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A South Korean startup called LetinAR, has spent the last decade building the optical technology that could make all of this actually wearable.

Amazon announced the latest update to Alexa+ on Monday: the ability to generate podcast episodes on demand. The new feature, called “Alexa Podcasts,” is rolling out to customers in the U.S. today.

Kin Health is building a notetaker that can transcribe your visits to doctors, parse medical advice, and surface next steps when required. To that end, the startup has raised $9 million in a seed funding

The Gragert Lab in the Tulane Deming Department of Medicine, Section of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow with a computational research background

A senior European official says the situation in the Middle East has highlighted how exposed the interconnected global economy is to external shocks.

The Bonn International Graduate School for Development Research (BIGS-DR) at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) offers a structured, interdisciplinary doctoral program

B&Y Venture Partners has launched the Lebanese Angel Investor Network (LAIN), opening commitments for investors and marking a new step toward strengthening Lebanon’s early-stage startup investment ecosystem.

Appian Capital Advisory has acquired a 95% controlling equity interest in the Omitiomire copper project in Namibia, positioning the private equity firm to capitalise on a rapidly widening global supply deficit.

AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic.

Global oil inventories are falling at a record pace to compensate for the big supply disruption in the Middle East and they will approach critical levels if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen.

The Kremlin has approved new measures allowing citizens from Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria to gain Russian citizenship more easily, Russia’s state media reported Friday night.

Taiwan said Saturday it is an “independent” nation, hours after US President Donald Trump warned the democratic island against declaring formal independence.