July 2023

Turbo-charging productivity in Asia: the economic benefits of generative AI

July 5, 2023
When it comes to the ability to generate, arrange, and analyze content, generative AI is a gamechanger—one with transformative social and economic potential. As a technology that is democratized—one that doesn’t simply exist in a faraway lab or tech community in Silicon Valley, for instance—generative AI lowers the barriers to participation. In the age of…

Is Netflix (NFLX) a Quality Stock to Watch This Week?

July 5, 2023
Video streaming giant Netflix’s (NFLX) stock is on a steady run. As the streaming market becomes increasingly saturated, the company is identifying new revenue streams and introducing an ad-supported service…

Fairphone’s repairable smartphone goes on sale in US for the first time — in a ‘deGoogled’ Murena e/OS variant

July 5, 2023

European sustainable smartphone brand Fairphone is dipping a toe in the US market by making its flagship repairable handset available to buy there for the first time via another collaboration with e/OS, a French privacy-focused not-for-profit open source OS maker that offers a “deGoogled” mobile operating system. The Dutch ethical electronics social enterprise remains focused […]

Fairphone’s repairable smartphone goes on sale in US for the first time — in a ‘deGoogled’ Murena e/OS variant by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

EGYM, the Munich-based smart fitness startup, raises $225M from Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners

July 5, 2023

The technology industry at large might not be in the best of health at the moment, but health and fitness startups appear to be alive and well. EGYM, the Munich-based “smart workout solution” business, has agreed a monster equity investment of €207 million ($225 million), on the back of a very strong year of growth, […]

EGYM, the Munich-based smart fitness startup, raises $225M from Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

New AI systems could speed up our ability to create weather forecasts 

July 5, 2023
As climate change makes weather more unpredictable and extreme, we need more reliable forecasts to help us prepare and prevent disasters. Today, meteorologists use massive computer simulations to make their forecasts. They take hours to complete, because scientists have to analyze weather variables such as temperature, precipitation, pressure, wind, humidity, and cloudiness one by one. …