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How to incubate a winning innovation program

CIO

When leaders consider how technology has enabled the transformation of business models over the past several years, few would disagree that the world has changed dramatically. Tesla, Uber, and many other stories of business innovation have this in common: Their business models have technology at their cores.

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Spin Technology raises $16M to protect SaaS apps against attacks

TechCrunch

Spin Technology , a data protection software vendor catering to enterprise clientele, today announced that it raised $16 million in a Series A round led by Blueprint Equity with participation from Santa Barbara Venture Partners and Blu Venture Investors. Image Credits: Spin Technology.

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Dracula Technologies turns ambient light into energy with printed solar cells

TechCrunch

A bat-shaped organic photovoltaic module from Dracula Technologies. Dracula Technologies , a French startup that is currently exhibiting virtually at Computex , wants to help with its inkjet-printed organic photovoltaic (OPV, or organic solar cells) technology. So far, Dracula Technologies has raised a total of 4.4

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AgBiome lands $166M for safer crop protection technology

TechCrunch

As part of farmers’ integrated pest program, they often spray fungicide applications 12 times per year in order to yield fruits and vegetables. His firm has an impact fund focused on the future of food and began investing in alternative proteins in 2016 before expanding that to delivery systems in agriculture technology, he said.

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How Far has Face-Tracking Technology Come in 2016?

CTOvision

The latest Snapchat lens that gives you fox ears may be nothing more than a passing distraction to send to your friends, but that lens, colloquially known as a “filter,” utilizes surprisingly advanced face tracking technology. If a computer sees an image as a running list of pixels, how can it identify a face when it sees one?

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From fear to abundance: Rethinking job security in the age of generative AI

CIO

We call this the “ abundance agenda ” Looking back This is not the first time that a groundbreaking technology has brought concern about job displacement. But history has shown that while some jobs will be replaced, new roles emerge, and industries evolve and adapt to changing technologies. GenAI is no exception. Chet earned his B.S.

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Where’s the ROI for AI? CIOs struggle to find it

CIO

Finding the return on investment for AI remains elusive for many organizations, even as they rush to adopt the technology. Other top concerns include a lack of talent and skills among employees and a lack of confidence in AI technologies. Nearly half of respondents pointed to challenges with showing its value.