Alluxio (formerly Tachyon Nexus), a San Mateo, California-based tech startup today announced it has extended its Series B financing to $15.5 million to grow its hybrid cloud data orchestration platform. The round, which brings the total amount of funding raised to date […]
Two weeks ago, we broke the news about the possible origins of coronavirus. The story was based on report from two Chinese scientists who claimed the virus likely originated from horseshoe bats used for research in two China labs. Now […]
As we reported over the past few weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in one of its infamous tweets on January 14 that there was ‘No clear evidence coronavirus is transmitted from human-to-human.’ Now, Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House […]
Abbott Laboratories announced today the launch of a new coronavirus antibody test that can test if you’ve ever had coronavirus. According to the company, the test could be screening 20 million people for antibodies for Covid-19 by June. The new antibody […]
With many Americans out of jobs, the government said on Monday that the first wave of stimulus payments for individuals is expected to begin today, Wednesday. However, many Americans hoping to find out if and when they would receive their coronavirus stimulus […]
Over the past few weeks, we’ve shared a lot of positive stories about how malaria drug hydroxychloroquine has saved lives of many people here in the United States. However, as part of our fair and balanced coverage of the drug, […]
As tech startups grapple with coronavirus pandemic, a company out of the Netherlands is disrupting the startup recruiting world in a big way. Founded in early 2019, Funded.club provides recruiting services for startups and scale-ups on a fixed-fee basis. Rather […]
It’s all over the news, the death toll in the United States due to the coronavirus is higher than any other country in the world. Yes, but what many people are not talking about is that the U.S. population is […]
As we all know, early diagnosis of disease generally increases the chances for successful treatment by focusing on detecting symptomatic patients as early as possible. The same can be said of coronavirus or other infectious diseases–early detection is the critical […]
Awake Security, the Santa Clara, California-based cybersecurity startup today announced it raised $36 million in Series C financing to fuel expansion in areas including R&D, sales and marketing to meet the growing demand for the company’s advanced network traffic analysis platform. The latest […]
As coronavirus claims hundreds of thousands lives around the world, everyone is talking about lack of preparedness on the part of the U.S. government and public health officials here in the United States. However, before we cast all the blames […]
The concept of a password has been around since the Roman military of 200 B.C. It is no wonder it has been used since the invention of computers. Passwords have also become a popular method to login to website, mobile apps and […]
As government and public health officials in the United States continue to debate about when to reopen the economy, Germany is taking steps to reopen its economy as coronavirus cases drop. The nation’s Academy of Sciences Leopoldina recommended on Monday that […]
As the debate over wearing masks to contain the spread coronavirus rages on, advanced imaging company LaVision has released just released a new video that shows how effective a face mask can be at preventing the spread of the deadly […]
As startups and businesses continue to grapple with the fallout from coronavirus pandemic, Lightspeed Venture Partners, a venture capital firm we’ve covered multiple times in the past, announced on Tuesday it has raised more than $4 billion for three new funds […]
Expert System is an Italian-based artificial intelligence company specializing in semantics and natural language reading. Today they are monitoring the emotions and general sentiment around the COVID-19 pandemic expressed by people in the US and UK across social media. The […]
On March 24th, Apple unveiled two major new updates to its operating systems: iOS and iPadOS 13.4. The latest improvements to the software released in September 2019, these included a number of noteworthy upgrades for those who use the tech […]
On April 3, we wrote a story of about a study from two Chinese scientists that “virus likely originated from horseshoe bats used for research in two China labs.” The two labs are Wuhan Institute of Virology and Wuhan Center for Disease […]
Yesterday, we published a story about two statements made by Dr. Anthony Fauci back in January. In a January 21 interview, when asked about how deadly the coronavirus is and if Americans should be worried, Dr. Fauci responded: “This is not […]
Finally a story about tobacco smoking and coronavirus covid19. Studies from at least four countries show that smokers are far less likely to be hospitalized with coronavirus (COVID-19) than non-smokers. The first official French data on tobacco smoking covid19, which was […]