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A hydrogenfueled aircraft starts testing its taxi before taking off for Moses Lake.

At Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, Universal Hydrogen has finished its initial taxi tests and received a critical certif

At Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, Universal Hydrogen has finished its initial taxi tests and received a critical certification from regulators. This moves the companys modified De Havilland Dash 8300 aircraft, also known as Lightning McClean, closer to taking off for the first time. The aircrafts right engine has been swapped out for a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain with an electric motor made by MagniX, a company based in Everett, Washington. The engineering work is being done by AeroTEC, and Plug Power is providing the fuel cells. If ground testing for Lightning McClean goes well, it might be released within the next few months after winning a special airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration. The goal of the zerocarbon technology is to combat the problem of climate change.  Read More..

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NSW Corrective Services Issues Request For New Technology To Bust Contraband.

Despite being industry leaders in the global fight against prison contraband, Corrective Services NSW CSNSW is looking for new strategies and technolo

Despite being industry leaders in the global fight against prison contraband, Corrective Services NSW CSNSW is looking for new strategies and technologies to fortify their defences and keep them on the offensive. With contraband such as drugs, weapons, and mobile phones posing a serious threat to the safety and security of correctional facilities, CSNSW is constantly on the lookout for new contraband prevention technologies. These requests for information are only for research and information gathering purposes however, once completed, CSNSW may conduct a subsequent procurement process. Read More..

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Riot helps your team be prepared for highly complex cyberattacks.

To improve its allinone cybersecurity awareness platform for corporations and their employees, Riot has received a $12 million Series A investment. Th

To improve its allinone cybersecurity awareness platform for corporations and their employees, Riot has received a $12 million Series A investment. The round was led by Base10, a VC firm based in San Francisco, and included angel investors including Guy Podjarny of Snyk, Severin Hacker of Duolingo, Ilkka Paananen of Supercell, Alex Bouaziz of Deel, and Tamar Yehoshua, CPO of Slack. Because cybersecurity has never been such a hot topic and because assaults are getting more sophisticated and common, investors lined up to take part in the round. A weakly protected internal account with twofactor authentication disabled is typically where a data breach begins. Read More..

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Partech closes the largest fund with an emphasis on Africa for €245 million.

Partech, a global venture capital firm with several funds, announced the first close of Partech Africa II at €245 million $263 million, making it th

Partech, a global venture capital firm with several funds, announced the first close of Partech Africa II at €245 million $263 million, making it the largest Africafocused fund to date. This year, African startups raised more than $5 billion — or $6.5 billion if debt financing is included — compared to $1.16 billion in 2018. Partechs first African fund invested in 17 startups at the Series A and B stages in nine countries with a total population of 27 million people. Partech Africa claims that its portfolio has added value to over a million merchants and 20 million end users across the continent. According to Partech, its startups attracted more than 10% of the investment that flowed into the continent between 2021 and 2022. Read More..

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Awarded Best Australian Managed Security Services Provider MSSP is NEC Australia.

In the Fortinet Partner of the Year awards, NEC Australia received the Australian Managed Security Services Provider MSSP distinction. The prizes hono

In the Fortinet Partner of the Year awards, NEC Australia received the Australian Managed Security Services Provider MSSP distinction. The prizes honour Fortinet partners who have made outstanding contributions to clients secure acceleration of their journey beyond conventional networks. Growth, investment in specialisations, certifications, greater innovation, executive participation, and success in managing client relationships with Fortinet are among the criteria used to determine the awards. According to Pankit Mehta, national portfolio manager for NEC, the two companies solid and dependable relationship continues to bring consumers cuttingedge solutions and digital acceleration. Tim Fitzgerald, the director of the Fortinet Channel, praised all of the companys collaborators for their work over the previous year. According to him, the prizes honour Australias partner ecosystems outstanding accomplishments during the course of 2022. Read More..

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Chinese startups that are expanding internationally may benefit US cloud industry giants.

The postCOVID era and an unsteady economy are causing the cloud industry to chill down, but there is a silver lining in that Chinese internet companie

The postCOVID era and an unsteady economy are causing the cloud industry to chill down, but there is a silver lining in that Chinese internet companies wishing to open offices abroad are doing business with U.S. cloud titans. Chinese chuhai entrepreneurs find inspiration in TikTok, the thirdlargest social network only after Facebook and Instagram, but its difficulties in the West worry its users. After the Trump administrations attempt to force a sale of the industry leader in short videos failed, TikTok and Oracle established a cooperation in late 2020. Read More..

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After the Prime Ministers intervention, Wikipedia was made accessible in Pakistan.

Pakistan has unblocked Wikipedia in the South Asian market, three days after the online encyclopaedia was censored in the country for failing to remov

Pakistan has unblocked Wikipedia in the South Asian market, three days after the online encyclopaedia was censored in the country for failing to remove sacrilegious content, according to the local regulator. Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, directed the unblocking order, calling the censorship on Wikipedia not a suitable measure to restrict access to some objectionable contents/sacrilegious matter on it. Last Wednesday, the Pakistani telecom regulator degraded access to Wikipedia and threatened to fully block the site in 48 hours if certain content was not removed. Wikipedia was banned in the country on Friday. The South Asian countrys decision to block the website drew widespread criticism and global media attention. Read More..

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With $500 million invested, GV is preparing for additional deals in Europe with a new partner in London, Luna Dai Schmid.

In the most recent change of that dial, GV, the venture capital firm backed by Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is announcing a new partner for

In the most recent change of that dial, GV, the venture capital firm backed by Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is announcing a new partner for its London office, Luna Dai Schmid, as well as the news that it has reached a milestone in its efforts in Europe, having invested $500 million across about 40 startups in the region since starting its operations in 2014. Along with Tom Hulme, one of the founders of the London GV office, and Vidu Shanmugarajah, who secretly joined as an investment partner after first entering as its legal counsel, Dai who, from what we hear, will shortly go by Luna Schmid, will be joining as an investment partner. Dai worked from 2018 to 2020 as a vice president at SoftBank Investment Advisors. Read More..

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