The Unified Acceleration Foundation wants to create an open standard for accelerator programming

September 19, 2023
At the Open Source Summit Europe in Bilbao, Spain, the Linux Foundation today announced the launch of the Unified Acceleration (UXL) Foundation. The group’s mission is to deliver “an open standard accelerator programming model that simplifies development of performant, cross-platform applications.” The foundation’s founding members include the likes of Arm, Fujitsu, Google Cloud, Imagination Technologies, […]

Flint wants to disrupt the battery industry with paper

September 19, 2023
Lithium-ion batteries have become the standard in the electrification revolution. In fact, they’ve become so unquestionably integral to the development of batteries that everyone from government to automakers to big oil is rushing to shore up access to the mineral. The only problem is, lithium is expensive, time-consuming and labor-intensive to extract. And that extraction […]

Monoclonal antibody treatments have many challenges — Narval is fixing them

September 19, 2023
Monoclonal antibodies are the building blocks of some of the most important medical treatments in the world. But they have limitations. For example, the large size of the molecules mean monoclonal antibody treatments usually need to be injected — even for eye conditions. Narval CEO Jose Luis Nuno describes the first time he saw a […]

In Diagnostics launches a $30 test that aims to tell you if your liver is working

September 19, 2023
If you’re rushed to the hospital and into emergency surgery, it would be helpful if the anesthesiology team could predict whether your body will react in the way they expect. In the majority of cases, things work out just fine, but if a patient has liver failure, things can get hairy pretty fast. Over time, […]

Amazon brings e-commerce to Prime Video with a merch shop, starting with ‘Gen V’

September 19, 2023
Amazon’s video streaming service Prime Video is dabbling with becoming an e-commerce shopping destination. The retailer announced today it’s launching a virtual shopping experience tied initially to one of its series, “Gen V,” a young adult superhero series and spin-off of the “The Boys.” The company suggests it may offer similar experiences for other Prime […]

Startup Tezza takes on VSCO with easy-to-use photo and video editing tools

September 19, 2023
Photo editing tools are becoming essential for content creators who want to establish their brands and stand apart from other creators. Tezza, the photo and video editing app founded by husband-and-wife team Tezza Barton and Cole Herrmann, now aims to be the go-to tool for influencers, offering hundreds of editorial templates as well as over […]

International Criminal Court says hackers accessed its systems

September 19, 2023
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said it experienced a cyberattack last week after hackers accessed its internal systems. The ICC, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, is the only permanent war crimes tribunal. Established in 2002, the court is currently investigating crimes against humanity in Ukraine. The organization on Tuesday confirmed that it had detected […]