New Stars Shine: Introducing the New HUAWEI nova Series
SuperSport United FC and technology partner HUAWEI have united to introduce new stars to the HUAWEI nova series, including the HUAWEI nova 12i, the HUAWEI nova 12 SE, and soon, the HUAWEI nova 12s. Beyond the Game This collaboration aims to inspire South Africans to shine as the stars they
Read moreCoro, building cybersecurity for SMBs, locks down $100M at a $750M valuation
Enterprises and other large organizations have long been a lucrative and obvious target for cybercriminals, but in recent years — thanks to more sophisticated breach techniques and the rise of AI — small and medium businesses are now also very much on the map. Now, Coro — one of the
Read moreDatacentrix Honored with ‘Go Beyond Reseller’ Award from HP
Datacentrix is proud to have received the prestigious title of HP’s ‘Go Beyond Reseller’ at the Southern African partner awards. HP introduced the ‘Go Beyond Reseller’ award for the first time, and Datacentrix is thrilled to have been named as the inaugural winner of the title. Anle Els, Product Manager:
Read moreThis startup believes mobile apps for businesses should work more like consumer apps
Have you noticed the massive gap between consumer and business apps on your phone? While consumer apps are both beautifully designed and easy to use, business apps are simply painful to use. A European startup is developing a suite of B2B apps that are designed for mobile first because phones
Read moreIndia’s tribunal court allows Byju’s to proceed with key EGM
Byju’s secured favorable outcomes in two court hearings Thursday, paving the way for the embattled edtech startup to move ahead with the extraordinary general meeting scheduled for Friday. The National Company Law Tribunal refused to defer on Thursday Byju’s planned EGM, where the Indian startup seeks to increase the authorized
Read moreClimate tech VC Satgana closes first fund that targets early-stage startups in Africa, Europe
Climate-tech VC Satgana has reached a final close of its first fund, which targets to back up to 30 early-stage startups in Africa and Europe. The VC firm reached a final close of £8 million ($8.6 million) following commitments from family offices and high-net-worth individuals, including Maurice Lévy of the
Read moreStealthMole raises $7M Series A for its AI-powered dark web intelligence platform
StealthMole, an AI-powered dark web intelligence startup that specializes in monitoring cyber threats and detecting cybercrime, announced Thursday that it has raised a $7 million Series A funding round. The Singapore-headquartered startup with an R&D office in South Korea will use the fresh capital to establish additional R&D centers and
Read moreAccel rethinks early-stage startup investing in India
By any benchmark, Accel is among the top venture firms in India. With nearly two dozen Indian unicorn startups, including several category leaders, Accel’s track record speaks for itself. Yet the partners leading the firm’s early-stage accelerator program, called Atoms, are uncharacteristically introspective about their learnings and the changes they
Read moreUnderstanding humanoid robots
Robots made their stage debut the day after New Year’s 1921. More than half-a-century before the world caught its first glimpse of George Lucas’ droids, a small army of silvery humanoids took to the stages of the First Czechoslovak Republic. They were, for all intents and purposes, humanoids: two arms,
Read moreAmazon doubles down on Anthropic, completing its planned $4B investment
Amazon invested a further $2.75 billion in growing AI power Anthropic on Wednesday, following through on the option it left open last September. The $1.25 billion it invested at the time must be producing results, or perhaps they’ve realized that there are no other horses available to back. The September
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