Month: July 2022

Booz Allen Hamilton, the Virginia-based, defense-focused IT consulting firm, today announced the launch of a corporate venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures, that will initially put $100 million toward “strategic” defensive and offensive technologies. The move signals Booz Allen’s desire to shape startups in areas it considers aligned with its core business, mainly AI and
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In an economy teetering toward a recession with a stock market that’s plummeted, it’s more important than ever to find safe investments. Savings accounts and certificates of deposit, while safe, haven’t been a particularly attractive place to park your money in recent years. That’s changing now.  Interest rates on CDs have been scant over the
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Persistent Energy has raised $10 million Series C funding to grow its clean-tech venture building business in Africa, in a round led by Kyuden International Corporation, a subsidiary of the Japanese Kyushu Electric Power Group, and Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Africa Investments. The equity round also saw the participation of six new private investors, high
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Metal and carbon fiber company Markforged (best known for its Digital Forge platform) announced today that it acquired Digital Metal to further increase its lineup of machines that can produce metal parts. The company was previously owned by Swedish metal powder manufacturer Höganäs AB. The acquisition highlights Markforged’s push into additive manufacturing for industrial customers,
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Here’s the full text: The medical insurance industry’s continued discrimination against transgender and gender-expansive people is actively harming myself and fellow Bungie employees. Bungie and the industry need to do more and must make this a priority. I’ve spent the last two years of my life fighting “cosmetic only” denials for gender-affirming surgery, including a
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Attention, TV lovers everywhere — the 2022 Emmy nominations are here. So it’s once again time to comb the list for your favorites. HBO’s Succession leads the pack, earning 25 Emmy nominations, including best drama. Cast members Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Nicholas Braun, Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen, J. Smith-Cameron and Sarah Snook are all nominated
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The best phone prices undeniably come from wireless carriers — but they also come with a lot of strings attached, like lengthy contracts and requirements to stay on expensive unlimited plans. Buying unlocked means that you aren’t tied to a particular carrier or plan, and that’s why we recommend purchasing a phone that way if
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The dream of cloud gaming is the ability to play PC or console games on any device, anywhere, regardless of how low-power your hardware is. It promises you won’t have to worry about updates, patches or upgrades. And the dream has come true to a large extent, making streaming games a reality.  Cloud gaming has
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