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Temasek’s Pavilion Capital backs South Korean AI chip maker Rebellions with $50M investment

TechCrunch

Semiconductors, which have become a valued asset, are used in virtually almost every industry, including 5G networks, automation, the Internet of Things, financials, smart homes, smart cities, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality and self-driving cars. billion in early 2021.

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Hong Kong’s offline and virtual events platform EventX closes $18M Series B

TechCrunch

The Series B came eight years after EventX was founded, an unusually patient fundraising pace compared to many cash-burning internet firms across the border in mainland China. The pandemic was also a boon to EventX; its online attendees in the fourth quarter of 2021 grew by 120%. EventX declined to disclose its post-money valuation.

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The Case for Additional Unlicensed Spectrum

CableLabs

Today and for the foreseeable future, Wi-Fi is the technology most devices and applications use to connect to the internet. Identifying and allocating additional unlicensed spectrum for Wi-Fi is critical to ensuring the ready distribution of increasingly capable internet services throughout the home and enterprise.

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10 Key Trends of Digital Transformation in Healthcare in 2022

OTS Solutions

Still, in 2021, a new set of problems has emerged, including more potent COVID-19 variations and overflowing hospitals attempting to treat both people with and without the virus. Because of the advancements in electronic device technology and software, video and audio appointments can be held on various internet-connected devices.

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Radar trends to watch: December 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Out of the other side of their mouth, they have said this announcement doesn’t apply to Meta , which will use this model to produce VR products. Internet of Things. Facebook will stop using facial recognition technology and is deleting its face database, although it is keeping the model trained on that database.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

Ukraine’s startup ecosystem was thriving before the war and making great progress, with Ukrainian startups raising $832 Million in VC funding in 2021. from a year earlier, and brought in more than $6 billion in revenue, more than $542 million the revenue generated in 2021. It has now moved to Poland and set up the office there.

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10G Challenge Winners Leverage Power of Multi-Gigabit Network

CableLabs

In 2021, CableLabs issued a challenge to individuals and organizations to think big. We wanted to know how their creations would leverage the four pillars of the multi-gigabit platform: faster internet speeds, better security, lower latency and improved reliability. Scenarios like these could certainly change how we live our lives.

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