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Blue Origin’s New Shepard makes triumphant return flight

December 19, 2023

Blue Origin’s New Shepard is officially back in action, with the company today successfully launching the suborbital rocket for the first time in more than 15 months. The rocket lifted off from Blue Origin’s launch site in West Texas at around 10:42 AM local time. The mission, dubbed NS-24 to mark the 24th launch of […]

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The outlook for startups in 2024 is hazy

December 19, 2023

Even though the economy is signaling a bit of a bounce-back, 2024 might not be much better than 2023 when it comes to startups sharing a piece of the budget pie. 

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Okta snatches up security firm Spera, reportedly for over $100M

December 19, 2023

Okta, the identity and access management company, is acquiring security firm Spera. Anticipated to close during the fiscal first quarter beginning in early February, the Spera acquisition will build on Okta’s existing identity threat detection and response (ITDR) capabilities, Okta says, while equipping customers with tech to “elevate their identity security, posture management and identify, […]

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EU to expand support for AI startups to tap its supercomputers for model training

December 19, 2023

A European Union plan to support homegrown AI startups by providing them with access to processing power for model training on the bloc’s supercomputers, which was announced back in September and kicked off last month, has seen France’s Mistral AI participate in an early pilot phase, according to an update from the EU. But one […]

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