Merqueo, which operates a full-stack, on-demand delivery service in Latin America, has landed $50 million in a Series C round of funding.IDC Ventures, Digital Bridge and IDB Invest co-led the round, w
01:39 The gunman who went on a killing spree at a series of spas in March has pleaded guilty to four counts of murder --- part of a plea deal negotiated by prosecutors.Robert Aaron Long
As more people are venturing out into the world this summer (safely, we hope!), Snapchat wants to make it easier for people to find restaurants, stores, parks, and other interesting spots in their nei
A COVID-19 testing site along a street in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, July 26, 2021. /CFP Researchers at the University of Washington estimate that approximately 60 percent of U.S.
Watching the Chinese technology sector over the last week has been a fascinating exercise. The Chinese government took on entire industries like edtech while also coming down on individual companies (
Jason Saltzman is a serial entrepreneur. He first cofounded SeamlessDocs and then went on to found The Alley, a coworking space based out of New York City. Following Alley’s joint venture partne
The websites of several high-profile companies including HSBC, Airbnb and British Airways were hit by outages on Thursday.A message on the BA website read: "Service Unavailable - DNS failure. The ser
The Federal Reserve in Washington, United States. /CFP Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said many U.S. economic sectors faced rapidly rising prices and were struggling to ad
Viktor Orban and the European Commission's Ursula von der Leyen, pictured here in February 2020. /Reuters Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused the European Commission of "legalize
News broke this morning that Revolut, a U.K.-based consumer fintech player, raised a Series E round of funding worth $800 million at a valuation of $33 billion. Those figures are breathtaking not only
Most database startups avoid building relational databases, since that market is dominated by a few goliaths. Oracle, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server have embedded themselves into the technical fabric
A presidential convoy with an ambulance transporting Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the armed forces hospital (HFA) in Brasilia, Brazil, July 14, 2021. /Reuters Brazilian President J
China approves tech giant Tencent's plan to take Sogou private in a $3.5 billion deal. /CFPChina's market regulator on Monday unconditionally approved tech giant Tencen
The addition of MagSafe to the iPhone 12 line introduced all manner of fun avenues for accessory makers, but there’s a strong case (so to speak) to be made that a snap on battery pack might be the mos
Twitter has appointed a resident grievance officer in India days after the American social media firm said to have lost the liability protection on user-generated content in the South Asian nation ove
01:45 This woodcut print, “Battle of Pingxing Pass,” was created by Chinese artist Jiang Feng in 1938.It depicts the first major victory for the Communist army in its f
India’s IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar resigned from their roles on Wednesday, adding to the list of high-profile politicians who have vaca
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