In recent weeks, Headspace has filled the airwaves with ads about its guided meditation courses. With millions of people impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many Americans have lost their jobs and others are suffering from mental health. Founded a little […]
Yesterday, Amazon announced it has banned police from using its facial-recognition technology for a year to give Congress “enough time to implement appropriate rules.” Amazon went on to say it had advocated that governments put in place stronger regulations to govern the […]
From Amazon to Twitter, big tech companies continue to suppress free speech and censor people who disagree them. Instead of having open debates to discuss different opinions and encourage diverse views, the big tech companies have been working on overdrive […]
The number of individuals aged 65+ is projected to double from 703 million in 2019 to 1.5 billion globally by 2050. With this expected growth, Grand View Research predicts the home healthcare market will grow at a compound annual growth […]
OPORA, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based cybersecurity startup that brings to the private sector a ‘preemptive advantage’ over cyber criminals with its adversary threat protection solution, today announced a $7 million seed funding for for product development, sales, and marketing efforts. The round was […]
For the first time, Tesla eclipsed $1,000 per share valuing the company at $188 billion as of market close today. That means Tesla is now worth more than GM, Ford, Ferrari, BMW, Nissan, Mazda, Aston Martin, and Fiat Chrysler, which have combined worth of $181 billion. The surge […]
Amazon Lending, a subsidiary of Amazon, today unveils a credit line for U.S.-based small businesses. The new digital credit line will be offered in partnership with Goldman’s Marcus brand. U.S.-based merchants who sell on the e-commerce giant’s platform will soon be receiving […]
NS8, a Las Vegas-based cybersecurity startup focusing on online fraud detection and prevention for small-and-medium-sized businesses, today announced it has closed $123 million in venture funding to accelerate product development and expand its global reach with an increased focus on growing its […]
Early this year, we wrote about NextFlex, after the consortium announced $12M in funding to promote the adoption of Flexible Hybrid Electronics and development in the US advanced manufacturing industry. NextFlex is a consortium of companies, academic institutions, non-profits and state, local and […]
A little over a year ago, we wrote a story about how social media app TikTok is taking teens by storm and making Snap and Facebook nervous. TikTok was developed and owned by China-based company ByteDance. Originally released in 2014, the […]
M1 Finance, a Chicago, IL-based fintech startup reinventing personal finance, today announced it has $33 million Series B funding round to accelerate growth. The round was led by Left Lane Capital, a New York-based growth equity firm focused on high-growth consumer internet and […]
We wrote about Policygenius back in January after the Brooklyn, New York-based insurtech startup closed $100 million in Series D funding to grow its online insurance marketplace. Since then, the company has been busy working behind the scene on a […]
Yesterday, we told you about World Health Organization (WHO) after the organization said coronavirus patients without symptoms aren’t driving the spread of coronavirus. The comments came as a surprise to many experts after preliminary evidence indicated that coronavirus could spread even if […]
BellTroX is a New Delhi-based cybersecurity startup and provider of solutions for government and corporate intelligence arrays. Its services include Cyber information Collection, Translations, Analysis Assessment, Communications Strategies and Negotiations, all of which are supported by complex technology systems. Unknown […]
Geothermal energy is thermal energy stored within the Earth and is available everywhere, but it has been hampered for use as a significant energy source by limitations in drilling technology, except in select locations on the planet where it is […]
C2i Genomics (“C2i”), a New York City-based biotech startup that offers post-surgery monitoring of cancer recurrence and progression by analyzing subtle changes in the pattern of the tumor’s DNA, today announced it has raised $12 million in its Series A […]
In the last two years, we’ve written several stories about Facebook’s mission to make broadband internet available to rural communities in third world countries. In February 2019, Facebook partnered with Telefonica and other companies, to extend rural connectivity and bring internet […]
In the earliest outbreaks of coronavirus, preliminary evidence indicated that coronavirus could spread even if people didn’t have symptoms. Now, the World Health Organization (WHO) is saying that transmission of the coronavirus by asymptomatic people (who aren’t showing symptoms) is “very rare.” The […]
Over the weekend, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared an email exchange with a customer who used inflammatory rhetoric to criticize the company’s support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Bezos called the customer’s email “sickening” in an Instagram post late Sunday, […]
Back in April, we told you about India’s Reliance Jio after Facebook invested $5.7 billion in the Indian oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Reliance Industries to enable people connect with small businesses. Now, the company has raised new round of funding. Last Sunday, Reliance Jio said that the Abu […]
