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Entocycle grabs $5 million for its insect breeding technology

TechCrunch

In addition to contributing money, those sports professionals help startups with team-building advice and mentorship. While Entocycle has been around since 2016 , the team of 21 people will now try and commercialize its products. This new French VC firm is partnering with current and former athletes to invest in tech companies.

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YC and a16z back virtual reality basketball app Gym Class

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spending billions of dollars on virtual reality tech every fiscal quarter, the wider VR startup ecosystem has been having a tough few years coming down from the highs of 2016, when investors dumped money into the sector expecting Oculus-sized returns only to see most of their investments slowly wilt away. Despite Zuckerberg & Co.

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7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020

TechCrunch

For all of the investors preaching that augmented reality technology will likely be the successor to the modern smartphone, today, most venture capitalists are still quite wary to back AR plays. On the hardware side, the ghost of Magic Leap’s formerly hyped glory still looms large.

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Top 7 Gaming Trends and Technologies in 2024

Openxcell

Technology trends in the gaming industry are growing rapidly due to robust digital transformations. It’s all thanks to the newest gaming technologies shaping the future of gaming. Blockchain gaming Blockchain-based gaming is another trend in gaming technologies. billion by 2030.

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Open source the secret sauce in secure, affordable voting tech

The Parallax

And over the long term, consider switching to the cheaper—and more advanced and secure—voting technology that cybersecurity expert Ben Adida is dedicating his next career move to developing. VotingWorks, Adida told the Context Conversations audience, will “build open-source voting machines on commodity hardware.

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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

TechCrunch

The city has undergone infrastructure improvements over the past two decades, tourism has boomed thanks to attractions such as the shipyard where the RMS Titanic was built and Game of Thrones shooting locations, and employment has risen steadily in the city since 2016, according to Northen Ireland’s Department for the Economy.

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The Station: Rounding up the Tesla Cyber Roundup, a Waymo change up and the mysterious disappearance of Bolt Mobility

TechCrunch

Instead, they promise to improve safety by spending lord-knows-how-much on computer vision technology to keep riders off sidewalks. . Joyride , a micromobility software provider, has opened up a hardware marketplace to help operators build up their fleets. In other news…. Electric moped growth is predicted to double in Asia. .

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