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Bolt raises $182M to expand its on-demand transportation network in Europe and Africa

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In the midst of a major second wave of coronavirus infections across Europe, an Estonian startup that’s building an on-demand network to move food and people around in cars, on scooters and ( most recently ) on bikes across developed and emerging markets in EMEA is announcing a major round of funding. billion ($4.3 billion).

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Archer Aviation aims to launch network of urban air taxis in Los Angeles by 2024

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Archer Aviation, the electric aircraft startup that recently announced a deal to go public via a merger with a blank-check company, plans to launch a network of its urban air taxis in Los Angeles by 2024.

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Finding purpose at the intersection of tech and transport

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Transport for New South Wales was first established in 2011, and since then, the culture of putting customers and communities at the center of everything, and partnering with operational agencies, private operators, and industry to deliver passenger focus services and projects, has been a constant.

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Student transportation startup Z?m to add 10,000 EVs to its platform

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m , a startup that provides optimized transportation services for school-age children, has announced the close of a $130 million Series D raise, bringing its total funding to more than $200 million. m was awarded a $150 million contract to modernize the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) transportation service.

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Optibus picks up $107M for an AI-based planning and operations platform aimed at mass transportation

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Mass transportation is a critical part of how metropolitan areas keep moving, and today a startup that has built an AI-based platform to help mass transportation work more efficiently is announcing a huge round of funding to grow its business and tackle a new set of opportunities and challenges in the modern city. market overall.

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Enhancing Private 5G Security in industrial deployments

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As digitisation gathers pace, manufacturers, energy companies, and transportation businesses are among the sectors increasingly turning to private 5G to connect their operational technology (OT) environments. With 5G, the OT network is encrypted end-to-end, which enables completely secure communication between devices and systems.

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Network problems delay flights at two oneworld Alliance airlines

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Network equipment connecting internal and external systems at Japan Airlines (JAL) malfunctioned early on Dec. The issue was in networking equipment managed by DXC Technologies, according to an American Airlines statement cited by several news outlets. 26 after receiving a large amount of data from an external source, the company said.

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