The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture of South Africa, Gayton McKenzie, posted on X saying that Infantino had been “very good to African football”. “Africa should be cautious in joining the public lynching of Infantino. He has been very good to African football. “We can debate his ideas but let’s not forget who has
Some companies want their humanoid robots to fold your clothes. Others want them in the workplace. Sankaet Pathak and his startup Foundation Future Industries have a slightly different goal: producing an all-American super soldier robot. Pathak, the Foundation’s chief executive, says his company plans to begin equipping its humanoids with lethal capabilities soon, although he
Physical credentials used to be all that was needed for identity management in an enterprise. But now that humans work alongside machines and AI agents in digital environments, even identity tools built for the cloud era are proving inadequate. That’s the gap that Israeli startup Oak is trying to stealthily fill, he says. Co-founded by
Gradium, a Paris-based startup that offers voice AI models, reopened its seed round to new investors, including Nvidia, and has now raised $100 million in total for the round, it said Thursday. The company is using the cash to open an office in the Bay Area and compete for talent there, “strengthening its position at
WeWard, an app that offers users rewards for recording their steps, is launching a feature called “Walk Mode” that allows users to restrict the use of their chosen apps until they reach a certain number of steps. The feature is supposed to motivate people to walk while also helping them reduce their screen time, if