3 Energy Stocks With High Growth Potential
Elevated oil prices and growing energy demand will likely drive sustained oil and gas production growth, creating a solid opportunity for companies providing energy services. Hence, it could be wise…
Anthropic and the Pentagon are reportedly arguing over Claude usage
The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back, according to a new report in Axios. The government is reportedly making the same demand to OpenAI, Google, and xAI. An anonymous Trump administration official told Axios that one of those […]
Biden further chokes off China’s AI chip supply with Nvidia bans
In August last year, a ban on Nvidia’s chip export to China sent the country’s budding artificial intelligence startups scrambling for alternatives. A momentary sense of relief came when Nvidia unveiled chips with reduced performance to bypass export restrictions. But this respite was short-lived. On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced a slew of measures to […]
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Snap partners with edtech company Inspirit to bring its AR tech to 50 US schools
Snap is partnering with edtech company Inspirit to bring augmented reality into classrooms to help students better understand STEM lessons, the company announced on Wednesday. The two companies are working together to create 25 AR Lenses and STEM curriculums that will be used by at least 50 across the United States next year. One of […]
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Passwordless authentication startup SecureW2 raises $80M from Insight Partners
Passwordless authentication offers a host of advantages over traditional pins, passphrases and passcodes. Surveys around the web show that compromised passwords cause an estimated 81% of all breaches and that the average person reuses passwords up to 14 times, giving hackers access to a big chunk of one’s digital footprint if they crack the code […]
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Darwinium brings digital security and fraud prevention to the perimeter
Back in 2018, LexisNexis acquired the digital identity platform ThreadMetrix for just under $820 million in cash. In 2021, ThreadMetrix co-founders Reed Taussig and Alisdair Faulkner returned to the world of startups when, together with a number of ex-ThreadMetrix engineers and execs, they launched Darwinium, a fraud prevention platform that focuses on protecting fintech, e-commerce, […]
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Peak XV invests $35 million in wealth and asset management startup Neo
Peak XV Partners has invested $35 million in Neo, a fintech startup founded by industry veterans, as the largest India-focused VC broadens its bets on wealth and asset management. Neo operates a suite of wealth and asset management services, serving businesses, sovereign and pension funds and large family offices and individuals with ultra-high networth. The […]
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Rethinking Retirement: The Case for Embracing Lifelong Work
Once an eagerly awaited milestone, retirement is currently undergoing a transformative reevaluation. Traditionally seen as a well-deserved period of rest and relaxation, the dream of early retirement is now being…
Warning: Investors Prepare for “Sea Change”
The recent turmoil for the S&P 500 (SPY) because of higher bond rates is just the beginning. We need to talk about the long term impact, what Howard Marks is…
Meta consolidates options to manage your Meta data
Meta is rolling out new options to better manage your data related to its own platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. The company now has a single place in the Accounts Center for you to request a download of your information on Instagram and Facebook at the same time. Users can also choose to download […]
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Objective emerges from stealth to deliver multimodal search to developers as an API platform
Objective (previously named Kailua Labs), a multimodal search platform built by machine learning experts from Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon and Twilio, emerged from stealth today with $13 million in venture funding. Objective is a low-code platform that allows developers to build multi-search apps that handle input and output in multiple formats– text, images, video and […]
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