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Japan’s Terra Drone lands $70M Series B funding to accelerate global expansion 

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Our airspace is going to get more crowded than ever, but most companies today are concentrating only on hardware development,” said Terra Drone CEO and founder Toru Tokushige , who is also serving as the CEO of Terra Motors, which develops electric vehicles. trillion by 2040, according to Terra’s IR deck. .

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Microsoft joins SAP, Oracle in setting sunset date for legacy ERP support

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In 2020, SAP announced an innovation commitment for SAP S/4HANA until the end of 2040. This means that until 2040, there will always be at least one release of SAP S/4HANA in maintenance. Unlike on premises PeopleSoft systems, there is no hardware to purchase or maintain,” the FAQ noted.

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Sydney-based quantum sensing startup Q-CTRL raises $25M Series B led by Airbus Ventures

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Q-CTRL provides infrastructure software that improves quantum computing performance by addressing the most pressing challenge in the field – hardware error and instability, Biercuk told TechCrunch. . This new fundraising is critical in realizing our mission to deliver real value to the space, defense, and commercial sectors,” said Biercuk. .

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Salty, subterranean water could relieve world’s lithium shortage

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By 2040, the International Energy Agency expects lithium demand to be 42 times higher than it is today. To meet demand, Benchmark says that $42 billion will need to be invested in the space by the end of this decade. Without new lithium projects coming online, it’ll likely get worse throughout the 2030s.

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Battery recycling startup Cylib recharges its coffers to go faster

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“World Fund only invests in startup technologies that can save at least 100 megatonnes of CO2e annually by 2040. Mark Windeknecht is joining as an observer to the board,” says Schwich.

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Telefonica is working to help enterprises decarbonize their operations

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degrees Celsius, and our executive committee approved the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2040 across Telefonica’s entire value chain,” says Ribaya. “As a company, we have strengthened our commitment to help limit the global temperature increase to 1.5

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Green Software Foundation: On a mission to decarbonize software

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These emissions include both the energy that physical hardware consumes to run software programs and those associated with manufacturing the hardware itself. The IT and software industry is projected to contribute 14% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. While a typical email might have a footprint equivalent to 0.3