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Nurse-assisting robotics firm Diligent raises $30M

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Two years in and overloaded systems have further contributed to burnout, stress and other factors plaguing the people we rely on for our own well-being. Diligent has been leading that specific charge for some time now. Diligent has been leading that specific charge for some time now. hospitals were inundated.

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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

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What happened In CrowdStrikes own root cause analysis, the cybersecurity companys Falcon system deploys a sensor to user machines to monitor potential dangers. By comparison, the previous record-holder for most expensive downtime was the 2017 AWS outage, which cost customers an estimated $150 million. Clancy asks. Trust, but verify.

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When AI writes the laws: UAE’s bold move forces a rethink on compliance and human touch

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The United Arab Emirates has taken a bold step by becoming the first country to officially use AI to help draft, review, and update its laws. Announced during a Cabinet meeting led by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the initiative introduced a new Regulatory Intelligence Office powered by an advanced AI system.

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ERP modernization: Still a make-or-break project for CIOs

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Allegis had been using a legacy on-premises ERP system called Eclipse for about 15 years, which Shannon says met the business needs well but had limitations. Allegis had been using Eclipse for 10 years, when the system was acquired by Epicor, and Allegis began exploring migrating to a cloud-based ERP system.

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Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services

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Founded by Mark Straub and William Bares in 2017, Smile Identity is a major player in Africa’s ID verification and KYC compliance industry. Fraud data, mobile money data, government data queried against national ID systems, AML, PEP screening checks, sanction screening, both global and local KYB business verification data.

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John Deere buys autonomous tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics

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The Bay Area-based firm, which specializes in autonomous farming heavy machinery, was founded in 2017. Agricultural is one of several robotics categories that have seen a spike in interest in the past year, due to labor shortages that predate but were exacerbated by the global pandemic.

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Dutchie launches new cannabis point of sale platform with its own dual-screen register

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The new point of sale system serves the budtender and customer alike. Ross and Zach Lipson co-founded Dutchie in 2017 and have raised $603 million to date. . ” Dutchie started working on this platform in 2021, and Lipson says it began with serious due diligence.