While many tech pundits have predicted the early death of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), it appears the NFT craze is not going away anytime soon. Instead, NFT adoption has accelerated despite the ongoing economic slowdown and crypto winter. In a clear sign that […]
Classera, the largest EdTech in the Middle East and North Africa(MENA), has raised $40 million in series A funding led by Sanabil Investments, wholly owned company by Public Investment Fund (“PIF”), with participation from Global Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, 500 Global, Sukna Venture, and […]
Early this month, we wrote about PayPal after the company said it would take $2,500 from your account if you spread misinformation. The payment giant later backed down after social media backlash saying the notice went “out in error” and will not […]
As the saying goes, “When you find yourself in a hole, you better stop digging.” Sadly for Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta, he’s doing quite the opposite. Late last year, Zuckerberg changed the corporate name from Facebook to Meta to reflect […]
Intel’s self-driving technology unit Mobileye finally made its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange after many months of turbulence. Shares of Mobileye Global opened for trading at $26.71, after the company priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $21 late Tuesday. Its shares later jumped by […]
In just five years, the global video gaming industry has grown by over $100 billion from $120.4 billion in 2017 to $235.7 billion in 2022. The overall gaming industry could be worth $321 billion by 2026, a new PwC report shows. […]
The judgment day may be near for Twitter employees as Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted a video of himself carrying a bathroom sink with the message, “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!” On Wednesday, Leslie Berland, Twitter’s Chief Marketing Officer […]
The era of a cashier-based store is slowly coming to an end. The idea of walking into a store and grabbing what you need without having to stand in line at the cashier is slowly making its way into stores in […]
The global demand for seafood has led to overfishing that threatens the world’s oceans and drives species like eels to extinction. As the global demand for seafood continues to rise, it will exacerbate the intensive aquaculture that is already disrupting oceanic […]
Alphabet’s Google reported a lackluster result on Tuesday during its third-quarter earnings call. It’s now clear that not even Google is immune from the ongoing Crypto winter. The tech giant misses on earnings as revenue growth dipped to 6%. The tech behemoth saw […]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) today has charged 26-year-old Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky for his alleged role in an international cybercrime operation known as Raccoon Infostealer. The DOJ also charged Sokolovsky “with conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, […]
Just last week, we reported that Twitter employees could be in for bad news after reports that Elon Musk was planning to lay off nearly 75 percent of Twitter’s 7,500 workers. Now, it appears their worst fear has been confirmed. Musk would […]
BitOasis, a Middle East-focused cryptocurrency exchange startup, has struck a deal with Mastercard to launch payment credit cards linked to cryptocurrencies, the two companies said in a joint statement Tuesday. The Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based BitOasis said the cards will enable its […]
Over the past decade, hackers and scammers have stolen over $12 billion in crypto assets. Unfortunately, the trend has accelerated rapidly in 2022. In the first nine months of this year, companies and investors have lost billions to cyber criminals […]
Seqera Labs, a provider of open-source data orchestration and workflow software for life sciences, has raised €22 million in Series A funding led by Addition, with follow-on funding from Talis Capital, Speedinvest, BoxOne Ventures, and Amino Collective. The Barcelona-based Seqera Labs will use […]
Meta’s messaging app WhatsApp is slowly coming back online after a global outage hits millions of users. At around 0900 GMT, WhatsApp reported the issue has been fixed after millions of users reported problems earlier on Tuesday. Outage monitoring site Downdetector […]
CryptoQuant, an on-chain data platform, has become the official provider of on-chain data for CME Group’s Datamine. This on-demand platform allows traditional financial institutions to access detailed historical data. Being the first and only on-chain data provider of CME Datamine […]
In a little over a decade, blockchain has evolved to become a disruptive game-changing technology that permeates every aspect of our lives. Blockchain is also the underlying technology behind most of the popular cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and Ethereum. From cocoa farmers […]
On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale military attack on Ukraine. Immediately after the invasion, the United States and Europe imposed hefty sanctions on Russia. The sanctions forced thousands of Russian banks and financial institutions to stop doing business with the […]
While hundreds of tech companies were laying off thousands of their staff, Vietnam’s EV tech startup VinFast announced in August it was hiring 8,000 new employees to further ramp up production and meet the increasing demands for its electric cars. Now, VinFast has […]
