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Magdrive secures seed funding for new propulsion system which could take us to the stars
A startup with a new type of spacecraft propulsion system could make the interplanetary travel seen in “Star Trek” a reality. Magdrive has just closed a £1.4 million seed round led by Fou
Deep Render raises £1.6M for image compression tech that mimics ‘neural processes of the human eye’
Deep Render, a London startup and spin-out of Imperial College that is applying machine learning to image compression, has raised £1.6 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Pentech, with part
A chat about UK deep tech and spin-out success with Octopus Ventures
New research commissioned by UK VC firm Octopus Ventures has put a spotlight on which of the country’s higher education institutions are doing the most to support spin outs. The report compiles
Privacy researchers devise a noise-exploitation attack that defeats dynamic anonymity
Privacy researchers in Europe believe they have the first proof that a long-theorised vulnerability in systems designed to protect privacy by aggregating and adding noise to data to mask individual id
Researchers spotlight the lie of ‘anonymous’ data
Researchers from two universities in Europe have published a method they say is able to correctly re-identify 99.98% of individuals in anonymized data sets with just 15 demographic attributes. Their m
Fabula AI is using social spread to spot ‘fake news’
UK startup Fabula AI reckons it’s devised a way for artificial intelligence to help user generated content platforms get on top of the disinformation crisis that keeps rocking the world of socia
Coursera teams with 5 universities to expand its full masters and bachelors degree programs
With traditional university programs getting more expensive and competitive, we’re seeing a boom in the number of alternative programs that are taking advantage of the internet and more flexible
This team has built adorable tiny backpacks for pigeons to track air pollution
It’s time to take wearable devices to the next level. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.plumelabs.com/">Plume Labs</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.digitaslbi.com/">DigitasLBi</a> have