2021 was a blockbuster year for merger and acquisition (M&A). For the first time ever, global M&A volumes topped $5 trillion, comfortably surpassing the previous record of $4.55 trillion set in 2007, Dealogic data showed. According to a report from […]
The drums of war are beating in Ukraine louder than ever, and the United States is probably responsible for the escalation. Even when Ukraine President said that Russia poses no threat to his country, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said on […]
With the growing population in urban cities around the world, the arrival of autonomous vehicles (AVs) provides a unique opportunity for a fundamental change in urban mobility. One of the startups leading this change is May Mobility, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based tech […]
FTX U.S., the American affiliate of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, said on Wednesday it has raised $400 million in its first external funding round from high-profile investors including Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings. The Series A funding round gives FTX […]
China has the world’s largest video surveillance network with plans to expand it to more than 600 million surveillance cameras in just a few years. Today, the Chinese government uses some of the world’s most sophisticated systems of electronic surveillance, […]
About a year ago, we wrote about NEC X, the innovation accelerator for NEC Corporation’s emerging technologies, after the accelerator announced a joint partnership with Alchemist Accelerator to provide technology startups with end-to-end support, including NEC R&D technologies and business launch coordination. Alchemist Accelerator […]
With virtually every organization moving their IT resources to the cloud, today companies are massively overspending on provisioning cloud resources for their big data jobs, a problem that even those who use Databricks run into. To solve this problem, one […]
Negotiatus, a New York-based tech startup and provider of guided B2B marketplace, announced today it has changed its name to Order after raising 30M in Series B funding. The rebranding reflects the company’s mission to optimize, simplify, and streamline the purchasing […]
Imagine you have to deal with multiple tools to get the best out of Salesforce. That’s what the sales teams of most organizations have to contend with. Now one startup is building out tools that make it easy for salespeople to […]
APImetrics announced today it has acquired API Science to expand its API monitoring capabilities. The combined offering brings together APImetric’s enterprise-business focus with API Science’s developer intelligence to serve the API monitoring and reporting needs of developers, API consumers, and enterprises. The terms […]
After two decades of war in Afghanistan, the United States’ war with the Taliban ended in disgrace with thousands of precious lives lost and trillions of dollars wasted. Will America never learn? Probably not. According to a report from the New York […]
As you may recall, about a year ago 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. Gates didn’t stop there. As part of […]
The NFT landscape has grown by leaps and bounds in the past twelve months. Such a booming industry requires a diverse ecosystem of platforms, tools, software, and other infrastructure. Finding the right platform suiting your needs isn’t easy, but there […]
Ethereum virtual machines (EVMs) are blockchain-powered software platforms. EVMs allow software architects to build and deploy decentralized applications (dApps). Blockchain developers really value them, because they do not have extended downtimes and are able to keep created application objects safe […]
With all the talk about using electric cars to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, one mode of transportation that has received less coverage is high-speed rail. Many transportation experts agree that high-speed rail is a better environmental alternative than automobile or even air […]
In the summer of 2021, a record 4.3 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in what some are calling the beginning of the “Great Resignation.” It was one of the highest “quit rate” ever recorded since the government started keeping track two decades ago. The […]
On January 17, a massive undersea volcano eruption knocked off communications from the Pacific island nation of Tonga. While the residents of Tonga struggle to recover from a devastating volcanic explosion that smothered the capital with ash, Tesla CEO Elon Musk […]
Decentralized exchange (or DEX) has been gaining a lot of momentum in recent years as investors attempt to bypass centralized traditional banks and trade directly with one another. Unlike the traditional financial institutions, Decentralised cryptocurrency exchanges allow the users to use […]
If you spend a lot of time browsing the internet, you might have come across some websites that offer ‘freemium’ services. A freemium service is a portmanteau of the words free and premium and is used to refer to applications, […]
We first covered Peloton three years ago after Citron Research wrote a scathing report today saying “Unless Peloton invents a piece of equipment that works out for you – this is going to $5 (which is still a $1BN-$2BN market cap).” Two days earlier, Peloton […]
