Author: Akin Naphtal

I’m delighted to share the news that Melanie Nakagawa will join Microsoft in January as our new Chief Sustainability Officer. Reporting directly to me as a Corporate Vice President, Melanie will partner with teams across Microsoft and take on the leadership role for our company-wide environmental sustainability work. Melanie brings to Microsoft almost two decades of environmental sustainability experience at the nexus of policy, business and technology, which will be vital as we continue our sustainability journey. She most recently served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Climate and Energy on the National Security Council at…

Diesel generators are staples at construction sites, movie sets, or anywhere portable power is needed. But they are dirty, emitting carbon dioxide as any other fuel-burning engine does. While big legacy companies like Generac and Caterpillar are beginning to offer small battery-powered units in addition to their larger diesel generator lines, California-based startup Moxion Power is focused entirely on this new power frontier. It is building high-powered, mobile energy storage technology that can be used pretty much anywhere. “We design, engineer and manufacture all of the core technologies that we use. So we’re not buying someone else’s battery module. We…

Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions, has announced that Robert Rango, formerly the President and Chief Executive Officer of Enevate Corporation and Executive Vice President of Broadcom’s Mobile and Wireless Group, will join the Board of Directors of Microchip effective January 3, 2023. With this appointment, Microchip’s Board will be comprised of 8 members. Commenting on Robert Rango’s appointment to the board, Microchip’s Executive Chair, Steve Sanghi, said, “Mr. Rango most recently served as the CEO of Enevate Corporation, a privately held technology company. As a leader with over 40 years of…

In a bid to creating a rich and diverse working environment, Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, has stated its plan in investing in mentoring technology with Connectr to elevate its employee learning and progression. Phoenix Group was seeking a progression, development and retention tool that delivered impact at scale across their pension savings and life insurance brands.Adopting Connectr’s technology, Phoenix Group will deliver agile, always-on support that connects employees across the entire business to grow their knowledge and expertise through peer-to-peer mentoring programmes. Leveraging Connectr’s platform, Phoenix Group is creating a unified culture of support…

Updraft, an open banking-powered app designed to form positive financial habits, has raised £108m in a joint equity and debt funding round. According to the company founder and CEO, Aseem Munshi, Updraft is trying to “provide real solutions to customers to help them find their financial freedom”. Updraft provides what it describes as fair loans at a lower cost to users’ credit. The app also provides information to help improve customers’ financial habits. Updraft uses open banking to connect to customers’ banks to approve loan applications. “We have big ambitions planned for 2023, and this recent fundraiser puts us in…

Nightingale Intelligence Systems, a autonomous drone security company, is rounding out an outstanding year by signing new accounts, including; Haliburton, one the world’s largest providers of products and services for the ever-evolving needs of the energy industry; and Iron Mountain, a NYSE-listed enterprise information management services company with a global footprint. With notable existing clients including the US Air Force, Ineos, Lyondell Bassell, Sanofi and Snowy Hydro, Nightingale has charted unparalleled growth since its inception only a few years ago, demonstrating the Company’s versatility of its proprietary technology across multiple industries, as well as its strategy of focusing on physical…

Perth technology start-up Harvest Technology Group and drone solutions provider Carbonix have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will see the two Australian companies take off faster as they join forces to deliver “beyond horizon” drone operations in remote locations. Technology start-up Harvest Technology Group (ASX: HTG) (Harvest) and drone manufacturer Carbonix have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which will allow the two Australian companies to deliver untethered “beyond horizon” drone operations. Harvest Chief Executive Officer Paul Guilfoyle said this collaboration will see Harvest bring network-optimised remote connectivity to Carbonix’s fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drones. “In…

Cloudflare, the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, today announced a new Impact Initiative to provide Zero Trust security at no cost to small and medium critical infrastructure organisations around the world. This new program, named Project Safekeeping, aims to protect under-resourced organisations that provide a critical community benefit but are at high risk for cyberattacks, with initial efforts focused in Australia, Germany, Japan, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO, Cloudflare. said, “We know cyberattacks are on the rise and that critical infrastructure is a common target. But we know that…

Under normal business circumstances, cyber-attacks are an ever-increasing problem causing trillions of dollars in losses. Almost every business in 2022 has faced challenges, with tight budgets, talent shortages, stressed out, cash-strapped employees – and business owners facing the same rising costs as everyone else. Unfortunately, almost every business has looked for ways to save money, whether that’s surveying the internet for websites like Latest Deals that offers voucher codes on essential business supplies, or getting rid of services and costs they think aren’t necessary. However, when it comes to technology spending, there’s one area that it really isn’t worth skimping…

Netflix, the giant streaming platform is planning to launch its own video game studio. The announcement has been made this September and received a wide range of reactions.Some of the loyal Netflix fans were happy about the news and said they were looking forward to playing Netflix’s original games. Others believed that this decision is only a means to raise sales numbers after the platform had already taken other measures for this exact purpose. In case you didn’t know, in April 2022 Netflix announced that it lost 200.000 subscribers in the first three months of the year, which was the…