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Uber acquires rival in largest-ever Middle East tech dealCareem is headquartered in Dubai, UAE. The company – which was launched several years before Uber was introduced to the Middle East – has proved Uber’s main competition in the region. It claims to have more than a million drivers offering rides and deliveries to app users […]

Lidar in ‘high’ demand for monitoring cannabis growth Light detection and ranging (lidar) uses very small lasers to create an accurate 3D image of any surroundings by measuring the distance between the sensor and a target object. On its own, its use is limited. The power lies in its application within various domains to solve specific problems. […]

Alibaba, Tencent and other major names form $1.45B ride-hailing ventureFor the last two years, Didi has been the dominant car-hailing force in China and its success has spawned a handful of competitors initiated by both internet firms and old-school carmakers. Just last week, another notable challenger has stepped up. T3, which is short for “top […]

Hong Kong-based fintech startup Qupital raises $15M Series A to expand in mainland ChinaQupital, a fintech startup that bills itself as Hong Kong’s largest trade financing platform for SMEs, has closed a $15 million Series A led by CreditEase FinTech Investment Fund (CEFIF), with participation from returning investors Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund and MindWorks […]

The gender wage gap is shrinking among computer programmers, but it’s still quite largeGlassdoor has released its latest gender pay gap data analysis. In the U.S., the unadjusted pay gap comes in at 21.4 percent, meaning women make just $0.79 for every $1 men earn. But, when controlling for variables like age, education, location, experience, […]

Former NEA partner Jon Sakoda takes the wraps off his new, Cisco-backed venture fund, DecibelJon Sakoda needed to decompress, he says. The founder-turned-venture investor had logged a dozen years with the investing heavyweight New Enterprise Associates after selling his last startup to Symantec in 2006. And what he wanted by last summer was more time […]

Demanding privacy, and establishing trust, in digital health Sean Duffy Contributor Sean Duffy is the co-founder and CEO of Omada Health, a digital behavioral medicine company focused on reducing costly chronic disease in employer and health plan populations. February’s Wall Street Journal report pulled back the curtain on just how much is at stake when […]