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Meet the minds shaping AI: TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 AI Stage revealed

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the AI Stage comes alive with the voices shaping the future of technology, creativity, and security. Top VCs reveal what it takes to win funding in a rapidly evolving landscape, as they place bets on the next wave of AI founders. Hear groundbreaking insights from leaders at visionary startups like Apptronik, […]

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Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation to develop interoperable open map data

December 15, 2022

The Linux Foundation has partnered with some of the world’s biggest technology companies to develop interoperable and open map data, in what is a clear move to counter Google’s dominance in the map data realm. The Overture Maps Foundation, as the new effort is called, is officially hosted by the Linux Foundation, but the program is driven […]

Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation to develop interoperable open map data by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

What you really need to know about that fusion news

December 15, 2022
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. There’s been a fusion breakthrough. No, for real this time. There are plenty of quips about fusion power, and there’s a reason that the technology has a bit of a “boy who cried…

We’re witnessing the brain death of Twitter

December 15, 2022
People don’t die in an instant. Death is, instead, a process of shutting down. Your heart stops beating; you stop breathing; your organs stop working, bit by bit. Your brain ceases to function. Brain death is permanent, but your heart can still keep beating on its own for a time. The state of Twitter since…

Taiwanese startup WritePath’s AI tech speeds up financial disclosure translation

December 15, 2022

In countries where English is not a main language, listed companies not only have to deal with financial disclosure regulations, but make sure their investor materials are available in English for global backers. WritePath make the process faster and scalable by combining its AI tech with human translators. The Taipei-based startup’s clients include Foxconn, ASUS, […]

Taiwanese startup WritePath’s AI tech speeds up financial disclosure translation by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

India doesn’t plan to limit play time for online game usage

December 15, 2022

India currently doesn’t plan to put restrictions on how much time individuals, including youngsters, spend playing games online, taking a different approach from the neighboring nation China that rocked the local gaming market after enforcing strict new measures last year. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, India’s minister of state for electronics and information technology, told the lower house […]

India doesn’t plan to limit play time for online game usage by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

MyHealth Africa, a startup connecting patients with health specialists across the globe, lands $1M funding

December 15, 2022

Kenya-based MyHealth Africa, an integrated healthcare platform changing how people access medical services, by connecting patients with local and international health specialists and hospitals, is growing its reach in Africa, and plans to further expand in Middle East and South Asia next year. The growth plan comes against the backdrop of $1 million seed funding […]

MyHealth Africa, a startup connecting patients with health specialists across the globe, lands $1M funding by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Egypt’s Suplyd raises $1.6M to digitize restaurants supply chain

December 15, 2022

Suplyd, a procurement platform for hotels, restaurants and catering (HoReCa) businesses in Egypt, has raised $1.6 million pre-seed funding from Endure Capital, Seedstars, Camel Ventures, Falak Startups, and a number of angel investors. Founded in January this year, Suplyd’s B2B platform brings efficiency in the supply chain operations for businesses in the food service industry […]

Egypt’s Suplyd raises $1.6M to digitize restaurants supply chain by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Plugo, an e-commerce support platform for D2C brands in Southeast Asia, picks up $9M Series A

December 15, 2022

Singapore-headquartered startup Plugo has secured $9 million in a Series A funding round. The company offers a complete spectrum of e-commerce support services for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, from making a website, setting up a payment system, and managing marketing to handling shipping, warehousing, and logistics. In other words, Plugo enables D2C merchants to focus on […]

Plugo, an e-commerce support platform for D2C brands in Southeast Asia, picks up $9M Series A by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Embrace data privacy to foster customers’ trust

December 14, 2022
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