Tackling Plastic Waste with Sustainable Construction
- 03-May-2023
As the world grapples with the growing problem of plastic waste, one Karachi-based startup has taken a unique approach to tackle the issue while simultaneously promoting sustainable construction. Bigger Bricks, founded by housewife Majeda Muhammad and her engineer husband, aims to recycle plastic waste and turn it into large bricks that can be used for […]
Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll
- 21-Jan-2020
Attorneys for a former Apple executive on Tuesday will try to convince a skeptical judge of a core tenet of tech startup culture
Facebook buys startup working on mind-control of machines
- 24-Sep-2019
Facebook announced projects aimed at allowing users to use their minds to type messages in 2017.
Blood-testing startup founder ordered to stand trial
- 29-Jun-2019
Questions were first raised about the accuracy and reliability of her signature blood-testing device in a series of articles in the Wall Street Journal in 2015
Uber agrees to buy electric cycle-sharing startup JUMP Bikes
- 09-Apr-2018
SAN FRANCISCO: Ride-hailing company Uber said on Monday it has agreed to buy electric bicycle service JUMP Bikes, allowing Uber to offer US passengers an alternative to cars and further consolidating the crowded bike-sharing industry. JUMP is a dockless electric bike service that has rolled out in San Francisco, where it has 250 bikes, and […]
Cameroon startup launches drones for global market
- 05-Mar-2018
YAOUNDE, Cameroon: Talking fast and dreaming big, William Elong shows off the first “made in Cameroon” drone at his sixth-floor workshop in downtown Douala, minutes from the economic capital’s Atlantic seafront. The 25-year-old, known as a high-flyer after being named one of Forbes’ most promising young Africans under 30, is enthusing about his new unmanned […]
ORRI: Your finger can be your smartphone
- 27-Jul-2017
Hong Kong based start-up Origami Labs is looking to change the way we interact with our mobile phones with the release of its innovative new wearable product ORII this month. A Kickstarter project, ORII is the world’s first voice-powered smart ring that turns your finger into a smart phone. Just by touching your ear you […]
Microsoft buys Canadian AI startup Maluuba
- 14-Jan-2017
Microsoft announced Friday a deal to buy Maluuba, a Montreal startup focused on making machines able to think the way people do. Bringing on board Maluuba co-founders Kaheer Suleman and Sam Pasupalak, along with their team from the startup, was intended to accelerate Microsoft’s “ability to develop software so computers can read, write and converse […]
US private company get approval to send lander to moon
- 03-Aug-2016
MIAMI: US startup company Moon Express has received approval from the government to send an unmanned lander to the moon next year, in a first for private industry.
Airbnb vows to root out home-sharing discrimination
- 04-Jun-2016
SAN FRANCISCO: Airbnb on Friday said it is cracking down on racism after booting one home-sharing host for blatantly discriminating against a woman of color who had made a reservation.