VergeSense, a Y Combinator-backed tech startup that develops an AI-powered sensing device for facility management, announced today it has closed $9 million in strategic round to meet increased customer demand during the Coronavirus crisis and scale its analytics software platform. Founded in […]
Shopify announced today it will allow its 5,000 employees to work from home indefinitely, even after the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic fade and cities lift shutdowns. In a post on Twitter Thursday, Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke said that the […]
In a time when many Americans are out of jobs, U.S. billionaires saw their personal fortunes increase by a combined $434 billion during the nation’s lockdown between mid-March and mid-May, according to a report, which was first reported by CNBC. According to the […]
In a race to find drugs and vaccine that can cure the coronavirus and treat patients with COVID-19, the U.S. government announced it is partnering with drugmaker AstraZeneca for at least 300 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by the […]
We’ve written a lot about Tesla CEO Elon Musk. A lot of our readers are probably tired of reading another article about him. However, one of the reasons we like Musk is because, he represents American greatness and resilience in the […]
There is a theory out there that people who have been using hydroxychloroquine to treat lupus disease, do not get COVID-19. It turns out that theory may not be true after all. According to a new report from a local […]
The current antiquated self-storage industry is $38 billion and continues to grow. MakeSpace is a New York-based on-demand storage startup on a mission to revolutionize the self-storage industry. MakeSpace founders Sam Rosen and Rahul Gandhi, set out to make storage more consumer-friendly, creating […]
40 million Americans still live without easy access to fresh and healthy food options. The situation is even worse, especially during this coronavirus pandemic when more than 30 million Americans have lost their jobs. America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative is a […]
Last month, we wrote about Flow Neuroscience after the Sweden-based medical device startup shared a study that COVID-19 could reshape mental health treatment. Flow was founded by clinical psychologist Daniel Mansson and neuroscientist Erik Rehn, and consists of prominent researchers in the […]
A new research study from investment bank giant JP Morgan allegedly found that infection rates have declined, not increased, in states where lockdowns have ended even after allowing for an appropriate measurement lag. The research, which was first revealed by CNBC anchor […]
Yesterday, more than 600 doctors signed and sent a letter to U.S. President Trump urging him to reopen the U.S. economy. In their letter, the doctors called the coronavirus lockdowns a “mass casualty incident” with “exponentially growing health consequences.” The letter also […]
Cyber losses cost the global economy upwards of $1.5 trillion each year, and yet the majority of businesses are under-insured and under-prepared to manage and mitigate the risks of an increasingly digital world. Enter Coalition, a San Francisco-based insurtech startup […]
We all see this coming, Didn’t we? It didn’t take the World Health Organization (WHO) more than 48 hours before the world’s highest health agency warns about the potential side effects of hydroxychloroquine. On Monday, President Trump said during a […]
A couple of days ago, we told you about WeWork, the embattled office-sharing unicorn startup that was once valued at $47 billion a year ago. Today, SoftBank, one of the leading investor, now values the company at only $2.9 billion. WeWork is […]
On Monday, we told you about Moderna after the pharmaceutical giant announced that its vaccine trial shows promising early results. According to the company, a preliminary test in 8 healthy volunteers found its experimental vaccine was safe and provoked a […]
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have boosted their control of the fundamental properties of molecules at the quantum level by linking or “entangling” an electrically charged atom and an electrically charged molecule, showcasing a way […]
Organizations with over 10,000 employees, use on average 1,000 software products. This results in unengaged and unproductive workforce. Happeo is a Helsinki, Finland-based tech startup that is on a mission to change that. Happeo is a community-powered employee communications platform that […]
Creating and delivering content to end-users is no longer just a question of implementing responsive design. Companies want their content to be easily distributed over different communication channels: websites, web and mobile applications, and connected objects. Traditional content management system (CMS) […]
A leaked Pentagon memo is warning of ‘real possibility’ of COVID-19 resurgence and asking for top Defense Department officials to prepare to operate in a “globally-persistent” novel coronavirus (COVID-19) environment without an effective vaccine until “at least the summer of 2021.” […]
We last wrote about Contentsquare back in July 2019 when the Paris-based cloud-based platform acquired Israel-based digital experience analytics startup Clicktale. The acquisition positioned the company to serve 600 enterprise clients around the world, including 30% of the Fortune Global 100, […]