SEA Digest: Orderly Network raises $20m; Metrodata forms JV with CacaFly

Decentralised exchange protocol Orderly Network has raised new funding while Indonesian tech firm Metrodata has formed a new JV with Taiwanese tech firm CacaFly. Orderly Network completes $20m financing round Orderly Network, a permissionless decentralised exchange protocol built on NEAR, raised $20 million in a strategic financing round from various investors, including Three Arrows Capital,… Continue reading SEA Digest: Orderly Network raises $20m; Metrodata forms JV with CacaFly

India Digest: ADIA to buy 20% in IIFL Finance; RIL-Apollo in race to buy Boots pharma

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has agreed to invest $283 million in non-banking financial company IIFL Finance Limited. In another development, a consortium of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and buyout firm Apollo Global Management Inc has joined the race to acquire Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc’s Boots pharmacy unit in the UK. ADIA to invest $283m… Continue reading India Digest: ADIA to buy 20% in IIFL Finance; RIL-Apollo in race to buy Boots pharma

Weekly roundup: Indonesian startup Biteship gets seed funding and other SE Asia deals

Biteship, an Indonesian e-commerce logistics solution startup, on Friday announced an undisclosed amount of seed funding co-led by East Ventures and Beenext in a bid to increase its headcount and improve technology capabilities. Founded by Mirsa Sadikin and Afra Sausan to help small businesses in the country, Biteship addresses the gap between shipping and warehouse providers… Continue reading Weekly roundup: Indonesian startup Biteship gets seed funding and other SE Asia deals

Dutch development bank FMO to invest $15m in Sahyadri Farms

Dutch development bank FMO will invest about $15 million in India-based Sahyadri Farms Post Harvest Care Ltd (SFPHCL), as part of a funding round led by Belgium-based Incofin, according to a disclosure seen by DealStreetAsia. The company will use the funds to expand capacity in its Nashik processing plant, finance a biomass plant and additional… Continue reading Dutch development bank FMO to invest $15m in Sahyadri Farms

Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Is Using GPT For Vision — Dr. Know It All Explains What This Means002031

Tesla’s Full-Self Driving is using generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) for vision, Elon Musk tweeted recently. He added that the GPTs are running natively on Tesla TRIP chips versus needing to round trip to iGPU. I think it’s important to take a quick deep dive into this, because this is kind of the heart and soul… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Full Self Driving Is Using GPT For Vision — Dr. Know It All Explains What This Means002031

Cleantechnica: Ford CEO Says “Just Helpful,” Not Trolling Tesla 002030

Ford cracks me up. I’ve been accused of many things over the 15-ish years I’ve been writing, but being a Tesla fanboy isn’t one of them. I don’t think that’s particularly fair, to be honest — but I did chuckle when I read about the new F-150 Lightning’s Tesla charging adapter. To understand what’s happening… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Ford CEO Says “Just Helpful,” Not Trolling Tesla 002030

Cleantechnica: What’s The Most Recent Buzz About The Ford F-150 Lightning?002029

Ford F-150 Lightning owners are doubling down on the Ford pride. They’re comfortable with the familiar F-150 body and cabin yet intrigued by the swap from gasoline-powered V-6 and V-8 engine options for a pair of electric motors and one of two different battery packs. The pickup is winning hearts and minds not with messages… Continue reading Cleantechnica: What’s The Most Recent Buzz About The Ford F-150 Lightning?002029

Congress Moves to Regulate Crypto After Meltdown Wipes Out Investments

Is it time? Heads Up The latest crypto implosion was so big that even politicians in Washington are starting to consider the best way to regulate blockchain markets. PBS reports this week that the about-face comes after last month’s crypto bust, with a particular focus on the so-called “stablecoin” Terra, which tanked and lost investors an estimated $40… Continue reading Congress Moves to Regulate Crypto After Meltdown Wipes Out Investments

Family Guy Actor Pays Huge Ransom for Stolen Bored Ape

Well, that didn’t take long. Reunited Actor Seth Green has been reunited with his Bored Ape NFT less than a month after losing it to an anonymous scammer, BuzzFeed News reports. The NFT, Bored Ape #9398, was meant to star in a TV show created by Green, but the theft threw the project into chaos.… Continue reading Family Guy Actor Pays Huge Ransom for Stolen Bored Ape

Tesla Reportedly Giving Full Self-Driving Beta to Basically Anybody Now

Tesla has slowly been rolling out the beta to its advanced — albeit misleadingly named — Full Self-Driving assistance software, giving select motorists a taste of what might be the future of driving. So far, the Elon Musk-led company has been relying on “safety scores” to decide who gets the upgrade, based on driving behavior… Continue reading Tesla Reportedly Giving Full Self-Driving Beta to Basically Anybody Now