On 18 August 2008, bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper that will soon revolutionize the world of digital currency. Titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” the 9-page whitepaper was written as part of Nakamoto’s response to the collapse […]
Amberstone Biosciences, a Laguna Hills, California-based biotech startup that is focused on discovering novel immunotherapies, announced today it has secured $12 million in Series A funding to develop immunotherapeutics to treat solid tumors cancers, and other diseases. The round was led by Viva BioInnovator, […]
Happy New Year! Imagine being able to fly to your office without having to deal with the stress of commuting in the traffic. Last year, a Japanese startup unveiled a hoverbike that can fly above public roads. But the hoverbike will probably […]
Today, Ethereum-based decentralized lending protocol, Aave, in partnership with Centrifuge, a decentralized asset-backed financing protocol, launched the Real-World Asset (RWA) Market – the first diversified real-world asset market on the Aave Protocol Built on Centrifuge and Aave, the RWA Market […]
It’s commonly known that Silicon Valley, San Francisco is the world’s tech capital. It almost feels like it’s spawning billionaire companies left and right. However, few people know that Stockholm is second only to Silicon Valley in terms of unicorns – startups valued […]
California is home to some of the world’s largest and best-known technology companies in the world. It all started during The California Gold Rush of 1948 through 1955 when over 300,000 people from other states and around the world flocked […]
What started out as a conspiracy theory a few months ago has become a reality. In April, we ran a story asking if you are ready for a COVID monitoring microchip to be implanted under your skin. Back then, the Pentagon’s […]
2021 has been a great year form for the private space tourism industry. Thanks to companies like Virgin Galactic and Bezos’ Blue Origin, space travel which was once reserved for superpowers like Russia and the United States, is now available to […]
HUMAN Protocol, a permissionless protocol that offers a new way for humans and machines to securely connect and collaborate, today announced the full launch of its HUMAN App, a web-based application that demonstrates how work published to the Protocol can be accessed […]
Sinqia, a Brazilian fintech company that offers IT solutions to financial institutions, including banks, insurance companies, has acquired NewCon, a small tech startup and local developer of software for consortiums, in a transaction worth $74.73 million (422.5 million reais). The deal, which is Sinqia’s largest acquisition […]
TikTok, the Chinese viral video-sharing app that started out as a joke now, has now become the most popular app in the world. That’s not all, TikTok has also dethroned Google to become the most popular site on the planet. According […]
Early this month, we wrote about SenseTime after the Chinese AI facial recognition startup finally announced the highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO). After several false starts, SenseTime Group said it was looking to raise up to $767 million in […]
Move over Instagram, for there’s a new social media king in town. As of this week, Chingari has finally surpassed the photo-sharing app to become the most popular free social media app in India, according to the latest Google Play […]
One of what we love about the tech community is the joy of seeing how startups, venture capital firms, and investors are making a difference in the world and making the world a better place. In June, for example, we […]
About a week ago, Crypto pioneer and Tron founder Justin Sun announced his retirement from the company he started just four years ago to become an ambassador of the Grenada government to the World Trade Organization. In an interview last week, Sun said: “My […]
Over the past two decades, cloud computing continues to gain popularity as organizations and software buyers are turning to the cloud marketplaces for third-party software purchases. Since then, the cloud has revolutionized the ways software is bought by allowing users […]
2021 has turned out to be a great year for cryptocurrencies. During the past 12 months, bitcoin and other alt cryptocurrencies enjoyed a surge in mainstream adoption and support from institutional investors. Bitcoin went from $29,000 on January 1 to […]
Eight months after Microsoft acquired Nuance Communications for $16 billion, the European Commission (EU) on Tuesday granted Microsoft unconditional antitrust approval for artificial intelligence and speech technology company, according to a report from Reuters, citing a statement from the Commission. The deal has […]
AppDirect is a San Francisco-based tech startup and a provider of a subscription commerce platform for monetizing and managing digital customer relationships. We covered the company back in September 2020 after it raised $185 million in funding to fuel global expansion. One […]
As the Omnicron variant continues to spread around the world, the UK government has once again tightened its COVID restrictions, which further dealt a devastating blow to small charities at a pivotal time of year. That’s why one fintech startup […]
