According to a 2019 survey conducted by FDIC, 5.4 percent of U.S. households (approximately 7.1 million households) were unbanked. Another data tells a different story. In a piece published in Forbes, 88 million Americans are either unbanked or underbanked. To address […]
In 2018, the global haircare market is estimated to be worth about $90 billion, according to the latest data from research firm Statista. Haircare is one of the least appealing verticals for technology startups. However, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for […]
According to a survey conducted by Invesp, acquiring a new customer can cost five times more than retaining an existing customer. The survey also finds that increasing customer retention by 5% can increase profits from 25-95%. A customer loyalty program is one […]
Almost a billion people suffer from mental health problems worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. ATAI Life Sciences is a biotechnology startup founded in 2018 in response to the clear and growing unmet needs of mental health patients worldwide. ATAI […]
Morse Micro is an Australian semiconductor company and creator of the Wi-Fi HaLow chip; an ultra-low-power, long-range and secure Wi-Fi chip specifically designed for IoT environments. Its team includes original inventors of Wi-Fi and designers of the world’s first Wi-Fi […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person. Musk’s net worth soared from $7.2 billion to $127.9 billion, driven by yet another surge in Tesla’s share price. Bill Gates’ net worth is currently $127.7 billion. […]
Over the five years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been using mass surveillance to monitor and track the lives of its citizens. Back in March, we wrote a piece about how a small unknown tech startup is helping the Chinese government to […]
Cyber hacking has become one of the fastest rising threats to organizations of all sizes. According to a study, the damage from cybercrime is projected to cost $6 trillion annually by 2021. Earlier this month, we wrote about Facebook after […]
We first covered Relativity Space back in 2018 after the Los Angeles-based orbital launch startup raised $35 million in funding. A lot has changed since then. Relativity Space (Relativity) is disrupting 60 years of aerospace tradition by creating an entirely new process […]
Gibraltar, Gibraltar, November 23, 2020 — Gnosis, a blockchain prediction market, has announced the launch of its futarchy-based governance organization named GnosisDAO. Created to transparently guide decisions on development, investments, and governance, the prediction market-driven collective is a major milestone […]
Jaan Tallinn is an Estonian computer programmer famous for co-founding Skype, a popular telecommunication platform that offers free video chat and voice calls to internet-connected devices. Skype was co-founded in 2002 by Jaan Tallinn, Janus Friis, Niklas Zennström. Microsoft later bought Skype […]
Facebook and Twitter announced over the weekend that they will hand over @POTUS account to Joe Biden on Inauguration Day, even if Trump doesn’t concede. The @POTUS account on both social platforms is the official account of the President of the […]
Almost two weeks after Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their COVID-19 vaccine offers 90% protection on 43,500 people in 6 countries shows no safety concerns, Oxford University announced this Monday morning that its vaccine being developed with AstraZeneca could be around 90% […]
We live in a digital world where people of all ages are actively sharing life events with their friends, families, and colleagues through social networks. Some of these events lead to buying a home, saving for college, and even planning for […]
Middle mile is an important part of the logistics supply chain that enables businesses to move goods from the port to the warehouse or distribution center. Unlike the “last-mile” logistics that places products at consumer doorsteps, “middle-mile” logistics get goods from a […]
In September, the Pentagon said that China is well on its way to becoming a world-class military’ to match U.S. military by 2049. While we’re busy with election infighting and battling with a new set of coronavirus lockdowns across the nation, the […]
On Thursday, we wrote about Lanistar after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, issued a consumer scam warning that the London-based fintech startup has been providing financial services without approval from the U.K. government. […]
Data visualization, a graphical representation of information and data using visual elements like charts, graphs, and maps, makes complex concepts deceptively simple. However, data visualizations can be very difficult especially when you’re dealing with complex data sets. There are a dozen visualization tools […]
With more than 12.6 million Americans still out of work, a growing number of employers and training providers are turning to emerge virtual reality technologies to provide hands-on, skills-based training for high-demand jobs. Enter TRANSFR VR, a New York-based immersive […]
Last week, we wrote about Pfizer after the pharmaceutical giant announced that its COVID-19 vaccine offers 90% protection. Today, Pfizer and partner BioNTech announced that they are submitting a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of […]
