Monthly Archives: September 2022

Nvidia’s RTX 6000 ADA professional GPU can create worlds and destroy wallets

The Nvidia RTX 6000 ADA professional GPU isn’t your run-of-the-mill gaming card. | Image: Nvidia Nvidia has announced the RTX 6000 48GB graphics card, the latest model to join its family of workstation-focused GPUs designed for content creators and enterprise-grade graphics. Nvidia describes the RTX 6000 as the perfect tool for creating content for the…

Understanding IP Matters: How Trade Secrets Foster Collaboration and Sharing

National Science Foundation research shows that many R&D-oriented companies believe that trade secrets are more important than patents and copyrights. How did this happen, and why are trade secrets growing in importance? Bruce Berman, host of the “Understanding IP Matters” podcast, sought out trade secrets expert Jim Pooley to find out why. Pooley is the…

Ghanaian fintech SecondSTAX allows investors to access capital markets outside their countries, raises $1.6M

African capital markets exist in silos, as various exchanges within the continent are often inaccessible to investors outside their home countries. For instance, a South African investor who wants to diversify their portfolio outside the Johannesburg Stock Exchange may find investing in the Nigerian Stock Exchange difficult. Not only does this limit investors’ access to…

UPI supercharged mobile payments in India. It’s now gearing up for next phase of growth.

In just six years, UPI has become the most popular way Indians transact online. The mobile electronics payments system was used for over 6.57 billion transactions in the world’s second largest internet market last month. Now, it’s taking steps to supercharge its growth. The payments network, which was built by a coalition of banks, is…

Oracle Cloud admits users could access other customer data

A vulnerability in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) could have allowed basically any user to read and write data belonging to any other OCI customer, researchers have claimed. Experts from cloud security firm Wiz said they stumbled upon the vulnerability when building an OCI connector for their own tech stack, discovering that they could attach other…

Accessibility improvements in Windows 11 and iOS 16 show promise for the future

We’ve recently seen Microsoft and Apple bring out major updates to its operating systems, including Windows 11 and iOS 16, and one of the big tentpole features for both is, finally, accessibility. The topic isn’t just limited to one aspect – from web accessibility to visual accessibility, there are features on your PC or iPhone…

Rare video shows a seal inflating its nose like a balloon to attract a female in a mating ritual

A juvenile hooded seal. NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center A rare video shows the mating ritual of hooded seals in the Arctic Ocean.  These seals can inflate a nasal cavity to the size of a balloon to attract females and scare rivals. The scene is from the BBC series “Frozen Planet II” narrated by David…