Solar AI’s rent-to-own model lets homeowners pay a monthly fee to tap solar energy, without having to pay any upfront cost to install or maintain the panels. By taking over the costs needed to implement and upkeep the system, the startup is hoping to address a top barrier that has kept adoption low in Singapore, according to Solar AI’s co-founder Bolong Chew. Founded at the start of the pandemic in early-2020, the local startup was incubated and seed-funded by French energy group, Engie....

Unlike their peers in the US, where enterprises across most sectors considered security as part of their business process, Asia-Pacific companies had yet to do so, said Paul Hadjy, CEO and co-founder of Horangi. The Singapore-based security startup’s flagship product, Warden, is a cloud security posture management software touted to safeguard against misconfigurations and compliance breaches. Likely distracted by having to keep the business running and day-to-day management, Hadjy noted that Asia-Pacific organisations generally did not regard security as topmost on their agenda when it would be commonly discussed at every meeting in the boardroom and amongst C-level executives in the US....

The latest funds injection pushes the Singapore carrier’s total capital in Innov8 to $350 million, which was first set up in 2010. The VC arm since had invested in more than 95 startups, including 35 exits, of which four were unicorns, Singtel said in a statement Tuesday. It added that Innov8 invested in startups that were in line with the group’s businesses spanning 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), sustainability, cybersecurity, digital economy, and other emerging technologies....

In the study, the researchers ran a series of six experiments in which the 259 participants had to first predict how enjoyable they thought the experience of being left alone with their thoughts would be. Their predictions were then compared to how much the participants actually enjoyed undistracted thinking. One of the experiments had the participants sit without any distractions for 20 minutes. They weren’t allowed to look at their phones, walk or read....

The ombudsman’s call to respond was made in a submission to the government’s parliamentary inquiry into social media and online safety. In the submission, the ombudsman warned that fake revies have damaged the reputations of many businesses and caused significant distress to staff and business owners. “Fake reviews often receive prominence on online platforms used by the public to find business services, such as Facebook, Google and UberEats. Fake reviews may contribute to a loss of sales over an extended period causing economic loss....

The Joined-Up Innovation: Making the right connections across Australia's innovation ecosystem to support our future growth and international competitiveness paper, which involves views from Microsoft and a panel of local experts – including Intel director of interaction and experience research Genevieve Bell; Australian Information Industry Association CEO Suzanne Campbell; ATP Innovations CEO Hamish Hawthorn — concluded that there are seven steps that Australia needs to take to improve its capacity to innovate and to improve connections with local and global innovation ecosystems....

Web3 is the term coined for what could become the next face of the internet. The web has shifted from pages containing content to the growth of social media, and now, the concept of a decentralized internet is being discussed under the Web3 banner. Part of this transformation could include the ‘metaverse’ – a 3D environment and virtual world for facilitating social connections, whether personal or for work. Your ID in the metaverse may also end up linked to cryptocurrency wallets, Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs), and various smart contracts....

The SFC is suing Vizio because its SmartCast OS is based on Linux. Linux’s source code is protected under the GPL version 2 (GPLv2). Besides the Linux kernel, the other GPL’d and Lesser GPL (LGPL)’d code in SmartCast includes U-Boot, bash, gawk, tar, Glibc, and FFmpeg. In short, Vizio is using the code without permission. This can’t come as any surprise. Vizio has been made well aware of this problem....

Also: Bose also has a high-end, noise-canceling headphone of its own on sale during Prime Day. The Bose NC700 is currently on sale for $269 ($110 off). Let me set things straight: the Sony WH-1000XM4 is not the latest model from the company, but it’s argued by many to be the better of the two – discounts aside. That’s because the 2020 headphones already deliver strong audio performance with an immersive active noise-cancellation....

Why does Silicon Valley always seem to have the same way of doing things? Disruption by bro is the only way, right? Why do politicians always seem to think and do the way they’ve always done? You know, line their own pockets, believe their own lies, and care little for the populace. On this very subject, Southwest Airlines pilots would like to have a word. Well, quite a few words, actually....

NSF has outlined a new agreement it signed with SpaceX to protect ground-based astronomy covering the brightness of Starlink satellites, competing usage of radio bands, and finding ways to ensure Starlink’s orbital information is publicly available so astronomers can schedule observations around satellite locations. Even since Elon Musk’s space company began sending Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO), astronomers have been worried about how the growing number of devices will interfere with their ground-based telescopes’ view of the galaxy....

Like all of the other competitors in the space, the SpotCam sends video to your phone when your doorbell is rung. My colleague Dale Smith over at our sister site, CNET, found that SpotCam notifications sometimes didn’t come through. I had better results than Dale with my notifications. That’s probably because I immediately turned off the motion notification settings, since we live on a relatively high-traffic street. If I were to get a notification every time a car went by, I’d get nothing done....

Powered by Square Financial Services – Square’s industrial bank that began operating in March – Square Savings is a new FDIC-insured deposit account that lets sellers put away a percentage of each sale they process through Square into a high yield account. Merchants can also organize their savings with folders as a means to track specific priorities and goals, such as saving for quarterly taxes or an emergency fund....

PCIe is the key specification for the expansion bus used to connect CPUs and motherboards to graphics cards, Wi-Fi and SSDs, and a new update to the standard should double the PCIe Gen 5 specification’s bandwidth to a raw data rate of 64 Giga Transfers per second (GT/s), according to PCI SIG. PCIe 6.0 has a bandwidth of 128 Gygabytes per second (GB/s) in a single direction on 16 lanes, which goes down to 8 GB/s on one lane....

With the new antenna, consumers will be able to take advantage of enhanced GPS capabilities in addition to high-speed, low-latency internet while their vehicle is actively moving. There is a one-time hardware cost of $599 and a pay-as-needed $135 monthly cost for the RV service. Since you are billed in one-month increments, you can pause and resume the service whenever you’d like without any additional fees – which is especially useful for individuals who use RVs for occasional travel....

So, it was with some trepidation, and a glimmer of hope, that I approached the opportunity to review the Arctis Nova 7 Wireless headset. Here, finally, was a completely redesigned headband system. It still used an elastic suspension band. But, it also had additional adjustments that let the headband accommodate much larger wearers than its predecessors. The first time I nestled the Arctis Nova 7 Wireless on my head, I’m pretty sure the Hallelujah Chorus started playing....

“Tires are incredibly critical to vehicle safety, but too often tire health falls by the wayside, leaving drivers woefully unaware of the risk posed to them and their passengers,” said Shahar Bin-Nun, CEO of Tactile Mobility, one of a handful of startups lasering in on tire care. He’s not overstating the case. In the UK, there are roughly 1,075 casualties each year from defective tire-related accidents. In 2019, more than 600 people died from tire-related accidents in the U....

Says Jeff Shepard from Microcontroller Tips: There are alternatives to GPS in various stages of development. The U.S. Air Force, a critical user of GPS, has launched GPS III satellites that offer significantly more resilience against jamming attacks. The Europeans are also seeking to augment their satellite navigation array with 5G technologies. Among several terrestrial alternatives, one by next-gen GPS developer NextNav recently got high marks in an evaluation by the Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)....

The assurance comes after years of delays. Tesla first unveiled its electric pickup truck in 2019, prompting more than 250,000 people to pre-order the truck within one week. As of November, more than 1.5 million customers have reserved a Cybertruck, according to Electrek. As consumers wait for the Cybertruck, more mainstream car brands are starting to debut their own electric pickups. Back in April, Ford began rolling out the F-150 Lightning....

Big brands like Samsung, LG, and Sony have both mid-range and high-end models with premium features like object tracking sound, support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, and OLED panels. Smaller brands like TCL and Hisense have more budget-friendly options that offer essential features like pre-loaded streaming apps and support for third-party voice controls like Alexa and Hey Google. To help you find the best 55-inch TV for the Super Bowl, winter binges, and more, I’ve outlined a list of the best 55-inch TVs based on their features and price point....