Global VC company Partech has reached the first stage of the largest African fund with 245 million euros

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• The first close is the best close.: Global venture capitalist Partec has closed its new €245 million fund for the first time, making it the largest focused fund in Africa. take on “Partech Africa II, which had high demand from LPS, exceeded what was initially planned for the entire fund,” he wrote.
• Bing, Chanandler is not Bong: Frederick Microsoft writes that it is celebrating “New Search Day” by launching the new Bing, complete with ChatGPT.
• Grab this one.Drone imagery firm DroneBase is now Zeitview. Landing $55 million to continue air and ground data capture technology; Kyle Reports.

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You wait ages for real-world applications of AI image generation, and suddenly the two come together at once. Brian He writes about how FRIDA’s robotic arm is trying to bring DALL-E-style AI art to real-world canvases, and Haje covers how 3D laser cutting company Gloforge is adding AI image generation to its software package.

Almost a year ago to the day, the 50-year-old venture capitalist announced that Sequoia Capital was reorganizing itself around a single permanent structure. Connie Reports. Now, thanks to an SEC form filed Friday, we know how much is sitting in the Sequoia Capital Fund. And we work for clicks because we are crooked capitalists. If you want to know how much, you should read the article.

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Cybersecurity teams beware: The defender’s dilemma is a lie.

The Defender’s Dilemma is one of the most common cybersecurity hacks: “Defenders must always be right. Attackers only have to be right once.

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“Defenders rightly expect attackers to lie and cheat to achieve their goals, but sometimes we forget that lying and cheating work both ways.”

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What is your situation? Well, if you are a WhatsApp user, now you can give audio status updates. Jagmet He wrote. Each voice memo can last up to 30 seconds and can then be customized according to your situation. So now people have a voice to go with your photo.

Today it was all about the OnePlus smartphone- Brian In the year It gives you an overview of the $699 OnePlus 11, which arrives on February 16th, and it looks at some of OnePlus’ additional products, such as a tablet and a mechanical keyboard. and then Ivan He writes about the Buds Pro 2, which will run you a cool $179 but have improved sound and noise cancellation.

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