We last wrote about N26 back in January when the Peter Thiel-backed mobile bank N26 announced it was luring deposits from US heavyweights like Chase and Citibank. At the time, the German mobile bank N26 said it attracted 250,000 users in […]
Since December of 2019, scientists and researchers have been working around the world to develop cure and find treatments for the deadly coronavirus. Earlier today, we reported the positive news from pharmaceutical giants after its Ebola drug showed improvement with shorter […]
Intel is buying Moovit, a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) provider and the number one public transit app used by hundreds of millions of commuters worldwide, in a deal that valued the startup at around $900 million. Moovit has grown to […]
The good news about coronavirus treatment keeps pouring in. Last week, we told you about report from Gilead Sciences after the pharmaceutical giant announced that early trial results of remdesivir showed improvement with shorter drug treatment. Over the weekend, Gilead Chairman […]
Surgical navigation startup Centerline Biomedical (Centerline), a Cleveland Clinic spin-off company, has announced the successful completion of the first in a series clinical cases in the United States as it begins limited launch of its innovative Intra-Operative Positioning System (IOPS) […]
With research institutions and pharmaceutical companies in a race to develop vaccine to cure the deadly coronavirus, the need to accelerate clinical drug development is more needed than ever. That’s why Medable, a Silicon Valley healthtech startup, is on a mission to […]
As coronavirus spread slows across the country, many companies are planning to bring their employees back to work in a safe and sensible manner to prevent the spread of the deadly virus in their workplace. Landing AI is a Palo Alto, California-based […]
NASA is helping the medical community address the shortage of ventilators needed to treat coronavirus patients with a ventilator prototype. Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the emergency use of a new high-pressure ventilator developed by NASA engineers to […]
Just as people are preparing to go back to work after the coronavirus lockdowns are lifted, Xenex announced it has built a robot that uses UV light to disinfect surfaces that have coronavirus on them. The robot is not a cure for […]
Yesterday, we told you about the good news from Gilead about the promising drug called Remdesivir. The company announced that early trial results of remdesivir show improvement with shorter drug treatment. Today, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, part of the […]
Over one third of produce never reaches the consumer, creating massive loss and cost. Of the produce that does reach the consumer, much of it is not of the quality or ripeness that consumers want. Enter Strella Biotech, a Philadelphia, PA-based early stage […]
Contrary to many online rumors, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the head of the U.S. intelligence community (IC), said coronavirus is Not manmade or genetically modified. However, the IC also said they “will continue to rigorously examine emerging […]
Last week, we wrote about Verizon after the wireless giant bought Zoom rival BlueJeans Network for around $500 million. Now, Facebook is trying to cash in on the growing adoption of video conferencing app. Last week, Facebook announced the launch of […]
Props creates a decentralized model for digital media that uses blockchain technology to reward the contributors that power the network. Today, the team behind Props, a network built to reward application users with a financial stake in the network they […]
Microsoft crushes quarterly earnings as the tech giant reported a $35 billion in revenue for the quarter. Microsoft also beat analysts’ estimate. The company said in a statement that the coronavirus “had minimal net impact on the total company revenue” in the […]
Ride-hailing company Lyft is laying off about 17% of its total workforce due to coronavirus. In a filing with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, the Uber rival said that it planned to lay off “approximately 982 employees,” or […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is joining millions of Americans asking the government to lift the lockdown and lift restrictions. Musk is calling for coronavirus lockdowns to be eased and America to be re-opened, asserting, “give people their freedom back!” Musk urges […]
A lot of good news coming out about promising treatments and vaccine for coronavirus. Early this month, we wrote about Pfizer after the pharmaceutical giant said it has found a treatment for coronavirus that decreases viral replication. Now, Pfizer says coronavirus vaccine could […]
Niche, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based edtech statup and a school search platform connecting people to the perfect K-12 school or college, today announced it has raised $35 million in Series C funding to advance the platform as the leading destination for users to […]
Smart contact lenses, essentially flexible displays packed with augmented reality tech, are an obvious way to explore virtual and augmented reality (AR), and camera technologies. Mojo Vision is an invisible computing startup company that’s already looking beyond that form factor […]
