Since 2009, the Amazon Literary Partnership has supported efforts that help writers tell their stories and find their readers. During that period, Amazon Literary Partnership has awarded more than $12 million in grant funding to more than 150 literary organizations, […]
According to CDC estimates, 79,400 Americans died during the 2017–2018 influenza (flu) season. During the same time, flu was associated with more than 48.8 million illnesses, and more than 22.7 million medical visits, 959,000 hospitalizations. Let that sink in for a moment. […]
Monitoring critical infrastructure is an inherently daunting task. In the US alone, there are over 4 million miles of power lines and pipelines, spread over millions of square miles of diverse terrain. Aging infrastructure, geohazards, and increasingly severe weather, are […]
Kentik, a San Francisco-based tech startup and a provider of real-time visibility, traffic management, and network intelligence to leading enterprises like Zoom, Dropbox, and eBay, today announced it has raised $23.5 million in growth funding to accelerate growth and expand its business […]
With all the bad news about coroanvirus, one important lesson the United States has learned from this pandemic is its heavy reliance on imported drugs from China. In 2019 alone, China accounted for 95 percent of U.S. imports of ibuprofen, 91 […]
Last year, we wrote several stories about Libra, a digital currency created by Facebook with a mission of launching a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people. Libra uses cryptography and powered by Blockchain, a method of protecting information, […]
Twitter is refusing to delete a tweet from President Trump about Joe Scarborough. In a decision that will test Twitter’s policy specifically carved-out for world leaders, Twitter is refusing to bow to pressure opponents of the President. The tweet was about […]
The last time we wrote about Bolt was back in March 2018 when the startup was called Taxify. It later rebranded as Bolt to expand its transport options beyond private cars. Bolt is an Estonia-based transportation platform that currently operates its ride-hailing […]
1961: First human in space 1969: First human on the moon 2000: First human long-term stay aboard the ISS 2020: First SpaceX flight with humans on-board Tomorrow (May 27) a new chapter of human space exploration begins. Last week, we […]
Fundbox, a Silicon Valley-based fintech startup and a B2B payment and credit network that transforms how funding flows, today announced it announced a fresh equity investment from MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd., the corporate venture capital arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial […]
It’s year 2020 and farmers worldwide still spray their fields uniformly using a chemical-intensive treatment, without distinguishing between the crop, the bare soil, and the weeds. This market failure results not only in a significant economic loss to the farmers, […]
Happy Memorial Day Holiday! As coronavirus overwhelms the health care system, people with other illnesses are struggling to find treatment. The fight against coronavirus has shifted attention away from patients suffering from cardiovascular disease and other chronic and life threatening diseases. According […]
Following several weeks of coronavirus lockdown, the number of new confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the U.S. has steadily declined in the last three days. Now, there could potentially be even more good news. According to a new predictive model developed by a team […]
Bonac, a Fukuoka, Japan-based biotechnology startup that specializes in research and development of nucleic acid medicines, announced today that it is partnering with Fukuoka prefectural local authorities in an effort to develop a drug to treat COVID-19 using its RNA technology. Under an agreement struck […]
We’ve been following Gilead’s Remdesivir for over two months now. In April, Remdesivir’s study was touted by Dr. Anthony as a smashing success. The stock market soared after the news. But, it didn’t take more than 24 hours before medical […]
With more than 100 experimental vaccines against Covid-10 currently being developed worldwide, Oxford University researchers continue to make progress in various phases of its vaccine trial program. The first phase of the trial which began in April, involves 1,000 healthy adults […]
VergeSense, a Y Combinator-backed tech startup that develops an AI-powered sensing device for facility management, announced today it has closed $9 million in strategic round to meet increased customer demand during the Coronavirus crisis and scale its analytics software platform. Founded in […]
Shopify announced today it will allow its 5,000 employees to work from home indefinitely, even after the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic fade and cities lift shutdowns. In a post on Twitter Thursday, Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke said that the […]
In a time when many Americans are out of jobs, U.S. billionaires saw their personal fortunes increase by a combined $434 billion during the nation’s lockdown between mid-March and mid-May, according to a report, which was first reported by CNBC. According to the […]
In a race to find drugs and vaccine that can cure the coronavirus and treat patients with COVID-19, the U.S. government announced it is partnering with drugmaker AstraZeneca for at least 300 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by the […]
