Book review: ‘Steve Jobs, A Biographic Portrait’, by Kevin Lynch

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Book review: ‘Steve Jobs, A Biographic Portrait’, by Kevin LynchGiven that we’ve already had three major motion pictures about the life of Steve Jobs, it’s somewhat surprising that no one has thought to tackle Jobs’ life and work in print before with the same heavily graphical, stylised angle of tech journalist Kevin Lynch’s ‘…A Biographic […]

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Prototype plane with no moving parts completes maiden flight

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Prototype plane with no moving parts completes maiden flightUnlike turbine-powered planes, the aircraft does not depend on fossil fuels to fly and it is completely silent, unlike propeller planes. “This is the first-ever sustained flight of a plane with no moving parts in the propulsion system,” said Steven Barrett, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics […]

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Movinga, the European house removals platform, raises further €15M

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Movinga, the European house removals platform, raises further €15MMovinga, the European house removals and relocation platform, has closed €15 million in further funding. The round was led by London-based growth investor ETF Partners, with participation from existing backers Santo Venture Capital, Earlybird, and Rocket Internet. The company says the new capital will support “further process […]

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Cross-border fintech startup Instarem raises $20M for global expansion

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Cross-border fintech startup Instarem raises $20M for global expansionInstarem, a Singapore-based startup that helps banks transfer money overseas cheaply, has raised a Series C round of over $20 million for global expansion. The round is led by MDI Ventures — the VC arm of Indonesian telecom operator Telkom — and Beacon — the fund belonging […]

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Tencent e-wallet is following Alibaba to Hong Kong subways

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Tencent e-wallet is following Alibaba to Hong Kong subwaysChina’s payments giants have taken their battle to Hong Kong. Less than a week after Ant Financial announced adding QR codes to the city’s MTR public transport network of rail, Tencent’s WeChat Pay unveiled a similar scheme on Wednesday. Starting mid-2021, commuters in Hong Kong can scan […]

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Teaching STEM through the wonders of larva harvesting

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Teaching STEM through the wonders of larva harvestingThere’s hardly enough room to turn around in Livin Farms’ office. Pretty standard, really, in Central, Hong Kong, where space is at a perpetual premium. It’s a small operation for the HAX-backed startup — there’s space for a few desks and not much more. The startup’s last product, […]

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