Over the past five years, stories and news of China dominating the artificial intelligence (AI) world had dominated the headlines. In the summer of 2017, China, the world’s second-largest economy, unveiled a plan to become the world’s leader in artificial intelligence, […]
BetterUp made headlines back in March after the Silicon Valley-based mental health startup hired Prince Harry as its Chief Impact Officer. In his new role, The Duke of Sussex is expected to have input into product strategy decisions and charitable contributions, and advocate publicly […]
Microsoft announced Thursday it has acquired Ally.io, a Washington-based tech startup that provides software to help organizations keep track of their progress on key goals. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. So far this year Microsoft has […]
OZY Media is a Silicon Valley-based premium media and entertainment startup founded in 2013 by former MSNBC news anchor, journalist, and businessman Carlos Watson. Ozy provides a digital magazine and daily newsletter. Ozy produces podcasts, television series, and events. At its […]
If there is one lesson we learned from this pandemic, it is that remote work is critical to the existence of any business. The pandemic has now accelerated the future of remote work. Before the pandemic began in February 2020, […]
Twitter on Wednesday announced it has agreed to sell its MoPub mobile advertising network to mobile ad startup AppLovin for $1.05 billion in cash. Twitter purchased MoPub in September 2013 for a reported $350 million. In a statement, Twitter said it […]
Another day, another hacking news. This time it’s Amazon’s video streaming service Twitch that was hacked Wednesday in a cyber breach that exposed details on payments to gamers, content creators, future product plans, and an unreleased product from Amazon Game Studios. The anonymous […]
There’s a lot of buzz about edge computing in recent years. Edge computing is a distributed computing framework that brings enterprise applications closer to data sources such as IoT devices or local edge servers. But one aspect of edge computing that receives […]
The growing popularity of cryptocurrencies and NFTs has led to the creation of the new creator economy. In 2021 alone, the creator economy has seen a record $1.3B in funding, according to CB Insights. During the same time, we’ve also seen […]
In 2021, there will be an estimated 1.9 million new cancer cases diagnosed and 608,570 cancer deaths in the United States, according to data from the American Cancer Society. As such, early cancer detection and screening is critical in reversing […]
In 2017, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon took a shot at Bitcoin, saying the world’s most popular cryptocurrency “is a fraud.” At a gathering hosted by Barclays in New York, Dimon said, “It’s just not a real thing, eventually it will be closed.” […]
Summit Partners, a global alternative investment firm, announced today it has raised $8.35 billion for its latest flagship U.S. growth equity fund. The Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund XI was launched in June 2021. Summit said the latest fund will target minority […]
Consumer-directed benefits are pre-tax benefit plans designed to give American workers more control over their earned income and save money on everyday out-of-pocket expenses. The consumer-directed benefits are offered by 95% of American companies and used by 95 million American employees, […]
What started last Friday as one of the largest Decentralized Finance (DeFi) bugs in history is now turning out to be bigger than what everyone had originally anticipated. Last Friday, Compound Labs, a popular decentralized-finance staking protocol, reported that about $90 […]
Qualcomm and investment firm SSW Partners announced on Monday they had reached a deal to buy Swedish company Veoneer for $4.5 billion in cash, according to news first reported by Reuters. Founded just three years ago, Veoneer is an American Swedish […]
Over the past two decades, at least $3 trillion has been invested in renewable energy sources including solar, winds, hydropower, and battery storage. A 2019 report from UN Environment Programme (UNEP) found that investments in renewable energy were set to […]
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has invested $600 million of equity in U.K. energy tech startup Octopus Energy Group. The funding, which valued the company at $4.6 billion, was made via Al Gore’s investment firm Generation Investment Management. As […]
The future of work is here and technology has become an equal opportunity disruptor. It is now clear that it is not a matter of “if” but “when” these new technologies will change how we work. Automation and technological advancements in […]
In 2020, the global GDP amounted to about $84.54 trillion, according to data from research firm Statista. On the other hand, the global B2B eCommerce market was estimated to be $12.2 trillion in 2019, which is over 6 times that […]
Foxconn Technology Group (Foxconn), a Taiwan-based company and the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, is nearing a deal to buy the electric truck startup Lordstown Motors’ Ohio plant, according to a report from Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The […]
