Author: Zech
It’s one thing to deal with the challenges of building a business in a developing market, but it’s a double whammy to also have to worry about basic banking infrastructure. This is exactly the situation facing many startups in Africa and other emerging markets, with their accounts soon to be closed at Mercury Bank, one of the more popular US-based banking options in the African tech ecosystem that provides easy access to funds in US dollars.Oversight of Africa by Western financial institutions is an ever-evolving issue. Countries such as Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya are brimming with talent and potential…
Getty Images X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, owned by billionaire tech tycoon Elon Musk, has turned on a setting that indicates it intends to use the posts and interactions of millions of users to train Grok, an AI assistant developed by another of Musk’s companies. “To continually improve your user experience, we may use your X posts, and user interactions, inputs, and results on Grok, for training and fine-tuning purposes,” reads a notice on X’s settings webpage. “This also means that user interactions, inputs, and results may be shared with our service provider, xAI, for these purposes.”…
Author: Judite Blanc, Ph.D. | July 26, 2024 | 6 min read | Share The Miller School assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences described the “Nurturing Moms” study, which she conducted in collaboration with the Media Innovation Lab. Dr. Judite Blanc published the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Insights, “Could a Virtual Reality-Based Stress Reduction Intervention Be a Breakthrough for Addressing Intersectional Stress in Minority Women?” This article is reprinted here in its entirety with permission from NIMHD. My journey into the field of stress research and disaster mental health began after giving birth as a…
This project will guide you through setting up a cellular weather station using the Lark Weather Station kit, which will collect environmental data and integrate it with Qubitro for real-time monitoring and automation. ⚙️Components Required:Lark Weather Station Kit:The Lark Weather Station Kit is an all-in-one, portable educational weather device that simplifies atmospheric data collection and is compatible with popular development boards like Arduino, micro:bit, and ESP32.BeetleMicrocontroller: The Beetle ESP32 C6 is a coin-sized, low-power IoT development board with a 160MHz RISC-V processor, supporting Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5, Zigbee 3.0, and Thread 1.3 protocols for versatile connectivity options.BluesIoT: Blues offers a…
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — Some Waterbury students will have a new opportunity this summer: Twelve fourth and fifth graders are learning about robotics this week, gaining useful skills at a young age. Many kids spend their summers playing with LEGO bricks. Not many spend their summers building and programming LEGO robots. Student-built robots take over Hartford Athletic Stadium “You get a bucket with everything you need, you log into the computer with your Lego spike, and it gives you instructions on how to build it,” fourth-grader Piper Swenden said. This is all part of Waterbury Public Schools’ Robotics Camp, run…
The White House and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced significant personnel decisions this week as the Administration continues its efforts to improve the nation’s resilience and cybersecurity posture. White House Office of the National Cyber Director Harry Wingo New Deputy National Cyber Director. Wingo, an assistant professor at the National Defense University’s School of Intelligence and Cyberspace and a former Navy SEAL officer, is scheduled to begin his new role next week, the White House said. “Harry’s lifetime of leadership will contribute greatly to our team’s mission of advancing our nation’s security, economic prosperity and technological innovation through…
Want to track the biggest startup funding deals of 2024 with a curated list of $100 million+ venture deals for U.S.-based companies? Check out the Crunchbase Megadeals Board . This is a weekly feature highlighting the top 10 funding rounds announced in the U.S. for the week. See last week’s largest funding rounds here. It was another big week for startups, with 10 rounds all reaching $100 million or more, with space tech and biotech leading the way this time around. Money was again spread across a variety of sectors, with some money pouring into agricultural tech, a sector that…
Quantum computing has huge potential, which creates huge opportunities for quantum computing stocks. For example, a recent McKinsey report stated that quantum computing could unlock approximately $2 trillion in value by 2035 across chemistry, life sciences, finance and mobility. Take the chemical industry for example. For chemicals, quantum computing could “open up the possibility of modeling quantum mechanical systems such as molecules, polymers and solids with an entirely different level of accuracy,” according to McKinsey.com. In the life sciences, quantum computing could help more quickly develop new drugs to treat diseases previously thought untreatable. “Quantum computing is expected to enable…
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the company is continuing to recover from the global IT outage, but that 97% of the company’s Windows sensors on its Falcon Security platform were back online as of Thursday. Kurtz said the development of automated recovery technology has accelerated the incident, and following the release of a preliminary incident report earlier this week, CrowdStrike is taking steps to prevent such an incident from happening again, he said. Kurtz personally apologized to everyone affected by the outage and expressed his gratitude to CrowdStrike customers, partners and team members who contributed to the recovery. “To our…
Date: August 22, 2024 Time: 4:30 PM EAT | 9:30 AM EDT | 7:00 PM ISTTopic: Proactive Protection: Applying Threat Intelligence to Emerging Tech Trends register Summary: With the growth and innovation of digital technologies, the associated security threats often increase. The same can be said about emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, Cloud, Blockchain, and 5G that aim to reshape the digital landscape. From a security perspective, the adoption of these technologies further expands the attack surface and the scope of threat intelligence. With the increase in the quality and quantity of cyber attacks, threat intelligence capabilities become increasingly…