Atlas Venture, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based early-stage venture capital firm that creates and invests in biotech startup companies, today announced it has closed $400 million for its twelfth fund to be invested to create breakthrough biotech startups. In conjunction with the funding, the […]
Alex Berenson is a former reporter at the New York Times known for his coverage of coronavirus on Twitter. He has written extensively debunking fearmongering claims related to the lockdowns. Berenson later wrote a book titled, “Unreported Truths about COVID-19 and […]
Just when we think the story of hydroxychloroquine is over, today Lancet issued a retraction of its earlier study that claimed people being treated with the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are at a higher risk of death and irregular heart […]
We’ve been writing about hydroxychloroquine for at least 3 months now. During the time, we shared with you anecdotal evidence from doctors and patients who claimed the malaria drug saved their lives. To be fair and balanced, we also shared several […]
NetApp, one of the leading tech companies in cloud data services, announced that it is acquiring Spot for public cloud cost optimization and compute management tools. The deal is expected to close in the first half of NetApp’s fiscal year. The […]
The recent killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of Minneapolis police, has sparked outrage across cities in the United States and countries around the world. Given the minority underrepresentation in high tech industry and the fact […]
Late last year, we wrote a story about how electric scooters are going to transform the $7 trillion global mobility market. Electric scooter is a new mode of transportation and it’s rapidly changing how people navigate the urban space. The scooter […]
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment rates in the U.S. have spiked to more than 14 percent, according to The Bureau of Labor Statistics. With the economy struggling and many businesses closing, more than 40 million Americans have […]
Back in April, we told you about Facebook after the social giant invested $5.7 billion in India’s Reliance Jio to enable people connect with small businesses. Now, the social giant is doubling down its investment in Asia. Yesterday, Indonesian ride-hailing […]
Last week, we told you about Surgisphere Corp, after the company was caught falsifying data on hydroxychloroquine. The revelation came after a group of Australian infectious researchers raised questions about a controversial study published in the medical journal The Lancet. The large observational study […]
Taimer, a Finland based tech startup and a provider of CRM software that replaces more than 10 apps with an all-in-one business management solution, today announced it has closed $1 million in its pre-seed funding round to accelerate product development and expansion in […]
As part of the effort to get people back to work, one of the proposal is idea of issuing digital COVID-19 immunity passports that would link your identity to a coronavirus test result so you can share your immune status with […]
With businesses and schools still in lockdown here in the United States, Europe took a different route by slowly reopening schools and allow children to go back to classrooms. After one month, it turns out that reopening schools does not […]
Google is in hot water again — this time for tracking ‘private’ internet use and violating federal wiretapping and California privacy laws. The company was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the search giant of illegally invading the privacy […]
For years, the private jet industry has lacked financial consistency and transparency, causing widespread confusion, inefficiencies, and avoidable costs. As economic uncertainties abound due to COVID-19, it has become increasingly important for the industry to standardize prices and establish order. […]
Neil Ferguson is a British epidemiologist and professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College in London. He’s known around the world for creating the infamous model that was used by government and policy makers to justify the lockdowns and stay-at-home orders in […]
As coronavirus pandemic rages on, eCommerce giant Amazon is joining other big tech companies by offering a temporary backup childcare benefit to employees who are struggling to keep up as they try to work from home while taking care of their […]
OurCrowd, a Jerusalem, Israel-based venture capital firm and the world’s largest crowdfunded-venture investment platform, today announced the launch of $100 million Pandemic Innovation Fund for investment in urgent technological solutions for the medical, business, educational and social needs triggered by […]
Yesterday, we wrote about how some of the big tech companies are responding to the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of Minneapolis police. Since last week, tech executives have been speaking out forcefully against […]
InvestEco Capital, a Toronto, Canada-based venture capital firm with investment focus in high growth North American companies that promote health and sustainability in the food and agricultural sector, today announced it has closed $100 million in funding for its Sustainable Food […]