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Lee says cooperation with US should go beyond alliance to techs, innovation, startups
SAN FRANCISCO — President Lee Jae Myung said Saturday that Korea and the United States should advance their ties beyond their time-honored alliance by expanding cooperation into technology, innovation and startups. Lee made the remarks at a…
What it's like to be a founder of the most high-stakes startup ever, OpenAI
Being a founder is difficult under any circumstances. You operate under a state of constant duress, scrambling to figure out a working business model while not getting crushed by incumbents, losing key talent, and striving to avoid failure. Mental…
I dreamt of building rockets until my aunt's illness inspired me to build an AI startup that's raised nearly $10 million
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lily Vittayarukskul, 30, cofounder and CEO of Waterlily. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the universe and wanted to understand how the world…
Nuclear Company Oklo Receives Startup Authorization for Groves Reactor, A Key Step In Its Regulatory Journey
On Thursday, nuclear start-up Oklo (OKLO -8.43%) announced some welcome news. The company received “startup authorization” from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) for its Groves Reactor in Texas under the Reactor Pilot Program (RPP).
Thai deputy PM calls for Korea-linked bio ecosystem, from universities to startups
Yodchanan Wongsawat says Thailand will ease regulatory hurdles while expanding cooperation Thailand is seeking to build a comprehensive biotechnology partnership with South Korea in linking universities, startups and major corporations between the…
Why Ireland Is Betting Big On The Future Of Quantum Technologies
As nations compete for leadership in quantum technologies, Ireland is betting that strategic investment and innovation today will deliver economic and technological advantages tomorrow. The Republic of Ireland, a nation of 5.4 million people and a…
TLS and mTLS for Infra Services: A Production Deep Dive for Solo Devs and Small Startups
This started as a cost problem, not a security paper. I was running a small production setup across two servers: a dedicated 1cpu/1GB RAM server running Redis, and a second OCI server — 2ocpu/12GB RAM — hosting a Postgres database…
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Cheaper, open and intelligent: Chinese AI models gain ground, as they make inroads in the US
China has a hot new product in the United States: artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based Raffi Krikorian, the chief technology officer at Mozilla, which runs the Firefox browser, switched to Chinese AI startup Moonshot's Kimi K3 for many of…
Defense tech investors thought the war in Iran could make them millionaires. Instead, some of the industry's biggest names have faced a bloodbath
The U.S. has racked up a $37.5 billion tab on the war in Iran following President Donald Trump's launch of Operation Epic Fury in late February. Yet despite continued conflict and historic levels of defense spending requested by the Pentagon…
South Korea President Lee looking to open new era of AI in with global tech companies
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted an AI summit in San Francisco on Friday, bringing together the heads of leading AI developers with top South Korean business figures to accelerate efforts by Seoul to make the country a global AI…
'California Never?' Utopian city faces setbacks from industrial flight
Big dreams, sometimes stupid ones, comprise the heart of California's identity. “California Forever,” a project to build a city for 400,000 people from the ground up on land between San Francisco and Sacramento, shows that some…
Pet wellness becomes underlying theme as industry grows steady
At Anjana's (name changed on request) home, sitting in front of cups of freshly brewed tea, on a fine evening, her boy, Milo, is restless as it is also time for his pedigree snack. The bell rings, and the door opens to the one with a cap that bears…
Cardano Founder Slams Ethereum's Governance, Says Crypto Needs 'Insurance' To Grow Up
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says the next phase of cryptocurrency adoption will be driven less by faster blockchains and more by safety…
Trump Says 'We're Leading China' in Crypto, But Beijing Would 'Love to Take That Over
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. President Donald Trump reiterated on Thursday that the U.S. must lead in cryptocurrency or risk ceding dominance to China. During the Ratepayer…
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