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Day: November 29, 2022

Nominations Open for the Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nominations are now open for the first award of the Richard N. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology, which recognizes novel technologies that have improved human health. Each year, the prize will celebrate a novel technology and recognize up to four key individuals and/or teams who contributed to the […]

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Azerbaijani minister highlights strategies of creating concept of ‘smart’ cities, villages

BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 29. Azerbaijan has studied the experience of such countries as Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Germany and others to create the concept of ‘smart cities’ in the liberated territories, the Azerbaijani Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev told reporters, Trend reports on November 29. According to Nabiyev, the concept of ‘smart cities’ is being prepared in accordance with local requirements and conditions. “Our approach proceeds from the fact that the same concept cannot be applied to cities located in various districts. Besides, the matter of sustainability and expediency of investing public funds in a particular case is also

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China Owns 400 Nuclear Warheads, According to Pentagon Report

  A Pentagon report warns that China now has more than 400 nuclear warheads, approximately doubling its nuclear arsenal in just two years, while its military has increased “unsafe” and “unprofessional” military behavior toward the United States and its allies in the region, especially Taiwan. The pace of China’s accelerating nuclear expansion may enable Beijing to field a stockpile of about 1,500 warheads by 2035, according to the Pentagon’s annual “China Military Power” report to Congress that was released Tuesday. The United States’ nuclear arsenal, with an estimated 3,800 warheads in active status, would still dwarf China’s. The People’s Liberation

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Twitter Rolls Back COVID Misinformation Policy

Twitter has rolled back a policy that was aimed at tackling misinformation related to COVID-19 on the social media platform, lending itself to the risk of a potential surge in false claims even as cases rise in China and some parts of the world. The move also comes amid concerns of Twitter’s ability to fight misinformation after it let go about half of its staff, including those involved in content moderation, under new boss Elon Musk. “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy,” according to an update on its blog page. The update

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Alchip Technologies Q3 Revenue Sets Fiscal Year ’22 Record

Operating Income and Net Income Up Year-on-Year Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alchip Technologies set a fiscal year 2022 record with Q3 revenue reaching $117.5 million, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 28 percent over Q3 2021 revenue of $94.1 million, and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 16.2 percent over Q2 2022 revenue of […]

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Cloudian Launches On-Premises Object Storage for Snowflake Analytics Workloads

Solution Offers Public Cloud-like Scalability and Ease of Management in Customer Data Centers SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cloudian® today announced the launch of its HyperStore® on-prem data lake storage in partnership with Snowflake, the Data Cloud company. Cloudian and Snowflake customers will now have access to data stored on HyperStore that […]

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Jeito Capital demonstrates European biopharma leadership with first exit with AstraZeneca acquisition of Neogene Therapeutics

Jeito Capital demonstrates European biopharma leadership with first exit with AstraZeneca acquisition of Neogene Therapeutics Deal validates Jeito’s unique investment model of selecting high–quality assets developed by world-leading teams in therapeutic areas with high unmet need Paris, France, November 29th 2022 – Jeito Capital (“Jeito”), the largest fully independent international private equity firm dedicated to […]

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EYES ON IRAN ART ACTIVATION FACES THE U.N. IN NEW YORK

AN EVENT MARKED THE OPENING FEATURING HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, GISSOU NIA,SHEIDA SOLEIMANI, SHIRIN NESHAT with SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY JON BATISTE NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Iranian artists Sheida Soleimani, Aphrodite Désirée Navab, Z, Icy and Sot, Shirin Neshat, Mahvash Mostala, Sepideh Mehraban, and Shirin Towfiq, alongside artists Hank Willis Thomas and JR, […]

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