Back in May, we wrote about tech companies moving out of California to Austin, Texas due to the state’s lockdown rules and poor handling of the stay-at-home order. A couple of months later, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Tesla headquarters […]
General Aeronautics (GA), a Bangalore, India-based UAV startup that specializes in drones for precision agriculture, today announced it has raised nearly $1 million (INR 65 million) in pre-Series A financing led by Mela Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, GA also […]
Imagine you had $42,000 in your bank account. Then you checked back a week later only to find out you’ve lost about 25 percent of its value. What would you do? That’s the case with bitcoin, the world’s most popular […]
Last year, the global sales of electric vehicles rose 43% in 2020 to more than 3 million units, amidst coronavirus pandemic and fossil fuel cars’ decline. As electric vehicles continue to gain popularity due to the success of the Tesla Model 3 […]
General Motors (GM) and Cruise, a self-driving startup acquired by GM in March 2016, announced Tuesday they are partnering with Microsoft to commercialize self-driving vehicles. As part of the partnership agreement, the tech giant said it will join General Motors, Honda, and institutional investors […]
OncoHost, a Binyamina, Israel-based clinical-stage biotechnology startup company developing personalized strategies to increase the success of cancer therapy, today announced it has closed an $8 million Series B funding round to match the right treatment to an individual cancer patient, increasing the effectiveness […]
For months, Bitcoin has been in the spotlight and dominating the news cycle. Now, Ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency is closing in on an all-time high. On Tuesday, Ether, a cryptocurrency run on the Ethereum platform, beat bitcoin in terms of settlement […]
With the success of Tesla, the electric vehicle market is becoming more crowded. Tesla has proven the naysayers wrong and achieved what the legacy automakers thought was originally thought was impossible. Last year, we told you about Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding), […]
Good morning! Below is a list of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, January 18, 2021. Chinese electric carmaker Xpeng releases autonomous features for highway driving in a challenge to Tesla. Last week, we wrote about Chinese Tesla rival Xpeng […]
Back in September 2020, we wrote about Vice-chairman and heir of Samsung, Lee Jae-Yong, after he was indicted on new fraud charges over his role in a 2015 merger deal at the tech giant. South Korean prosecutors accused Lee of using […]
Huuuge Games, a Berlin, Germany-based gaming startup and provider of a real-time social casual gaming platform, said it will go public in an initial public offering (IPO) on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The company expects to raise $150 million. The startup […]
Back in September 2020, we wrote about how Tesla Model X became the first and the only SUV in history to get a 5-star safety rating (including rollovers) from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Thanks to its anti-capsizing technology […]
YouTube is the world’s most popular video-sharing platform and the second most visited site (after Google.com) in the world. 37% of all mobile internet traffic belongs to YouTube with at least 2 billion people visit YouTube every month. However, not many […]
China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group said on Friday it acquired audiobook platform Lazy Audio (“Lanren tingshu”) owned by Shenzhen Lanren Online Technology, for $417 million (2.7 billion yuan). The transaction is expected to close the deal in the first half of 2021. […]
Regardless of which side of the fence you choose to stand on, climate change is real. It is an urgent global issue with long-term implications if nothing is done to address it soon. The impacts of climate change are global in […]
Tesla has been asked by U.S. regulators to recall 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles over media control unit failures that could pose safety risks by leading to touchscreen displays not working. The news about the recall was first […]
LendingPoint, an Atlanta, Georgia-based fintech startup, today announced it has raised $125 million in new funding led by Warburg Pincus, a New York private equity firm focused on growth investing. LendingPoint said it will use the proceeds to expand its financing solutions for its eCommerce, […]
Almost a year ago today, we wrote about PepsiCo after the food and beverage leader announced its plans to achieve 100% renewable energy use for all of its direct operations in the U.S. last year. Fast forward a year later, PepsiCo […]
WeRide, a Guangzhou, China-based smart mobility startup that develops L4 autonomous driving technologies, announced it has raised $310 million in funding as competition in China’s driverless car space heats up. The latest funding will give WeRide the much-needed boost as the company […]
Has there ever been a time when you’re craving ice cream only to out find out you have none left in the freezer and it’s too late to run the store? Now imagine a Keurig machine, but for ice cream! […]
