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Topi raises $45M to power hardware subscriptions for B2B merchants

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A new company is looking to do for B2B hardware sales what a growing number of companies have been doing in the consumer sphere, by making it easier for businesses to pay for equipment in instalments through rentals and subscriptions. Hardware-as-a-service. million in funding to do something similar for B2B transactions.

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Spatial Labs, a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, closes $10M seed round

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Spatial Labs , a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, announced today the closing of a $10 million seed round led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Marcy Venture Partners, the firm co-founded by Jay-Z. Next year, he hopes to launch a personal fund to support people of color and will focus on tech and hardware innovation.

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Nvidia offers retail loss prevention software to accelerate accelerator chip sales

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GPU manufacturer Nvidia is expanding its enterprise software offering with three new AI workflows for retailers it hopes will also drive sales of its hardware accelerators. The workflows are built on Nvidia’s existing AI technology platform.

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Cana Technology raises glass to new capital as it readies beverage printer for market

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Following nearly four years in the prototype phase, Cana Technology is unveiling what it calls the “world’s first molecular beverage printer” after securing $30 million in funding from venture foundry The Production Board. The new funding is being heavily invested into the supply chain and continued technology development, Mahar said.

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The impact of AI on edge computing

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AI, including Generative AI (GenAI), has emerged as a transformative technology, revolutionizing how machines learn, create, and adapt. IDC forecast shows that enterprise spending (which includes GenAI software, as well as related infrastructure hardware and IT/business services), is expected to more than double in 2024 and reach $151.1

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Daily Crunch: Apple’s M1 chips have an ‘unpatchable’ hardware vulnerability, say MIT researchers

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Pacman on the attack : Carly writes that MIT researchers, while applying a “Pacman attack” test on Apple’s M1 chips, undiscovered a doozy in the way of an “unpatchable” hardware vulnerability that could allow attackers to break through its last line of security defenses. The TechCrunch Top 3. In its response, Apple didn’t seem too worried.

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Scandit snaps up $150M at a $1B+ valuation for its computer vision-based data capture technology

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And it now has some 1,700 customers using its tech in a range of B2B and B2C services in verticals like retail, transportation and travel, manufacturing and logistics, healthcare, and any use case where capturing an image of you or something else will spur another action. are currently customers. are currently customers.