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Climate technology startup CarbonBlue announced on Monday that it has closed a $10 million seed funding round to scale and deploy its water-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technology. Approximately $3 million of the round was raised through a SAFE agreement. The round was led by Ibex Investors and Fresh Fund, with participation from strategic investors Engie New Ventures and ZIM Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, and includes follow-on investments from existing investors Jibe Ventures, MoreVC and Secret Chord Ventures.CarbonBlue’s direct water capture technology is unique in that it can utilize any type of water…

Visualizing AI to improve climate change response The all-female Dada Project team, led by Christina Warner, has partnered with Google DeepMind to explore the intersection of AI and sustainability: two new films, poetically visualized by the 3D Motion Studio, depict how the technology can deepen our understanding of global warming and its impacts on ecosystems, as well as improve predictions of extreme weather events. The first film, “AI for Sustainability,” focuses on AI’s ability to provide insights into Earth’s ecosystems at various scales, highlighting its role in analyzing vast amounts of real-time and historical data to predict and mitigate risks.…

Google is gearing up to unveil its next flagship product, the Pixel 9 series, on August 13. While we’ve already seen a ton of leaks about the design and specifications, Google continues to stir things up with teasers. As the launch date draws closer, the company is leaving no stone unturned to build up anticipation and recently released a new video spotlighting the Pixel 9 Pro, giving us a glimpse of what’s to come.Google gives you 22 reasons to buy the Pixel 9 ProGoogle’s latest Pixel 9 Pro teaser is a bit of a treasure hunt: the company lists 22…

As vendors make steady progress toward quantum computing, there are a seemingly endless number of problems to solve and challenges to address. European researchers recently said they resolved a “decades-old debate” by running simulations on a GPU-powered supercomputer. In a study published in the journal Nature earlier this month, scientists investigated a very special, complex, yet important puzzle about quantum annealing, a quantum computing technique that has been leveraged for over 20 years primarily by D-Wave Systems to develop the only commercially available quantum computer on the market today. Nearly every other vendor working on quantum computing (Microsoft, Google, IBM,…

Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable is a Quest port of the critically acclaimed series, and in Early Access it offers fun combat and a repetitive campaign. Read our full review in progress. Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable – Quest 3 gameplay captured by UploadVR As someone who is not a “huge fan” but is familiar with the anime series, I was initially intrigued by Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable. Given how well-known the VR fan game is, I was curious to see how the official game would embrace the setting. UNIVRS has adopted an Early Access approach, releasing the first…

GRO Biosciences secures $60.3 million in Series B funding round. (Credit: Vladimir Solomianyi on Unsplash) US-based biotechnology company GRO Biosciences (GRObio) has raised $60.3 million in a Series B funding round co-led by new investors Atlas Venture and Access Biotechnology. The company is working to leverage synthetic biology to expand amino acid building blocks to advance protein therapeutics. The Series B round also included participation from previous investors including Leaps by Bayer, Redmile Group, Innovation Endeavors and Digitalis Ventures. The Series B funding brings the total capital raised by GRO Biosciences to more than $90 million. The company’s lead program…

Attack on Titan is a beloved manga and anime series that is loved all over the world. My wife and I are huge fans of the series, so the video game adaptations that have emerged over the last few years have been intriguing. Enter Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable, a new offering from developer UNIVRS for the Meta Quest headset. “Attack on Titan” is set in a world where humanity is on the brink of extinction at the hands of monstrous creatures – Titans. These Titans’ merciless destruction and appetite for human flesh can only be stopped, if only temporarily,…

Quantum computing stocks could be just as profitable an investment as stocks benefiting from the AI ​​boom. Quantum computing is a fast-growing field of advanced computing technology with the ability to surpass the computational power of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Generative AI gained traction early last year with the release of ChatGPT by OpenAI. Many companies are now looking to leverage large language models (LLMs) to build their own generative AI tools or products. While everyone seems to be focused on artificial intelligence right now, quantum computing could bring about computational efficiencies and capabilities never before thought possible. Unlike classical…

Today’s organizations face constantly evolving threats that can put sensitive data, operations and reputations at risk. Demand for our managed cyber services has grown steadily, driven in part by the need to combat ever-increasing threats while navigating technological transformation, talent shortages and budget cuts.Over the past year, organizations have improved their defenses against a variety of threats, but there are no quick fixes and businesses need the agility to adapt to whatever comes next. Judging by what we’re seeing in the market, organizations are taking that step in a few different ways. Some are moving from a collection of disparate…

Tokyo-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Astellas Pharma (TYO: 4503) has teamed up with Osaka University to launch a new collaboration in Japan in the field of stem cell therapy.The institute’s Graduate School of Medicine will collaborate with pharmaceutical company scientists to develop pluripotent stem cell-derived therapies for degenerative disc disease (DDD).DDD is a condition in which the discs between the vertebrae in the spine deteriorate, often as a result of aging, causing pain and reduced mobility. This article is available to registered users only. To continue reading, please sign up for free. Your free trial will give you access to one week…