Innovation Meets Education: HKPC and QEF’s EdTech Initiative
The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) has recently announced a collaborative effort with the Quality Education Fund (QEF) to jointly promote the e-Learning Ancillary Facilities Programme (the Programme). In its role as a strategic partner of the QEF, HKPC will leverage its robust scientific research capabilities and extensive industry network
Read moreFortify Your Cybersecurity with a Last Line of Defense
To truly secure your business from the growing threat of ransomware, you need a solution that closes the gap in the last mile of a predominant ‘defense in depth’ strategy, creating a genuine ‘last line of defense’. With ransomware fast becoming one of the biggest global security threats, it is
Read moreVLGE opens SDK for its no-code virtual world builder aimed at fashion, beauty and art industries
We’ve seen the rise of no-code and low-code platforms being applied to any number of applications and use-cases. What would happen if this thinking was applied to metaverse-style virtual worlds? What would be built? Certainly, with Apple’s recent announcement of the launch of the Apple Vision Pro headset, there is
Read moreDisney+ announces another price hike, says ad-supported tier is coming to more countries
Disney is raising prices for its online streaming services across the board amid a declining subscriber base. This is the company’s second price hike in the last 12 months after it increased subscription fees for different offerings including Disney+ and Hulu last October. Here is a handy list of Dinsey’s
Read moreBest Backend as a Service (BaaS) in 2023
Learn about the best BaaS solutions, including free and open-source options, their pros and cons, how to choose the best one for your project. Continue reading Best Backend as a Service (BaaS) in 2023 on SitePoint.
Read moreAsk Sophie: As an immigrant to the US, how can I create and work for my own startup?
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by
Read moreSAEKI’s “microfactories” help large manufacturing scale up
The architecture, engineering and construction industries involve giant concrete molds that are expensive, slow to manufacture and often only used a few times before being disposed. Robots-as-a-service startup SAEKI says its tech not only makes creating these molds faster, but also more cost-efficient. The Lupfig, Switzerland-based company is building what
Read moreMeta adds ability to verify your Threads profile on Mastodon
Meta on Wednesday took a small step toward supporting the so-called fediverse — a network of decentralized servers — by adding the ability to verify your Threads profile on Mastodon. The company announced that it is adding support for “rel=me” links — a way to establish a relationship between two accounts
Read moreArea and volume of hypersphere cap
A spherical cap is the portion of a sphere above some horizontal plane. For example, the polar ice cap of the earth is the region above some latitude. I mentioned in this post that the area above a latitude φ is where R is the earth’s radius. Latitude is the
Read moreDisney’s Hotstar loses 12.5 million subscribers in a quarter amid cricket shortfall
Disney+ Hotstar lost nearly a fourth of its customer base, or 12.5 million subscribers, in the quarter ending June, Disney disclosed in its earnings Wednesday, the ongoing setback at the India-focused streamer that’s reeling from the lack of cricket content. This is the third consecutive quarter in which Disney has
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