Intel is buying Moovit, a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) provider and the number one public transit app used by hundreds of millions of commuters worldwide, in a deal that valued the startup at around $900 million. Moovit has grown to […]
The good news about coronavirus treatment keeps pouring in. Last week, we told you about report from Gilead Sciences after the pharmaceutical giant announced that early trial results of remdesivir showed improvement with shorter drug treatment. Over the weekend, Gilead Chairman […]
Back in April, we wrote about a new research study that revealed that COVID-19 attacks hemoglobin in red blood cells, rendering it incapable of transporting oxygen. The study, which led by Chinese researchers, Dr Wenzhong Liu from Sichuan University and Dr […]
Surgical navigation startup Centerline Biomedical (Centerline), a Cleveland Clinic spin-off company, has announced the successful completion of the first in a series clinical cases in the United States as it begins limited launch of its innovative Intra-Operative Positioning System (IOPS) […]
With research institutions and pharmaceutical companies in a race to develop vaccine to cure the deadly coronavirus, the need to accelerate clinical drug development is more needed than ever. That’s why Medable, a Silicon Valley healthtech startup, is on a mission to […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is at it again. In a tweet on Friday, Musk tweeted that the company’s shares are priced “too high.” Tesla stock was trading at $760.23 just before Musk tweeted. The stock fell more than $40 to a […]
As coronavirus spread slows across the country, many companies are planning to bring their employees back to work in a safe and sensible manner to prevent the spread of the deadly virus in their workplace. Landing AI is a Palo Alto, California-based […]
About two weeks ago, the Atlantic published a very insightful piece on coronavirus and how the disease is a “proving to be a disease of the immune system.” The article further explained why some people get why some people get sicker […]
By now, we’ve all seen the hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of jobs losses due to coronavirus pandemic. However, the deadly virus has at least one positive result on the climate change. The largest Arctic ozone hole ever recorded […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been very active on Twitter lately. Yesterday, we told you about Musk after pushed for reopening the country and put an end to lockdowns, demands we “Free America.” He later doubled down by calling the […]
Dr. Vladimir “Zev” Zelenko, the Hasidic doctor who touted hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus treatment, is now under surveillance by federal prosecutors according to a report from Washington Post. We’ve been writing about Dr. Zelenko after he first claimed in March that he had successfully treated […]
Zabble is a provider of real-time analytics for zero waste programs to institutions and corporations to help monitor their zero waste programs. Now, the company is helping medical organizations and businesses identify protective gear shortages and potential contamination. As coronavirus spreads […]
NASA is helping the medical community address the shortage of ventilators needed to treat coronavirus patients with a ventilator prototype. Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the emergency use of a new high-pressure ventilator developed by NASA engineers to […]
Sweden has received a lot of criticisms for its so called “herd immunity.” At the beginning of this pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the China’s containment model a way to slow the spread of the virus. Now, it […]
Earlier today, we wrote about a report from the US Intelligence Community that concluded coronavirus is not manmade or genetically modified. However, the IC also said they “will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded a $1.6M contract that will advance unmanned traffic management (UTM) at the New York (NY) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site. CAL Analytics will lead a team of five commercial companies in the […]
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is known for his philanthropic work around the world. Last month, we wrote about Gates after he stepped down from Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway Boards to focus more time on philanthropic priorities. Today, Gates wrote in a blog […]
Yesterday, we wrote about Elon Musk after Tesla CEO pushed for reopening the country and put an end to lockdowns, demands we “Free America.” Now, Musk is doubling down calling stay-at-home orders “fascist.” “I think that people are going to be […]
Just as people are preparing to go back to work after the coronavirus lockdowns are lifted, Xenex announced it has built a robot that uses UV light to disinfect surfaces that have coronavirus on them. The robot is not a cure for […]
Yesterday, we told you about the good news from Gilead about the promising drug called Remdesivir. The company announced that early trial results of remdesivir show improvement with shorter drug treatment. Today, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, part of the […]