With the Internet of Supplychain DE, taking place on the 9-10 October 2019 in Berlin, on the horizon, our team caught up with Asli Kunt, the Head of Supply Chain at Dyer Engineering. Where do you see the Internet of Things and its technologies creating the most impact? Collecting the accurate sensor data by using…
Amboss, the Berlin-based ‘medtech’ startup that originally offered a learning app for students but has since pivoted to a knowledge platform for medical professionals, has raised €30 million in Series B funding. The round is led by Partech’s growth fund, with Target Global acting as a co-investor. Existing investors, Cherry Ventures, Wellington Partners and Holtzbrinck…
Dense Air, a subsidiary of network infrastructure vendor Airspan, has signed a deal with the city of Cascais in Portugal, a municipality in the Lisbon district, to build a 5G smart-city test network that makes use of its local 3.6GHz spectrum holding, to support autonomous vehicles, industrial IoT and immersive education. Dense Air will build…
Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent is taking a 29% stake to become the largest shareholder in Oslo-based Funcom. The indie games developer is responsible for multiple adaptations involving the Conan the Barbarian franchise, such as Age of Conan and Conan Exiles, as well as a number of other multiplayer titles — including a…
In the past, I’ve written about why I like the size of the iPhone Xs, and how this was one of the reasons I used that phone as my primary device for over a year. So, when I got the iPhone 11 last week, I was initially skeptical about the size and screen. But after…
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered and fixed in the popular open-source Exim email server software, which could allow a remote attacker to simply crash or potentially execute malicious code on targeted servers. Exim maintainers today released an urgent security update—Exim version 4.92.3—after publishing an early warning two days ago, giving system administrators an…
Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion has listed in an IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market, a Transsion spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch. Headquartered in Shenzhen, Transsion is a top-seller of smartphones in Africa under its Tecno brand. The company has also started to support venture funding of African startups. Transsion issued 80 million A-shares at an opening…
Last Saturday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company’s ambitious Starship spacecraft – designed to (eventually) take humans to Mars – might reach Earth’s orbit within the next six months. Currently, the company is working on engine designs. It has tested a single raptor engine with a prototype vehicle called Starhopper this year. Now, it’s…
In total, Microsoft has now blocked 142 file extensions that it deems as at risk or that are typically sent as malicious attachments in emails.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
The Delta EcoFlow is a new battery generator available on Kickstarter with incredible claimed features. Most are true, some are not. Device like the Delta offer incredible battery storage capacity. Designed for more than just recharging phones and tablets, these can run refrigerators, pumps, power tools and medical equipment. They’re great for emergencies, camping and…
