The COVID-19 pandemic has not only accelerated digitalisation in Southeast Asia but also triggered a dramatic shift towards healthier life choices. Partly buoyed by the latter, Indonesia’s health food startup Lemonilo has emerged as a formidable competitor to food manufacturing giants such as Indofood and Wings Corp, particularly in the instant noodle market. Armed with… Continue reading Data Vantage: Lemonilo, Xurya and CoLearn bag funding and other updates
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Billionaire Launches Startup to Reprogram Human Gene Expression
Image by Getty Images/Futurism Billionaire Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong has launched a new “epigenetic reprogramming” company, called NewLimit, with the goal of greatly extending the human lifespan. Armstrong is collaborating with Blake Byers, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur with a Stanford PhD in bioengineering, to stop aging in its tracks. “NewLimit will start by deeply interrogating… Continue reading Billionaire Launches Startup to Reprogram Human Gene Expression
Harvard Warns That Chinese Tech Is Rapidly Overtaking American Capabilities
They’re warning that “it will overtake the US within the next decade.” The Great Rivalry The race for tech dominance between China and the US is heating up — but it’s starting to look like Beijing is taking the lead. A new report, spotted by The South China Morning Post and published last week by… Continue reading Harvard Warns That Chinese Tech Is Rapidly Overtaking American Capabilities
Human Brains Can Solve Hard Problems Moments Before Falling Asleep, Study Finds
Image by Getty Images/Futurism Have you ever had a great idea right before you fell asleep — only to forget it the next morning when you wake up? A new study says there’s a reason for that. Researchers have discovered that humans experience a “creative sweet spot” in the moments right before we fall asleep,… Continue reading Human Brains Can Solve Hard Problems Moments Before Falling Asleep, Study Finds
New Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Alleges Disgusting Behavior at Tesla Factory
Is Tesla’s Fremont factory a “frat house”? Lawsuit Madness Tesla has been hit with a sexual harassment suit by a factory worker — for the second time in two weeks. As Reuters and others report, a woman who worked on the assembly line at Tesla’s Fremont, California factory said she suffered “sexual harassment on a near-daily… Continue reading New Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Alleges Disgusting Behavior at Tesla Factory
The Log4J Vulnerability Will Haunt the Internet for Years
A vulnerability in the open source Apache logging library Log4j sent system administrators and security professionals scrambling over the weekend. Known as Log4Shell, the flaw is exposing some of the world’s most popular applications and services to attack, and the outlook hasn’t improved since the vulnerability came to light on Thursday. If anything, it’s now… Continue reading The Log4J Vulnerability Will Haunt the Internet for Years
Amazon reportedly plans to expand its grocery delivery business
Amazon may soon more directly compete with Instacart. According to The Information, the company has spent much of the last year trialing a product known internally as Amazon Fresh Marketplace. The service allows UK Prime subscribers to order groceries from two major supermarket brands, with same-day delivery fulfilled by the company’s Flex drivers. In 2022,… Continue reading Amazon reportedly plans to expand its grocery delivery business
Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 EV crossover will start at $39,700 when it arrives
Hyundai finally announced pricing for its hotly anticipated Ioniq 5 crossover EV, which is scheduled to hit select dealer show floors later this month. Depending on the battery size and drive type, prospective buyers should expect to pay between $39,700 and $54,500 for one of their own. The Ioniq 5 will be available in three… Continue reading Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 EV crossover will start at $39,700 when it arrives
Assassin’s Creed crossover brings together two characters separated by 1,300 years
With a narrative that has spanned the course of history, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise has frequently seen some of its characters overlap with one another. In Assassin’s Creed Rogue, for instance, we saw protagonist Shay Cormac run into Adéwalé of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Haytham Kenway of Assassin’s Creed III. But those characters… Continue reading Assassin’s Creed crossover brings together two characters separated by 1,300 years
Amazon’s casualties in Illinois aren’t an isolated incident
Tornadoes ripped through six states on Friday, killing dozens. Among the dead were six workers at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, IL, which collapsed while they sheltered inside. The incident is now the subject of an OSHA investigation. The mass casualty event is likely Kentucky’s “deadliest tornado system in state history,” according to ABC. The… Continue reading Amazon’s casualties in Illinois aren’t an isolated incident