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MegaRobo Technologies, a Chinese start-up that uses artificial intelligence and robotics in life sciences research, has raised $300 million in a funding round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Asia Investment Capital and GGV Capital. The six-year-old company is the latest start-up from the pharmaceutical industry to capitalize on a jump in investor interest in […]

Meta, formerly Facebook, has announced that it is adding parental controls to all Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets that will allow parents to keep a tab on underage users’ screen time and receive approval requests for purchases. The company said it is beginning to roll out parental supervision tools to all Quest headsets. “This is

BANGKOK: Thailand‘s investment agency has approved a joint venture worth 36.1 billion baht ($1.04 billion) between Taiwan’s Foxconn and Thailand’s PTT to produce battery electric vehicles (BEV). The Horizon Plus Co project is one of several investment applications worth a total of 209.5 billion baht in manufacturing and infrastructure that were approved, the Board of

The Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) has announced that it has set up the country’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) research institute for tech solutions in medicine. The Zimin Institute for AI Solutions in Healthcare at the Technion, jointly launched and operated with Russian charity Zimin Foundation, would focus on multidisciplinary research and tech development in

Apple unveiled iOS 16, the new-generation of its mobile operating system iOS, at its annual developers conference Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2022). The iOS16 will change your iPhone’s home screen, the way the notifications work, photos app and lots more. Your lockscreen will be able to showcase your favourite photos, customise font styles, and display

Instagram has recently launched its new feature which allows users to pin up to three posts, videos and Reels. This feature lets users show off their favourite photos, videos and Reels at the top. These posts remain on top of the photo grid even if the user shares new posts in future. This feature is

AMSTERDAM: Uber said that it had donated a customised version of its “Uber Direct” software app to the U.N.’s World Food Programme to help distribute food in Ukraine. The WFP is scaling up operations in Ukraine and expects to be able to provide food and cash to 3 million people per month by June, the

PARIS: French technology and data management company Castor, whose clients include Deliveroo and online fashion site Vestiaire Collective, said on Tuesday that it had raised $23.5 million in a new funding round led by venture capital firm Blossom Capital. The fundraising comes amid French President Emmanuel Macron‘s attempts to highlight the appeal of the country’s