Qualcomm and Google have announced that they are working on a RISC-V platform for Wear OS devices. RISC-V is an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA), which means that anyone can design and build a RISC-V chip. This has the potential to lower costs and increase competition in the chip industry, which could lead to…
Amazon drones fly over 500 medications to customers in College Station, TX
College Station, TX, the home of Texas A&M, is the first city to enjoy drone prescription deliveries from Amazon. The service, which started in 2022 with (non-medical) Amazon shipments, now includes “more than 500 medications” for common conditions like the flu, asthma and pneumonia. Customers can order their medications online and receive them by air…
Apple Analysts predicts a powerful 32-inch iMac in 2025
Apple’s M1 chip made a splash with its debut in the first iMac, a colourful and sleek desktop all-in-one for families and students. However, it was not the most powerful device in its category. That could change with a rumoured high-end iMac that might launch in 2025. Apple has not offered a robust option for…
Vodafone to launch 2.2 Gbps broadband in 2024, promises to download Call of Duty in three minutes
Vodafone has announced that it will offer a broadband package that can achieve speeds of up to 2.2 Gbps in “early 2024”. The company says that this will be much faster than the current EE network, which offers up to 1 Gbps. It also claims that downloading a whole game, such as Call of Duty,…
OpenAI and G42 join forces to advance generative AI in the UAE
UAE: A new collaboration between OpenAI, a leading generative AI (GenAI) company, and G42, Abu Dhabi’s top AI firm, has been announced. The deal’s financial terms were not revealed. The collaboration will explore the applications of OpenAI’s GenAI models in various domains, such as healthcare, energy and financial services. The UAE has a strong technological…
What Does GTM Mean and Why Do SaaS Providers Need It?
Being a part of the dynamic and competitive world of Software as a Service (SaaS) means ensuring your product or service reaches the right audience at the right time. That’s where a Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy comes in. But what exactly does GTM mean and why do SaaS providers need it? A Go-to-Market strategy, in essence,…
Sure Valley Ventures leads £2.2 million seed round in AI image verification firm, Captur
LONDON, UK: Sure Valley Ventures (SVV) has led a £2.2 million seed round in Captur, a company that has built an enterprise AI platform for real-time, rules-based image recognition. Existing investors, MMC Ventures and Ascension Ventures participated in this round, along with other investors including ex-Deliveroo, and enterprise AI investors Concept Ventures and Two Culture…
Syncona offers $5.00 per share to take full control of Freeline Therapeutics
LONDON, UK: Syncona, a healthcare company that creates, builds and scales global leaders in life science, has made a non-binding offer to buy the rest of Freeline Therapeutics, a gene therapy company that Syncona co-founded in 2015. Syncona already owns about 57.9% of Freeline’s shares and wants to pay $5.00 in cash for each American…
Unraveling the Mystery of Logarithmic Charts
Whether you’re a financial analyst, a scientist, a data enthusiast, or a curious individual, understanding graphical representations of data can provide insightful conclusions. One such representation that has intrigued many is the logarithmic chart. Navigating the expanse of logarithmic charts requires a fundamental understanding of its concept, a knowledge of its types, and mastery of…
ARN and ACP propose to buy Southern Cross Media in a scheme of arrangement
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Southern Cross Media Group (SCA), a media company listed on the ASX, has received an unsolicited and complex takeover offer from ARN, another media company, and Anchorage Capital Partners (ACP), a private equity firm. The offer is to buy all of SCA’s shares for a mix of ARN shares and cash. The offer…
Mercia boosts its stake in Manchester-based Netacea with £4.4m investment
LONDON, UK: Manchester-based cybersecurity firm Netacea has secured £4.4million in a funding round led by Mercia Asset Management, a specialist asset manager with c.£1.4billion of assets under management. Netacea provides defensive AI software against bot attacks that target mobile, web and API applications, and counts some of the world’s largest global retailers and telecommunications networks…
BHP Group announces divestment of the Blackwater and Daunia for $4.1 billion
LONDON, UK: BHP and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (MDP) have signed Asset Sale Agreements to divest the Blackwater and Daunia mines, which are part of the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) metallurgical coal joint venture in Queensland. Each of BHP and MDP hold a 50% interest in BMA. Two wholly owned subsidiaries of Whitehaven Coal (Buyers)…