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SkyMul’s drones secure rebar on the fly to speed up construction

TechCrunch

There are many jobs in the construction industry that fall under the “dull, dirty, and dangerous” category said to be ripe for automation — but only a few can actually be taken on with today’s technology. Drone-focused construction startup TraceAir raises $3.5M. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar

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Here are all of the companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator’s 30th Demo Day today

TechCrunch

GiveShop: A matchmaking platform to connect companies that want to give with social impact projects that need money. Ntapi: An edtech platform for Africa, built to feel more like a social network than a traditional upskilling platform.

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We’re disrupting TechCrunch Disrupt: 8 stages, 3 days, 1 city

TechCrunch

Sustainability Stage: Tackles social and environmental solutions such as urban mobility, sustainable tech, green infrastructure, and new mobilities. AI Stage: Covers the latest artificial intelligence tech related to NLG, speech recognition, virtual agents, biometrics, RPA, deep learning platforms, reactive machines, and P2P networks.

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5 startup theses that will transform the 2020s

TechCrunch

How do we build humanistic societies with strong social fabrics that enliven, enrich, and build meaning for our lives? Exercise hardware like Peloton, Mirror and others along with platforms particularly around group classes have been a huge mainstay during this pandemic era. Then there’s the health system in general.

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3 Cybersecurity Technologies You Should Know

The Crazy Programmer

The majority of cyber-attacks actually use phishing or social engineering, where users are tricked into revealing personal information. An SDP hides an organization’s infrastructure from outsiders, regardless of where it is situated, by constructing a perimeter with software rather than hardware.

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Tencent backs Singapore’s Horizon Quantum Computing in $18M round

TechCrunch

But much of the industry is still in its infancy, partly because of a lack of domain experts and software tools that match the progress of quantum hardware. Indeed, the social networking and gaming giant has shown a keen interest in the field by opening its quantum research lab in 2018.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2021

TechCrunch

There was a time that Katerra was considered the darling of the construction tech world. Some argue it made prefab construction more mainstream — and cool. As it grew, Katerra ambitiously wanted to own the tech stack around a construction project, whether it be office buildings or apartments. Image Credits: Katerra.