It’s been a while since we covered some of the stories from the former National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden. Back in 2018, Snowden criticized Facebook in a tweet after the social media giant suspended Cambridge Analytica in response to […]
The video of Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot dancing to music never gets old. On December 29, 2020, Boston Dynamics released a video of its dancing robots to usher in the New Year. With over six months into the new year, […]
Sweetch is an engagement platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to significantly increase individuals’ adherence to essential health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management recommendations, in a highly personalized and scalable way. Sweetch makes it possible for medical teams to […]
Investments in property tech (Proptech) startups dropped in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to vaccines, the global economy is slowly returning back to normal and investors are making more deals in the first half of this year than […]
Remember Robinhood, the commission-free stock trading app that blocked Reddit Army from trading blocked Gamestop and AMC stocks back in April? The notorious fintech startup also restricted thousands of retail investors from trading Dogecoin. Now, the startup is planning to go public […]
In recent years, the number of targeted cyberattacks has been on the rise especially across government agencies and technology companies with intellectual properties that are of interest to nation-state threat actors. CEOs and CIOs of these organizations later turn to cybersecurity […]
On November 22, 2019, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the “bulletproof” electric Cybertruck pickup truck in front of thousands of fans at its Design Studio in Hawthorne, California. However, the debut suffered a setback after its ‘armored glass’ windows shattered. Fast […]
Driverless tech startup Aurora Innovation becomes the latest company to join the SPAC craze. Today, Aurora announced it has agreed to go public via a merger with Reinvent Technology Partners Y, a blank-check firm backed by Silicon Valley heavyweights including […]
The use of LiDAR technology is on the rise. While it is commonly used in autonomous driving cars, other areas including logistics, robotics, security, intelligent traffic management, and smart cities are expected to be the dominant fields for LiDAR sensors. LiDAR, […]
This week, thousands of Cubans took to the streets to express their frustration with the authoritarian regime. In response, the Cuban Communist government on Monday shut down social media and messaging apps, making it impossible for people to share videos and […]
Organizations are accelerating their digital roadmap with their assets now spread between on-premise and cloud environments. As part of their security and compliance needs, there is increasing demand for a SaaS-based product that can be easily stood up and allows […]
The dominos keep on falling. Just last week, we wrote about Binance after reports that seven countries are now investigating the world’s largest crypto exchange for money laundering and illegal activities. Singapore, the country with some of the toughest cryptocurrency regulations […]
UK fintech startup Revolut announced Thursday it has raised $800 million in a new funding round led by SoftBank and Tiger Global. Revolut is now valued at $33 billion, a sixfold increase on the $5.5 billion the company was worth […]
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warnings about the rare nerve syndrome to the Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine can lead to an increased risk of a rare neurological condition known as Guillain–Barré syndrome. The Guillain–Barré syndrome […]
DevRev is a business software startup that brings developers (dev) and customers (rev) together in the era of product-led growth. DevRev is building the world’s first DevCRM platform–an API-first dev-centric CRM that leverages data, design, and machine intelligence to empower […]
According to a study conducted by Google, nearly 65 percent of users reuse passwords across accounts, posing significant security threats and breach liabilities. The traditional password-focused approach is deeply flawed in terms of security and usability. While creating unique passwords for […]
We covered Momentus back in October of last year after the space transportation startup announced its plan to go public through a SPAC with a near $1 billion valuation. The California-based space Momentus sells in-space shuttle services to help move satellites between […]
Open and fair competition is the heart of American capitalism. However, we live at a time when industries are becoming highly concentrated in the hands of very few tech players, with little real competition. It’s getting increasingly difficult for new tech […]
A few months ago, Ethereum released Phase 0 of Ethereum 2.0 as it began its transition to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. People (also known as validators) stake their ETH on the Beacon Chain to secure the blockchain. These validators also […]
For many years, mobile operators have been reluctant to push the benefits of eSIMs to their customers. Until now, embedded SIM (eSIM) uptake has been pretty slow – but that could be about to change. A build-up of factors, from […]
