A little over two years ago, we wrote about Baidu after the China search giant teamed up with U.S. automaker Ford to collaborate on a two-year joint autonomous vehicle test project to develop and test self-driving vehicles on designated roads […]
The level of investments and equity funding in blockchain startups continues to grow despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In 2019 alone, blockchain startup companies around the world raised over $3.08 billion in funding. Gartner also estimates that the business value added by […]
Softbank is a Japanese conglomerate we’ve covered extensively over the past three years. Founded in 1981 by Masayoshi Son, SoftBank owns stakes in many technology, energy, and financial companies. The company also runs Vision Fund, the world’s largest technology-focused venture capital […]
While the rest of the world is busy fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese government has secretly been working to boost its nuclear stockpile. In a paper published by the Chicago, Illinois-based Bulletin, Atomic Scientists estimated that China has 350 nuclear […]
Earlier today, we wrote about Solarwinds after the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive calling on all federal civilian agencies to review their networks for indicators of compromise and disconnect or power down SolarWinds Orion products […]
Monday is shaping out not to be a bad day for tech companies and government agencies alike. Earlier today, we told you about the Google outage which affected millions of Google’s YouTube, Gmail, and Drive users worldwide. Then just a […]
Hackers strike again. This time, hackers successfully breached and compromised SolarWinds Orion, a suite of network products that are used across all federal civilian agencies. On Sunday night, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an Emergency Directive calling on all […]
Reddit, a social media startup co-founded by Alexis Ohanian, has acquired Germany-based TikTok rival Dubsmash. The terms and total amount of the transaction were not disclosed. Now, the all-out war on TikTok is getting hotter as Reddit joins Instagram, Triller, and […]
Technology has permeated every aspect of our daily lives. The impact is even more felt among major companies that now have to rely on technology to automate their process and internal operations. Unlike ten or twenty years ago, however, these […]
Electronic Arts (EA) announced today it reached an agreement on Monday to buy U.K. racing game developer Codemasters in a deal worth $1.2 billion, marking the biggest deal in EA’s history. EA outbid rival publisher Take-Two Interactive to snag the highly-coveted startup […]
Another day, another major outage. This time, Google appears to be suffering a worldwide outage that has taken several services including YouTube, Gmail, and Google Drive offline. The outage affected millions of Google customers around the world. As of writing, […]
Back in May, a couple of Silicon Valley tech companies announced their plan to move out of California to Austin, Texas, due to the state’s draconian lockdown laws and poor handling of the stay-at-home order. Since then, at least a […]
2020 has been a very difficult year for everyone, especially for tech startup companies. With many companies going out of business and despite the tragedy, somehow some tech startups have succeeded against the odds. Today, we would like to share […]
More than eleven years ago, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) lost a $125 million Mars orbiter spacecraft due to a metric math mistake. The accident took place in September of 1999, after almost 10 months of travel to Mars. The Mars […]
Late last year, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said it would be landing the first woman ever on the Moon within four years. At the time, the agency said it plans to return humans back to the […]
Late yesterday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel recommended approval of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for emergency use. In a vote of 17 to 4 with one member abstaining, the panel recommended the approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s […]
The year 2020 may mark the beginning of the end of the United States of America as we know it. We live in unique times when the once greatest country on Earth is now being ruled by the big tech, […]
It’s been three months since we wrote about Next Insurance, an Israeli-founded insurtech startup that provides coverage for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Next Insurance uses artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to tailor insurance policies for its customers. Today, Next Insurance […]
Last week we wrote about Airbnb after the home-sharing platform announced its long-awaited IPO at a $35 billion valuation. Today, the company finally made its debut on Wall Street with shares priced at $68 on Wednesday, giving the vacation rental marketplace a […]
Every year, the U.S. and Canadian governments provide businesses with more than $15 billion in R&D credits, but the application process is cumbersome, time-consuming, and leaves applicants at risk of costly audits. Enter Boast, a San Francisco-based fintech startup that’s using […]
