Ionobell is turning to recycled silicon to boost EV range
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Read moreAERC Appoints Prof. Victor Murinde as New Executive Director
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Board has appointed Prof. Victor Murinde as the organization’s new Executive Director. Prof. Victor Murinde as Executive Director Prof. Murinde joins AERC from SOAS University of London, where he served as an AXA Professor of Global Finance. Murinde is a distinguished financial economist with
Read more0G Labs launches with whopping $35M pre-seed to build a modular AI blockchain
As the crypto space heats back up, so has funding for new startups. 0G Labs, a web3 infrastructure firm,” has raised $35 million in a pre-seed round, the team exclusively told TechCrunch. If $35 million sounds like a lot for a pre-seed round, it really is. “In order to build
Read moreThoras.ai automates resource allocation for Kubernertes workloads
When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, Thoras.AI founders Nilo Rahamani and Jennifer Rahamani weren’t even a twinkle in their parents’ eyes, but their parents were forced to flee along with their older siblings. Eventually they ended up immigrating to the U.S. and settling in northern Virginia, where they
Read moreWeb3 investment firm Borderless Capital acquires CTF Capital to bring AI and quant expertise
Borderless Capital, an investment firm that specializes in web3, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring CTF Capital, a quantitative trading and asset management firm headquartered in Miami, with technology and operation teams in Latin America. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The deal marks Borderless’ first acquisition
Read moreWorldcoin hit with another ban order in Europe citing risks to kids
Controversial crypto biometrics venture Worldcoin has been almost entirely booted out of Europe after being hit with another temporary ban — this time in Portugal. The order from the country’s data protection authority comes hard on the heels of the same type of three-month stop-processing order from Spain’s DPA earlier
Read moreBeat the Scammers: 4 Tips to Dodge Online Ticket Fraudsters
There is no doubt that South Africans are excited to head back to stadiums to watch sports and their favorite musicians. This excitement is evident in the almost immediate sell-out of the Springboks versus Ireland test matches and the return of international music acts like James Blunt, Take That, Green
Read moreMetyos is building a biowearable to monitor chronic kidney disease
Alexandre Boulanger is better know for building self-balancing exoskeletons at Wandercraft. For his next trick the Paris-based robotics entrepreneur is fronting work on a far lighter kind of wearable: An arm-worn patch for monitoring chronic kidney disease (CKD). The medtech startup — Metyos — where Boulanger is CEO, is a joint
Read moreBalancing Tech in Education: Protecting Students Online
Technology enriches learning by granting instant access to information for assignments, research, and interactive learning experiences. However, it also exposes children to significant risks, including cyberbullying and exposure to inappropriate content. While teachers can employ certain tools and strategies to protect children in the classroom, monitoring their social media use
Read moreAI is a data problem. Now Cyera is raising up to $300M on a $1.5B valuation, to secure it
A cybersecurity startup called Cyera is betting that the next big challenge in enterprise data protection will be AI, and it’s raising a big round of funding as demand picks up for it. The company — which builds AI-enhanced tools to create accurate pictures of where and how data is
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