Tag: Data
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Enlightra exits stealth with $15M to power energy-efficient AI data centre lasers
Enlightra, a deeptech startup developing chip-scale multiwavelength lasers for next-generation data transmission, has raised a total of $15 million. Investors include Y Combinator, Runa Capital, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Protocol Labs, Halo Labs, Asymmetry Ventures, and TRAC VC, among others. Modern AI training increasingly depends on faster connections between GPUs, yet many systems still rely on read more
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From heat waste to heat source: Power Mining launches shipping-container data centres for city heating
Personal Bitcoin mining device manufacturer Power Mining has developed a portable data centre that will heat towns using residual heat from Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin mining consumes a significant amount of electricity globally eliciting significant greenhouse gas emissions and local air-pollution impacts. In response, the sector is advocating for ways to not only reduce the energy read more
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Marble Imaging secures €5.3M to bring ultra-high-resolution Earth Observation data to Europe
Marble Imaging has raised €5.3 million in an oversubscribed Seed funding round led by HTGF, powering its mission to become Europe’s leading source of very high-resolution Earth Observation data and insights. Marble Imaging is a big-data Earth observation company founded in August 2023 in Bremen, Germany, building its constellation of VHR satellites to provide up read more
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures fall after stock slide deepens ahead of Nvidia earnings, jobs data
US stock futures fell on Tuesday following a tech-led slide ahead of a pivotal earnings report from Nvidia and the release of government shutdown-delayed labor data later in the week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) dropped roughly 0.4%, while S&P 500 futures (ES=F) slid 0.5%. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) moved 0.6% read more
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Trump’s immigration data dragnet
“I’ve seen the apps and I don’t like them,” says a DHS official who left this year. “It’s rife for abuse.I imagine they’re being used in ways they were not intended.” He highlighted the risks of misidentification, noting that facial recognition often has elevated error rates for people of colour. “I have no confidence that read more
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