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Shift5 raises $50M to defend transport networks from cyberattacks

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You might not think much about the train or the airplane that gets you from one place to another, but behind any transportation link is a vast sprawling network of electronics, devices and data that keep trains on the tracks and planes in the sky. This visibility aims to help detect threats and defend systems from internet-based attacks.

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Uganda’s SafeBoda

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Internet giant Google announced today that it has made the first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in Ugandan super app SafeBoda. Asked about how many investments to expect in the coming year, the spokesperson said Google isn’t setting any expectations in that regard.

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CIOs’ top 2025 goal? Turning around IT’s sagging reputation

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At the Department of Transportation in the State of Ohio, Deputy Director and CIO Charles Ash and his team recognizes that technology literacy is not evenly distributed throughout the stakeholder base. Putting technology in the hands of end-users is not enough. End-users need to understand how to use the technology productively.

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IOWN and the Next Internet

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We need a new generation of the Internet to address these obstacles – an Internet that is personal, functional, smart, inspires trust, and can be widely adopted by all. And it will do all of this while also significantly lowering Internet power consumption.

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Freedom to securely create and collaborate from anywhere

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PCoIP® encodes, compresses, encrypts, and transports image pixels from a central server or workstation. Internet traffic is secured with AES-256 encryption, which meets the highest level of security standards required by governments. Learn more here.

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New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape

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The dynamics that play into this forecast, aside from the impact of COVID, include a youthful population (the youngest globally), rising smartphone adoption and internet penetration that has led to a burgeoning tech ecosystem backed by local and international VC dollars. Here are a few interesting points from the newly-launched report.

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SoftBank-backed Indian logistics startup Delhivery files for $1 billion IPO

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Indian logistics startup Delhivery seeks to raise about $998 million in its initial public offering, the startup said in a filing with the local regulator, joining a number of other tech startups in the world’s second-largest internet market to explore the public markets.