Zipline has been making the headlines in recent weeks. Early this month, we wrote about the drone-delivery startup Zipline after it joined forces with African e-commerce company Jumia to launch an on-demand drone delivery in remote areas of Ghana. The […]
Verily, Alphabet’ big bet to revolutionize healthcare and medicine, has raised $1 billion in a funding round to support the expansion of its businesses focused on precision health. The round was led by its parent, the company announced Friday. Formerly called […]
As you may recall, we told you back in March about the largest crypto heist after hackers stole $615 million worth of cryptocurrency from the maker of the popular online game Axie Infinity Ronin Network. Then in April, US authorities […]
Mysten Labs, a crypto tech startup founded by three ex-Facebook engineers, has raised $300 million in a funding round led by cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The round, which now values the startup at more than $2 billion, also includes participation from existing […]
The global coffee market was valued at $102.02 billion in 2020, and it is projected to reach a CAGR of 4.28% during the forecast period of 2021-2026. As of 2020, Folgers was the leading ground coffee brand in the United States, accounting […]
Private investments in technology startups have cooled down significantly in recent months due to the looming recession in the US and the global economic downturn. The crypto winter is impacting funding for crypto-related startups. Funding in crypto startups fell 26% last […]
Kim Kardashian is known for her reality TV appearances, strong social media presence, and huge business empire. But now the celebrity millionaire has just set her sights on a new venture: private equity investing. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that reality star and […]
Wildberries, the largest Russian online and e-commerce retailer founded by a former English teacher, is on track to nearly double its revenue despite the ongoing sanctions against Russia. The company plans to double its turnover in 2022, the Interfax news agency […]
Cymulate, a breach and attack simulation platform that helps enterprises verify their security posture, has secured a $70 million Series D investment led by existing investors One Peak, with participation from Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), Vertex Ventures Israel, Vertex Growth, and […]
In 2021, the internet erupted when Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates called on all the rich countries to change entirely to 100% lab-grown meat to save the planet from climate-change disasters. Cultivated meat, also known as cultured meat, is real animal […]
A few months after the pandemic began, thousands if not millions of crypto enthusiasts and investors joined the crypto bandwagon and invested their life savings and stimulus checks in bitcoin. Some saw it as the opportunity to become overnight millionaires […]
A call-to-action to convert online visitors into customers is one of the biggest challenges facing most online businesses today. Currently, most sites depend on search data from companies like Google to better target online users. Others rely on cookies and […]
Last month, SoftBank reported its biggest ever loss, posting a $21.6 billion in just three months. But that has stopped the firm from making smaller bets on promising and innovative tech startups. This morning, Reuters is reporting that SoftBank Vision Fund is in […]
Late last month, Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms agreed to pay $37.5 million for violating users’ privacy and tracking their movements through smartphones without their permission. Lawyers for the plaintiffs said that Facebook violated California law and its own privacy policy […]
Aurora Innovation, a self-driving vehicle firm co-founded by former heads of self-driving programs at Google, Uber, and Tesla, is considering selling itself to Apple or Microsoft, according to a report from Bloomberg. In a sign of its struggles since going public late […]
Chinese discount e-commerce behemoth Pinduoduo just launched a new U.S. shopping site as part of its push to make inroads into the overseas market and challenge Amazon. The new online site, called Temu, is a cross-border e-commerce website that sells everything […]
Every month, WhatsApp publishes its India Monthly Report in compliance with the country’s stricter IT law passed in 2021. Many of the banned accounts were used to send spam, harmful, and unwanted messages to other users on the platform. In […]
OneSignal, a YCombinator-backed tech startup designed to help businesses send notifications across every channel, today announced it has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round to grow its customer messaging and engagement platform and expand its global footprint in Europe, Asia, […]
Jumia, the African e-commerce company, has joined forces with drone-delivery startup Zipline to launch an on-demand drone delivery in remote areas of Ghana, the companies announced Thursday. They launched the pilot program and testing a few months ago in Ghana and […]
In June 2021, Twitter launched Twitter Blue, a subscription service priced to let you “undo tweets.” It was the company’s first subscription service designed for power users willing to pay a monthly fee for exclusive features. Priced at $2.99 per month, the new […]