What"s behind the Malaysia EV scene
Competition is becoming less about the competitiveness of the games and more about whether or not we are creating winners together. This is well exemplified in Malaysia's electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem......»»
6 investors and founders forecast hockey-stick growth for Edinburgh’s startup scene
Scotland's capital Edinburgh boasts a beautiful, hilly landscape, a robust education system and good access to grant funding, public and private investment. Scotland is slowly but surely drawing attention in the UK’s startup space. In.....»»
Foxconn reportedly eyeing stake in DNeX
Foxconn (Hon Hai) Technology Group is reportedly in talks for taking a certain stake in Malaysia-based Dagang NeXchange (DNeX), which owns a 60% share of 8-inch foundry house SilTerra Malaysia......»»
Sega is bundling five classic Sonic the Hedgehog games into a new compilation called Sonic Origins
Sega’s fuzzy blue mascot was instrumental in helping the company compete with rival Nintendo in the 16-bit console era. The speedy hedgehog raced onto the scene in mid-1991, wowing gamers with fast-paced gameplay, the likes of which still impress t.....»»
Game developer created a scene of his dog with 10 billion polygons in Unreal Engine 5
To make this experiment, Gary Freeman, lead developer of Ionized Games, started by taking 122 photos of his dog sleeping on a bed. Then, he threw all the photos into Reality Capture, created 3D models out of them, and exported the generated assets wi.....»»
Google Raises Curtain on LG Nexus 5X
Two years since LG departed the Nexus scene with the Nexus 5, the South Korean company is back in the fold with the Nexus 5X. The handset was launched today by Google today and while it is easy to think of the 5X as a mere updated version of the Ne.....»»
It has been a while
GNUCITIZEN is 12 years old more or less. Can you believe it? I am still trying to process the information and while it saddens me a little that we left the blogging scene for the past 8+ years I am proud with what we have achieved and the kind of leg.....»»
How army ants" iconic mass raids evolved
Army ants form some of the largest insect societies on the planet. They are quite famous in popular culture, most notably from a terrifying scene in Indiana Jones. But they are also ecologically important. They live in very large colonies and consume.....»»
Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Crime and neighborhood watch app Citizen has ambitions to deploy private security workers to the scene of disturbances at the request of app users, according to leaked internal Citizen documents a.....»»
Worsening algae bloom on Florida"s Lake Okeechobee threatens coasts again
The scene at Pahokee marina on Lake Okeechobee last week was a warning sign: A thick mat of algae in various shades of green, brown, gray and fluorescent blue covered the area around boat slips. In some spots, the gunk was so dense it stuck out 2 inc.....»»
Covid Variant From India Triggers WHO Concern Over Fast Spread
A fast-spreading strain of Covid-19 first identified in India, the scene of one of the world's most fearsome outbreaks, will be classified as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization. From a report: The global health group will publish a.....»»
What a buzz: saving Malaysia"s bees, one nest at a time
Placing his bare hands into a swarm of thousands of bees, a Malaysian man uses his fingers to gently guide some of them into a rattan basket......»»
Malaysia invites telecom equipment vendors to 5G bidding, says report
Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) under Malaysia's Ministry of Finance has invited Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE, Cisco, NEC, Nokia, Samsung Electronics and FiberHome to participate in the bidding for constructing 5G infrastructure in the country, according to a.....»»
Illuminating invisible bloody fingerprints with a fluorescent polymer
Careful criminals usually clean a scene, wiping away visible blood and fingerprints. However, prints made with trace amounts of blood, invisible to the naked eye, could remain. Dyes can detect these hidden prints, but the dyes don't work well on cert.....»»
Hear how StockX brought the sneaker scene to Detroit
At TechCrunch’s Detroit City Spotlight this week, I sat down with Rae Witte, the journalist behind the StockX EC-1. TechCrunch’s EC-1 push allows individual authors to go deep on a particular company. And as StockX has been headquartered.....»»
Dive into Detroit’s growing startup scene with TechCrunch’s Detroit City Spotlight and meetup
Don’t sleep on Detroit. The city that put America in motion is quickly growing into a startup hub with a wide variety of successes. From sneakers to mortgages to houseplants, companies are finding success in Southeast Michigan thanks to welcomi.....»»
These shapeshifting streetlights are slow tech at its finest
Bloomlight doesn’t just light up when you walk by. It bends toward you—and blooms. There’s a scene in Alice in Wonderland where Alice walks into a garden and hears a voice. She turns and sees a rose that has come to life, its red.....»»
"Greyhound" audio crew explain how it sound-mixed the Apple TV+ drama
The Apple TV+ film "Greyhound" required some lateral thinking from its sound team, with a profile on how the audio mix during a key battle scene revealing the lengths the production went to make it dramatic.Apple's acquisition of the Tom Hanks naval.....»»
After its first $54M fund, Algebra Ventures launches $90M fund for startups in Egypt
The venture capital scene in the North African tech ecosystem will be absolutely buzzing right now with the announcement of two large VC funds in the space of two days. Today, Algebra Ventures, an Egyptian VC firm, announced that it has launched its.....»»
Clocktower Technology Ventures makes $25M bet on Latin American fintechs
The fintech space and the Latin American venture scene are both booming. So it’s no surprise that an increasing number of global investors are investing in fintech startups based in Latin America. The latest is Clocktower Technology Ventures (CTV),.....»»
Clockwork Technology Ventures makes $25M bet on Latin American fintechs
The fintech space and the Latin American venture scene are both booming. So it’s no surprise that an increasing number of global investors are investing in fintech startups based in Latin America. The latest is Clocktower Technology Ventures (CTV),.....»»