Author: Zach_Wilson
UK Met Office to spend £1.2bn on world’s most powerful weather computer
The UK will soon be able to predict weather and spot indications of climate change more accurately thanks to a billion-pound new supercomputer The £1.2 billion platform is expected to be the world’s most advanced weather and climate prediction platform, and will be funded entirely by the UK government. It…
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Meet Belvo, a YC-backed startup building a financial API for Latin America
In the wake of the $5.3 billion sale of banking API provider Plaid to Visa — a deal generally lauded as intelligent for the larger company — fintech became an even hotter part of the venture capital and startup landscape. While companies in the broad fintech and finservices spaces were…
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Ring slightly overhauls security and privacy, but it’s still not enough
Security camera maker Ring is updating its service to improve account security and give more control when it comes to privacy. Once again, this is yet another update that makes the overall experience slightly better but the Amazon-owned company is still not doing enough to protect its users. First, Ring…
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SpaceX will launch private citizens into orbit
SpaceX is planning to send up to four private citizens into space to take a trip around Earth sometime at the end of 2021 or in early 2022. The spaceflight company announced an agreement on Tuesday with Space Adventures, a space tourism business that has helped seven different private citizens…
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Volocopter and Grab team up to test air taxi service in Southeast Asia
German aviation startup Volocopter is teaming up with Grab, the predominant ride-hailing app in Southeast Asia, to launch an air taxi experiment. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding to “look into the most suitable cities and routes to deploy air taxis in Southeast Asian cities; evaluate the best…
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Google tells Samsung to stop making changes in Android
Google has slammed some of the leading mobile manufacturers for altering Linux kernel codes within the its Android platform. According to Google’s Project Zero security team, several phone makers have tinkered with the software in order to make their devices more secure – however, in the process, have actually ended…
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