Now that COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of digital education tools, edtech has become one of the hottest areas of investment.As someone who has been in edtech for nearly 20 years, this sounds l
FILE PHOTO: A Malian soldier stand beside a destroyed building in Gao after a suicide car overnight, which killed three people, November 13, 2018. /VCG Photo The European Union on Monday annou
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Intel continues to snap up startups to build out its machine learning and AI operations. In the latest move, TechCrunch has learned that the chip giant has acquired Cnvrg.io, an Israeli company that h
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When it comes to using algorithms and other formulae to determine what kinds of services you might offer to specific customers and at what price, the insurance industry is one of the oldest in the boo
Started as a side project by its founders, Warren is now helping regional cloud infrastructure service providers compete against Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google and other tech giants. Based in Tallinn,
Asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 is a huge contributor to the pandemic, but of course if there are no symptoms, how can anyone tell they should isolate or get a test? MIT research has found that hidden
The New York Stock Exchange is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 28, 2020. /Reuters U.S. stock indexes closed lower on Friday to cap Wall Street's big
One of the most interesting projects to watch these days in tech is RISC-V. The non-profit organization and wider community is building an open-source and standardized instruction set architecture (IS
Intel has been doubling down on building chips and related architecture for the next generation of computing, and today it announced an acquisition that will bolster its expertise and work specificall
Libya has been split since 2014 between factions based in the capital Tripoli, in the west, and in the city of Benghazi, in the east. /AFP The United Nations acting Libya envoy expects coming
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China has launched a pilot program for digital renminbi in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. /CFP China's central bank has included the digital yuan in the latest version of a proposed ba
Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces clashed in several areas of Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday, hours before talks were due to start in Washington to try to end the deadl
When it comes to apps, Android leads the pack with nearly 3 million apps in its official Google Play store. The sheer volume also means that sometimes iffy apps slip through the cracks.Researchers at
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