The Innovation Report
Seattle Tech and Business Leaders Form Racial Justice Coalition
Hundreds of Seattle-area business and technology leaders formed a coalition this week to push for racial equity at their companies and in city government. The Washington Coalition of Businesses for Racial Justice sent a letter to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on Tuesday...
Global Auto Mobility Offers Free Listing
In an effort to support smart mobility companies struggling to survive and emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, Global Auto Mobility is offering free featured listings in its Marketplace through the end of September. At that time, we will continue the program or convert...
Hackers Hijack Samsung & Oxford University Servers in MS 365 Attack
An Oxford University email server and domains belonging to Samsung and others were hijacked, tricking security systems into letting through malicious emails designed to steal targeted network access credentials. Microsoft Office 365 users were compromised by...
Avon Recovering After Cyber-security Incident
Brazilian-owned cosmetics giant Avon is recovering from a mysterious cyber-security incident that took place last week, on June 8, sources have told ZDNet. The company has filed documents with the US Securities Exchange Commission disclosing the incident on June...
Smart Cities and Post-COVID Life
“This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities and this virus may never go away.” – WHO executive director Mike Ryan, May 13. Vaccine or not, we have to come to terms with the reality that COVID-19 requires us to rethink how we live. And that...
AI May Revolutionize Sea Ice Warnings
For vessels that journey into the polar seas, keeping control of the spread of sea ice is critical, which means that large resources are spent to collect data and determine future developments to provide reliable sea ice warnings. As of now, large resources are needed...
AI Model Predicts Slope Failure in Open-pit Mines
Slope collapse is a critical hazard in open-pit mines as it can be of any scale, small or large, and directly affect people, equipment, and production processes (Fig. 1). Therefore, analysis and calculation of slope stability are of vital importance for...
Geek+ Raises $50M to Bring Autonomous Warehouse Robots to the U.S.
As COVID-19 continues to bolster the global delivery and logistics market, warehouse robotics startup Geek+ today announced it has extended its series C funding round to $200 million, up from $150 million in July 2019. The company says the deal,...
Feds Push AV Companies to Report Problems
Federal safety regulators on Monday launched an effort to get companies working on autonomous vehicle technology to share more data about the limits of their systems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is creating an online source so consumers can see...
Zipp Mobility Targets UK e-Scooter Market
Zipp Mobility, the Irish dockless e-scooter start-up, has closed a €300,000 seed investment round and expanded its team to target the UK e-scooter market. The seed funding round was led by a London-based VC and private angel investors. Zipp Mobility, founded by...
