Huawei Unveils Carbon Neutrality Vision for Technological Evolution
Speaking at the Global Innovation Hub (UGIH) session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) during the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) hosted by the UAE, Charles Yang, Senior Vice President at Huawei, emphasized that opportunities arising from carbon neutrality will lead to transformative technological and
Read MoreHuawei and Verteco Address Load Shedding!
Verteco and Huawei have partnered to introduce affordable power management solutions for homes, complexes, and SMEs. The collaboration with MTN ensures business continuity for SMEs while partnering with Absa provides budget-friendly, unsecured financing for households. The strategic alliance aims to make alternative and backup power solutions accessible to mid and
Read MoreChina’s autonomous vehicle regulation requires safety operators, in-car recordings
When it comes to spurring the development of cutting-edge technologies, the Chinese government is rather pragmatic in its policymaking process. In the field of autonomous driving, the country has made some big strides in defining the parameters and limitations for service providers, removing regulatory ambiguity and granting industry players the
Read MoreHashtag Trending Dec.13- Epic Games’ legal victory over Google; NY Times has an editorial director of AI; Is ChatGPT slowing down because of Christmas?
Epic Games scores Epic victory over Google, The New York Times appoints an editorial director of AI, an upstart Paris startup is challenging some of the big players with a smaller open source model and is ChatGPT slowing down because Christmas is approaching? These and more top tech stories
Read MoreEx-Metaswitch CEO John Lazar joins Copia’s board as the Kenyan e-commerce outfit rakes in $20M to push toward profitability
Kenyan e-commerce and fintech platform for mass market consumers Copia Global has appointed John Lazar, the ex-CEO of Metaswitch, a Microsoft subsidiary, to its board off the back of $20 million in new funding. Enza Capital, the Pan-African VC firm that Lazar co-founded in 2019, was among the large participants
Read MoreSouth African e-commerce startup TUNL gets funding to accelerate growth of its exports platform
TUNL, a South African parcel shipping platform, has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding from investors, including Founders Factory Africa, Digital Africa Ventures, E4E Africa, and Jozi Angels. The platform, which claims to help e-commerce merchants save between 50% and 80% on international shipping costs, said the funding will fuel
Read MoreHyperplane wants to bring AI to banks
Hyperplane, a San Francisco-based startup that is building foundation models to help banks predict customer behavior, is coming out of stealth today by announcing a $6 million funding round led by former Stripe exec Lachy Groom, who was joined by SV Angel, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, Soma Capital, Latitud,
Read MoreMetafuels lands $8 million bet on greener skies ahead
Metafuels sets out to change the landscape of sustainable jet fuel, and has just picked up an $8 million suitcase from baggage carousel 3 at its local ZRH. Ahh, Zurich. The company is making the sky green — literally — with its new fuel, which it calls aerobrew. Sure, it
Read MoreProcurement software startup Pivot raises $21.6 million just a few months after its creation
French startup Pivot is an interesting startup story as it is scaling at a rapid pace even though startup investments are down in Europe. After raising a $5.3 million pre-seed round in April (€5 million), the company worked on the first iteration of its procurement tool over the summer. In
Read MoreMeta aims to brings its fact-checking program to Threads next year
With two large-scale elections in the U.S. in India next year, Threads aims to introduce a fact-checking checking program to the social network. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that the social platform currently matches ratings from Facebook or Instagram to similar content. But next year fact-checkers will have tools to
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