These brain functions include memory and decision-making.⁠

Rodrigo Araiza Bravo, Physics PhD candidate at Harvard University and his colleagues used computer simulations to show that a new type of quantum computer could be built out of rubidium Rydberg atoms.

Why are Rydberg atoms?

The Rydberg atom is an excited atom with one or more electrons that have a very high principal quantum number, n. The higher the value of n, the farther the electron is from the nucleus, on average.

In fact these atoms are super-sized in diameter because some of their electrons orbit the nuclei at a large distance, and they are extremely sensitive to light so can be very precisely controlled by lasers.

The researchers found in the simulations that lasers could make six Rydberg atoms act like a neural network – an artificially intelligent algorithm that imitates neurons and synapses in the brain. In the theoretical quantum computer, quantum states of the outermost electron in a Rydberg atom correspond to the states of a brain’s neuron, like whether the neuron is firing or inactive.

The team showed that the quantum computer would be able to exhibit basic decision-making and memory.

You can read the full story on New Scientist.

Roula Khalaf, who is the FT’s editor, called Musk a revolutionary in the ER industry and congratulated him for demonstrating how EVs could replace cars which are fueled by gasoline.

The newspaper quoted Musk as saying in an interview: 

“For a long time, the rest of the auto industry was basically calling Tesla and me fools and frauds. They were saying electric cars wouldn’t work, you can achieve the range and performance. And even if you did that, nobody would buy them.”

Musk has dominated the headlines and amassed over 66 million followers on Twitter. 

Roula Khalaf added: 

“For all the eccentric and provocative tweets that strike some as childish, he is one of the most transformational business figures of the era.” 

In her opinion, this is the reason the FT is making him its Person of the Year for 2021. 

MachineFi’s main objective is to transition traditional IoT and machine verticals into MachineFi decentralized applications (Dapps) that will enable millions of users to participate in the machine economy with billions of smart devices.

The world has witnessed the boom of smart devices and automated machines, including smart home devices and smart cars. However, few have noticed inter-machine communication is significantly increasing. IoTeX CEO and Founder Dr. Raullen Chai, explains:

“Today, numerous machines have already started collaborating, producing, and distributing, and they consume information and resources collectively, forming a heterogeneous network of machines.” 

According to a McKinsey report, the Internet of Things (IoT) could unlock a global economic value of up to $12.6 trillion by 2030. Techjury estimates that over 125 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by the start of the next decade, powering that machine economy.

Dr. Chai explains that the convergence of artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, edge computing, the Internet of things, 5G, computer vision, and augmented/virtual reality pushes human society through the next digital revolution wave.

MTAV will be Canada’s first index-based exchange traded fund (“ETF”) focused on the emerging metaverse opportunity. MTAV is an index ETF, which seeks to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the Solactive Global Metaverse Index (the “Index”). The Index is designed to provide exposure to global, publicly listed companies that potentially stand to benefit from the adoption and usage of technologies expected to grow and support the functioning of the metaverse. Steve Hawkins, President and CEO of Horizons ETFs, commented:

“The metaverse is the next frontier of the human experience and technological innovation. We believe that the metaverse will become an extremely important realm for social and economic interaction over the next decade. Even today, these technologies are already reframing the way that we engage with one another, from virtual reality to non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”). MTAV is the first index-based ETF in Canada to offer direct exposure to the global companies that are investing heavily in building and expanding the digital worlds that encompass the metaverse.”

The metaverse companies in the Index will be made up of the following key segments:

Augmented / Virtual Reality: Companies engaged in the production of technologies, software, and hardware that allow consumers and businesses to interact in immersive extended realities. This includes the production of wearable devices, specialized optics and displays, as well as, audio and sensory equipment. These companies are expected to allow end-users to transcend physical spaces and fully immerse themselves into the metaverse.

Creator Economy: Companies that offer consumer software tools, social media, and other distribution platforms that make it possible for individual creators to create, share, and transact directly with their consumers. This includes the provision of programs and services used for editing and sharing user generated content. These companies are expected to unlock the value chain of the creator economy in the metaverse.

Digital Infrastructure: Companies engaged in the development, operation and distribution of technologies, services and hardware related to network infrastructure, big data, digital platforms and cloud computing.

Digital Marketplace: Companies engaged in the provision of a digital economy including platforms and services to facilitate virtual interactions and online commerce, as well as the integration of social network platforms. These companies are expected to play a key role in the digital economy of the metaverse.

Gaming: Companies involved in the provision, development, and distribution of technologies, infrastructure and hardware used for the creation, streaming, and consumption of online gaming and e-sports content. This includes the development of online games, the production of gaming equipment, as well as, the provision of services and platforms necessary for the functioning of the gaming ecosystem expected to be central to the metaverse.

Digital Payments: Companies engaged in the development, distribution and integration of infrastructure, software, and applications related to digital payment services and blockchain technologies. This includes digital payment processes, platforms, including fiat currency “on-ramps” to decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. These companies are expected to provide the payment rails for the metaverse.

ATFX launched the high-end AT Premier market research portal in the Middle East, and an investor networking app ATFX TeamUp in Latin America, earlier this year, as part of their latest fintech offerings. The broker has concluded multiple strategic partnerships with a group of tech and banking institutions from around the world such as UK Royal Bank of Scotland, Citibank, and. JPMorgan.

ATFX commits to keep providing their customers with world-leading tech services.

Since its founding, Tangerine has worked with global brands, including Apple, British Airways, Huawei, LG, Toyota and Virgin Australia, innovating to design compelling customer experiences and globally recognised products and services. A young Tangerine team, consisting of Martin Darbyshire, Clive Grinyer and Sir Jonathan Ive were instrumental in strategic direction setting for Apple and LG in the early 1990s. Martin is a fellow of the Royal Society of Designers and Chartered Society of Designers and a Trustee of the UK Design Council.

Martin will work closely with the Spacetalk team to further embed and advance its design-led culture as the company embarks on its next phase of growth. The CDO role will encompass a broad spectrum of design leadership responsibilities including strategic design oversight of the next generation Spacetalk kids smartwatch phone devices and apps to deliver transformative customer experiences.

Spacetalk’s ownership and control of its end-to-end technology and design is unique amongst its peers providing an important source of strategic competitive advantage. Martin’s appointment will further enhance Spacetalk’s existing capabilities.

JK Tech introduces their intelligent solution built on the SAP S/4HANA platform. The solution offers templatised and pre-configured solutions to dairy customers to help them embark on their digital transformation journey. In the JK Tech will showcase their Smart Dairy Solution, which digitalises the dairy supply chain by making milk components traceable from the farm to the table. It is an integrated solution that is designed to help organisations envision, outline, and implement a world-class, agile production, sales, and supply chain solution and milk success for the organisation. Durgesh Verma, Vice President SAP & Dairy Center of Excellence, JK Tech, commented:

“The JK Tech Smart Dairy solution has helped 10+ dairies reduce their processing time, cost, and risk by up to 45%. Our Smart Dairy Solution seamlessly connects different processes and helps dairy-specific organisations to enable industry-leading best practices while utilising their existing investments to accelerate digital transformation across the value chain.”

Dairy Center of Excellence has experience in implementing the JK Tech Smart Dairy Solution in more than 10 dairies, with the expertise of its 40+ consultants. Through its intelligent and autonomous Smart Dairy Solution, consumers get provenance of the milk, farmers get product visibility, and manufacturers get a complete picture for ensuring quality standards, with real-time data aggregation.

SEEDS Capital catalyses smart investments into innovative Singapore-based early-stage tech startups, through working with co-investment partners.

1Derlife Growth and SEEDS Capital’s capital splash into an automated electric vehicles provider in Singapore follows investment from Momentum and Yinson, to bolster MooVita on its journey to speed up the rollout of the company’s driverless solutions in Singapore, Malaysia and beyond. Yinson’s signed a term sheet with GreenTech Malaysia Alliances Sdn. Bhd. to accelerate the development of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Malaysia to accelerate Malaysia’s transition to a more environmentally sustainable transport network.

MooVita has pioneered the development of driverless software solutions deployable worldwide. With the vision to revolutionise urban transportation in an era defined by electrification and automation, its component-based software is a cost-effective solution designed to convert regular cars into self-driving vehicles for applications such as first/last-mile transportation, logistic transportation and utility solutions. Established in 2016 with headquarters in Singapore and offices in Malaysia and India, MooVita plans to bring its products to Europe while expanding and strengthening its footprint in Asia-Pacific. Gregory Lee, Principal of 1Derlife Growth, said:

“1Derlife Growth is excited to join MooVita’s journey. The electric and autonomous vehicle market has enormous potential. Current estimates suggest the industry will grow at a CAGR of 22% hitting US$60bn in 2028. However, I believe it will be much faster than this, thanks to a large and growing consumer and enterprise market. MooVita has demonstrated its strategic position in these two fast-growing segments, and we are sure they will play a pivotal role expanding EV growth in Singapore, Malaysia and beyond.”

Driven by Singapore’s push to automatise the public transportation system and accelerate towards a low-carbon future has granted the homegrown EV makers a first-mover advantage. As a result, MooVita is in a prime position in the global race to expedite the world’s goals of creating clean, safe and efficient urban transit networks. Leveraging its green and environmentally friendly technologies to unlock EV and AV vehicles possibilities in urban settings, MooVita has demonstrated its vast market potential and is on track to become one of the leaders in the global EV and AV tech space.

“We are looking forward to Chhavi and Nitesh joining our leadership team, bringing deep technical skills and leadership acumen. With the added firepower, we are setting the stage for taking the engineering and product development footprint of dunnhumby India to the next level,”

Chhavi Sinha has 17 years of engineering and technology experience and has been with dunnhumby since 2011. She has worked with multiple retailers across US, Europe and Asia markets. In her previous role, she led dunnhumby’s APAC Data Engineering team and has also been at the forefront of multiple initiatives across technology and science teams, which redefined the way dunnhumby operates. In her new role, Chhavi will report to Prithvesh Katoch, Global Head of Client Data Services. Chhavi said:

“I am excited about the opportunity to enhance the maturity of our data engineering function, preparing for the future with best-in-class solutions.”

In the past two years, dunnhumby India has been hiring engineering and product development skills. The India arm has 370 technology professionals in this space now, accounting for more than half of its India employee base of 710.

The announcement also signifies dunnhumby’s ambition to cultivate more diversity in leadership. With the induction of the new leaders, five of dunnhumby’s 13-member India leadership team will be female leaders.

dunnhumby India is expanding at a compounded annual growth rate of 19%. The office was started in 2008 as a hub of data engineering, data science and product development, and is today a key driver of dunnhumby’s growth.

With the new offering, called Workspaces, security practitioners can segment and organize a company’s attack surface by individual companies. An attack surface is any public-facing data on a website that hackers could attack.

Slicing up the attack surface will give the ability to strategically view all the potential security risks facing a whole company — new acquisitions and all, according to Censys. Wolfgang Bauer, IT security manager at Swiss Life and a Censys customer, said:

“When managing any attack surface, finding a new risk means you must also find the person responsible for remediating. With Censys ASM Workspaces, it is simple and easy to segment our attack surface so that it is clear who within the division needs to take action.”

Forty percent of companies experienced a cybersecurity problem during the post-acquisition phase. Further, companies struggle to keep an accurate record of all their assets; in one instance, Censys found nearly 80 percent more assets than a Global 500 company believed they owned. It’s understandable since digital transformation and cloud adoption aren’t going away any time soon, the company says.

With Workspaces, attack surfaces can be organized to align with the security team’s priorities, whether that means swiftly tackling the latest company acquisition to limit possible data exposures or giving a team member appropriate access to a segment of the company’s attack surface.

Censys ASM is powered by internet-scanning technology that discovers unmanaged and unknown assets in real time. Paired with the Censys high-confidence attribution algorithm, users are guaranteed to discover comprehensive visibility of internet-facing assets belonging to the organization.