Vintro, a Chicago, IL-based digital and global marketplace of business decision makers, today announced it is opening its platform to entrepreneurs and innovators who are seeking mentorship, guidance or investment. Vintro strips away the traditional social barriers by leveling the playing field and […]
As part of the effort to safely get people back to work, workplaces need contactless and hygienic physical access solutions. Fingerprint readers and communal surfaces present the risk of spreading viruses. It’s time we equip our workplaces with simple, secure, […]
If you’ve been following the news lately, on Tuesday, Twitter censored and added a fact-checking label to a tweet from President Trump. This is the first time the social media platform has added such a label to the president’s tweets. In […]
There is collective sigh of relief after final separation SpaceX’s Dragon separating from its Falcon 9 as NASA and Space X made history after SpaceX carried two NASA astronauts into space from American soil after nearly a decade. Space X now becomes […]
Cisco has acquired network intelligence startup ThousandEyes in a deal reportedly valued at around $1 billion. In a Thursday announcement, the tech giant said the acquisition of the San Francisco-based ThousandEyes would enable the combined companies to provide customers with an end-to-end […]
As the coronavirus pandemic created uncertainty for businesses across industries, Alphabet’s Google reportedly rescinded job offers to more than 2,000 contractors and temporary workers, according to a report published Friday in the New York Times. Citing an email received from Google, […]
Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One took the fictional work of Ernest Cline and made it an onscreen hit. With $582 million at the box office, the movie clearly struck a chord, but the question is why? The obvious answer is […]
Accern, a New York City-based artificial intelligence tech startup that uses AI and machine learning to help enterprises to make better financial service decisions, announced it has closed a $13 million Series A funding round to expand its customer base and […]
Almanac, a San Francisco, California-based tech startup and a provider of cloud-based platform for open-source documents, today announced a $9 million seed funding round led by Floodgate with nearly 100 investors from the world’s most successful companies. Almanac will use the […]
SatoshiPay, a blockchain-based fintech startup that offers a micropayment solution for content creators, today announced it secured €550,000 investment from Stellar Development Foundation (SDF). The investment, which is by way of convertible loan notes, marks the third investment made by SDF through its […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has earned the first portion of an incentive-based stock option payout that is worth more than $700 million, according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday. Based on terms in the filings, […]
Marqeta, an Oakland, California-based fintech startup, today announced that it has raised an additional $150 million in new funding from a leading institutional investor, valuing the company at $4.3 billion. The company, which is still unprofitable, plans to use fresh capital infusion […]
Claire Stapleton, a former Google activist and one of the organizers of the mass Google Walkout protest, is starting a new advice column/newsletter for frustrated tech workers. Stapleton made the announcement about a year since she left Google, claiming she was unfairly pushed […]
Curu, a Denver, Colorado-based fintech startup that helps lenders expand their total available market, reduce their customer acquisition costs and fund more loans by building their applicant’s eligibility, today announced it has closed $3 million in seed funding to scale its solution via […]
• Female founder of Glowday secures $4.7 million (£3.8 million) investment deal • SaaS enabled marketplace for non-surgical cosmetic treatments to launch when lock-down ends • Demand expected to boom post COVID • Will support client safety and consumer confidence […]
In an exclusive report from Guardian newspaper, Australian infectious researchers are raising questions about a study published in the Lancet which prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to halt global trials of the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19. The researchers query origin […]
For years, Big Tech companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube, have enjoyed the freedom and legal protection for content posted on their platforms. The protection comes from Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 protects, which states […]
Today, Facebook announced the launch of a mix-and-match app called Collab. The TikTok-style app is a mix-and-match app for making collaborative music videos with friends. The app, which is launching as an invite-only beta on iOS, was developed by Facebook’s app-focused New Product […]
Watch history unfold as NASA and SpaceX launch astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station. This mission marks the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 that humans will fly to the […]
For too long, America’s professional caregivers have been overworked and underpaid. During that time, America’s caring communities have struggled with an increasing employee turnover crisis, with no plan on how to fix it. The stress of caring for others is magnified […]
