continues on the current trajectory. In the last 12 […]
News Break is the most popular local news app everyone is talking about. News Break is doing to local news what TikTok does to video. Today, News Break is now the most downloaded local news app and source of breaking news in […]
It has been widely reported that millions of women left the workplace voluntarily since the start of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 due to childcare needs, in addition to the millions losing work in industries hit hard by the pandemic. […]