Technology

Inside the little-known group setting the corporate climate agenda

May 16, 2023
As thousands of companies trumpet their plans to cut carbon pollution, a small roundtable of sustainability consultants has emerged as the go-to arbiter of corporate climate action. The Science Based Targets initiative, or SBTi, helps businesses develop a timetable for action to shrink their climate footprint through some combination of cutting greenhouse-gas pollution and removing…

How do you solve a problem like out-of-control AI? 

May 16, 2023
Last week Google revealed it is going all in on generative AI. At its annual I/O conference, the company announced it plans to embed AI tools into virtually all of its products, from Google Docs to coding and online search. (Read my story here.)  Google’s announcement is a huge deal. Billions of people will now…

This UK startup plans to radically shake-up the antiquated word of COPD measurement

May 16, 2023

In 1846, London surgeon John Hutchinson invented the spirometer, a thing you blow hard into, to measure the volume of air inspired and expired by the lungs. It’s a pretty basic idea. Incredibly, since then, the technology has barely evolved. Today, the modern spirometer doesn’t even measure the amount of CO2 expelled by the lungs, […]

This UK startup plans to radically shake-up the antiquated word of COPD measurement by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Jenfi raises more funding for its “growth capital as a service” platform

May 16, 2023

Jenfi, a “growth-capital-as-a-service” platform, can provide online businesses with revenue-based financing in a little as a day. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $6.6 million in pre-Series B funding, led by Headline Asia. Participation came from returning investor Monk’s Hill Ventures, which led Jenfi’s Series A two years ago, ICU Ventures, Granite Oak, Korea […]

Jenfi raises more funding for its “growth capital as a service” platform by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Together raises $20M to build open source generative AI models

May 15, 2023

Generative AI — AI that can write essays, create artwork and music, and more — continues to attract outsize investor attention. According to one source, generative AI startups raised $1.7 billion in Q1 2023, with an additional $10.68 billion worth of deals announced in the quarter but not yet completed. There’s scores of competition, including […]

Together raises $20M to build open source generative AI models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Building cyber resilience and leveraging cyber governance

May 15, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” This paper covers the discussion organized by InnovationAus.com between a senior group of chief information security executives from the industry and the government around building cyber resilience strategies and leveraging cyber governance frameworks to bolster board-level program support. Click here to…

Business resilience in the evolving cloud economy

May 15, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Watch this webcast on how enterprises can build a resilient approach with accelerated cloud adoption. Ray Wang, founder, chairman, and principal analyst of Constellation Research, and Vibhuti Dubey, senior vice president and SAP offering head at Infosys, talk about why decision…

The rise of digitization in schools and the dangers of cybercrime

May 15, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Vishal Salvi, senior vice president, CISO, and head of the cyber security practice at Infosys, and Shahryar Khazei, ex-chief information officer of the Los Angeles Unified School District, discuss the challenges that schools and educational institutions face with the increase in…