Tatum lets you interact with blockchains using API calls
Meet Tatum, a blockchain infrastructure startup that wants to make it much easier to develop your own blockchain-based product. The company operates a platform-as-a-service product so that you don't have to manage your own nodes and learn how to interact with each client. Tatum is participating
Nigerian fintech HerVest wants to bring financial inclusion to more African women
After years of working in marketing for a number of financial services companies, Solape Akinpelu came to a conclusion: There was an “alarmingly low adoption” by women for financial services in her home country of Nigeria and all of Africa as a whole.
“I could see women living the reality aro
Luos is building an API to help embedded engineers connect easily to any hardware component
Luos, a participant in the technewss Disrupt Startup Battlefield competition this week, wants to make it easy for embedded hardware developers to connect to any hardware component, such as a motor or sensor, then build a reusable configuration profile to give them the same type of flexibility that
Built by a refugee, Enlight’s edtech tool bets it can help students hope harder
Raised in a Tanzania refugee camp, Dieumerci Christel's first brush with entrepreneurship began with a stick of gum.
In the early 2000s, kids in his camp were all gravitating toward a brand of gum named after Barack Obama, the then-soon-to-be U.S. president. Noticing the budding interest, Chris
Let’s Encrypt’s root certificate has expired, and it might break your devices
One of the largest providers of HTTPS certificates, Let's Encrypt, saw its root certificate expire this week — meaning you might need to upgrade your devices to prevent them from breaking.
Let’s Encrypt, a free-to-use nonprofit, issues certificates that encrypt the connections between y
Docs startup Almanac raises $34 million from Tiger as remote work shift hardens
As companies continue to delay their returns to the office and find temporary remote work policies becoming permanent, the startups building tooling for remote work-first cultures are finding a seemingly endless supply of customers.
“Companies are finding the shift to remote work is not a one
GM details the motors that will power its electric Hummer and other EVs
General Motors has spent a lot of time recently talking up the capabilities of its upcoming Ultium battery technology but has said significantly less so about the motors those cells will power. That changed on Tuesday when the company detailed its new Ultium Drive motors. With today's announcem
Seth Rogen explains how Houseplant promotes cannabis without breaking the rules
I was annoying Seth Rogen. We had just started the interview, and while he politely answered my questions, he was growing tired of talking about his celebrity status. He was more interested in discussing how Houseplant, the company he co-founded, is succeeding by overcoming countless regulatory hur
Facebook adds a battery-powered smart screen to the Portal line
The Portal line has always been a kind of odd duck in the world of smart screens. Facebook's most significant contribution to the category is almost certainly Smart Camera, which uses AI to track a subject and pan and zoom accordingly to keep them in frame. It was the first big line to bring th
Roblox to add opt-in age verification for players and developers
Roblox is introducing an optional age verification for its users that will combine an ID check with a selfie scan. While the system will not be needed to play most Roblox games, it will be required for those who want to gain early access to Roblox’s upcoming voice chat features when they roll
Marketplace platform Mirakl raises $555 million at $3.5 billion valuation
French startup Mirakl has closed a new Series E funding round of $555 million. Following this round, the company is now valued at $3.5 billion. Mirakl helps you launch a marketplace on your online store for your end customers or for your B2B clients. It's a software-as-a-service marketplace, me
For BioNTech, the COVID-19 vaccine was simply the opening act
BioNTech’s founding story dates back to the late 1990s, when CEO and co-founder U?ur ?ahin, his wife and co-founder Özlem Türeci, and the rest of the seven-person founding team began their research.
Focused specifically on an area dubbed “New Technologies,” mRNA stood out as o
Mercedes-Benz prices its flagship EQS electric vehicle below the S Class
The Mercedes-Benz has priced the flagship EQS electric vehicle more than $8,700 below its gas-powered S-Class counterpart, a strategic move by the German automaker aiming to ensure a successful rollout of the luxury EV in North America.
The EQS, which will arrive in U.S. dealerships in fall 2021, w
Rippling launches computer inventory management as more workers remain remote
Rippling, a startup building a platform to manage all aspects of employee data, from payroll and benefits through to device management, launched Rippling Inventory Management, what founder and CEO Parker Conrad is touting as the “world's first cloud IT closet.”
The dashboard enables busines