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The mobile industry in Asia-Pacific (APAC) is set to surpass $1tn by 2030, thanks to the faster adoption of 5G technologies across the region, a new study has found. According to the GSMA’s Mobile Economy Asia-Pacific 2024 report, mobile technologies and services generated 5.3% of APAC’s GDP in 2023, amounting to $880bn of economic value. Commercia...

Zurich-based startup Lakera, which specialises in making generative AI more secure for businesses, has raised $20m in a Series A funding round. The investment was led by Atomico with participation from Citi Ventures, Dropbox Ventures and existing backers including redalpine. “We provide what we call real-time GenAI security, so that the most powe...

MedTechInvestment 4D Medicine has raised £3.4 million in Series A investment to continue developing biomaterials for 3D-printed implants and surgical devices. A spinout from the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick – and now headquartered in Nottingham – 4D has developed a resorbable biomaterial, 4Degra, that is being used to develop implants suc...

Archera, a Seattle-based startup that sells tools to help companies reduce cloud computing expenses, raised $17 million in a Series B investment round. Founded in 2019 by brothers Aran Khanna and Nikhil Khanna, Archera offers a free product that crunches a company’s cloud-related finances to identify ways to save costs and take advantage of promoti...

The Scottish Space Network has announced the appointment of its first wave of ‘Founding Partners’, a crucial step in the company’s mission to support the burgeoning space sector in Scotland. The new partners include commercial lawyers Burness Paul, innovation experts Eureka!Europe, accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael and inte...

Share this page UK science secretary Peter Kyle has announced a £16m boost to UK Biobank’s data resources. The funding will upgrade the biobank’s data storage capabilities, to ensure it has the required cloud infreatructure to securely manage the information it holds on half a million volunteers. Amazon Web Services (AWS) will provide around £8m wo...

The intersection of technology and healthcare has given rise to a burgeoning industry known as femtech, which focuses on female health and wellbeing. Leeanne Baker, managing director - senior QA/RA consultant at Shutterstock This sector has seen significant growth in recent years, with 2023 witnessing an overall investment of $1.14 billion across 1...

One Equity Partners (OEP) will become majority shareholder of Comau; Stellantis will remain an active minority shareholder The spinoff of Comau is part of the strategic agreement signed when Stellantis N.V. was formed in January 2021 Under the new ownership, Comau will have access to additional funds as appropriate to enhance and expand its Italian...

Sweden’s largest university hospital opted for a new healthcare model based on open data, with an openEHR digital health platform as the core. The hospital has chosen the Better digital health platform and its low-code development tools, which will be delivered by Tietoevry. The hospital set its openEHR strategy years ago. The target vision for the...

Airports across Europe are facing a capacity crunch, with increasing numbers of passengers wanting to fly but airports only able to accommodate so many of them. But what if instead of building new runways — an often unpopular proposal — they used AI to make their operations more efficient? It’s a solution a number of startups and airport operator...

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Armada joins the iEnergy Ecosystem of customers and partners. iEnergy is the engineered cloud that connects field to the boardroom, by deploying, integrating, and managing sophisticated exploration and production (E&P) cloud applications across the enterprise. ATHENS, Greece–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Armada and Halliburton’s Landmark (NYSE: HAL) today announ...

CybersecurityPartner content Safety first applies to the real and digital world. Our lives are moving from the physical into bits and bites that can decide our future. Personal, banking, sensitive, and many other forms of information are floating on servers and cables, with little to no control from our side. The burden of protection lies with gami...

Global Esports Federation, Indy Autonomous Challenge and Other Leading Organizations to Support Flagship Competition Inaugural Host City Selection and Corporate Partner Development Begins Assets Linked HERE PARIS, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The World Technology Games (WTG), a groundbreaking global competition in innovation, technology and science, anno...

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global market research and insights leader Toluna has announced its ‘AI Everywhere’ strategy, marking a significant step in the company’s mission to provide on-demand access to unparalleled insights. AI Everywhere embodies the advancement of years of effort and experience using machine learning and AI to enhance the company’s...