Elon Musk-backed Neuralink startup releases clip of a monkey playing video game called Pong with its brain- Technology News, FP

Agence France-PresseApr 12, 2021 14:19:30 ISTElon Musk's startup devoted to meshing brains with computers was closer to its dream on Friday, having gotten a monkey to play the video game…

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Microsoft in discussions to buy Nuance Communications, an AI firm, for $16 billion: report- Technology News, FP

Agence France-PresseApr 12, 2021 13:18:59 ISTTechnology giant Microsoft is in advanced discussions to buy the US group Nuance Communications, which specialises in artificial intelligence, for $16 billion, according to media…

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Calling all European deep-tech scaleups: EIT Digital Challenge 2021 registration is now open

Image credit: EIT Digital ChallengeDespite the challenges of the pandemic, 2020 was a good year for European startups and technology in terms of investment. According to Atomico’s ‘The State of…

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[Funding alert] Edtech startup LearnVern raises $1M from undisclosed investors

Ahmedabad-based edtech platform LearnVern has raised funding of over $1 million from undisclosed international investors. Launched in January 2020 by husband-wife duo Niral Modi and Aditi Modi, LearnVern is an online…

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Ankur Capital Dialogues to steer conversation around tech’s role in fighting climate change

India is the world's second-largest aquaculture producer and is among the top four exporters of shrimp to the US, Japan and Europe, as per the World Wide Fund. Over the…

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In Beloved Beasts, Michelle Nijhuis shows that history can help contextualise and guide modern conservation

Through the eyes and actions of individuals, Beloved Beasts portrays the evolution of the surprisingly young field from a pursuit almost solely of the privileged Western elite to “a movement…

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