White supremacists are the biggest risk to US democracy

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One year ago, thousands of people stormed the US Capitol, ransacking the very buildings at the heart of US democracy. Regardless of whether white supremacy had previously been embraced, side-lined or denied by Americans, here it was on naked display proudly parading through the streets for the entire world to see. Black communities have, of course, been terrorised by white supremacy in all its forms for hundreds of years. But it took Jan 6 to pierce the consciousness of many people – and that should not be the case. The previous year leading up to the Capitol riots had seen a wave of Black Liv… Continue reading “White supremacists are the biggest risk to US democracy”

One killed in Sudan as thousands protest against military

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A Sudanese protester was killed on Thursday while taking part in the latest mass demonstrations demanding a transition to civilian rule after a coup, medics said. The unidentified protester took a “live bullet to the head by the putschist forces as he took part in demonstrations” on Thursday in the capital’s twin city of Omdurman, said the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, part of the pro-democracy movement. The latest killing brings the overall death toll since the October 25 military coup to 58, the committee added. The protester died a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had… Continue reading “One killed in Sudan as thousands protest against military”

Dubai Expo 2020 applies OP Retail’s Counting solution to improve audiences’ visiting experience

SUZHOU, China, Jan. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — In Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE, Columbia Pavilion seeks new technologies to timely analyze their audience preference via passenger flow data, accurate statistics on the booth popularity and real-time occupancy. They have recently cooperated with OP Retail to apply the people counting solution for their exhibition.

Columbia Pavilion applied OP Retail's people counting solution

The Solution OP Retail has deployed in Columbia Pavilion, Expo2020 includes:

1) Installing 3D people counter PC5 at the main entrance & exit, with high-precision stereo vision sensor and 98%+ accuracy customer flow data.

2) Profound customer flow analysis, the exhibitioner of Columbia Pavilion can adjust their staff distribution and service according to the collected data and showcases their cultural assets and innovations in a much intuitive way.

“OP Retail’s high-precision counting solution is very helpful for us in terms of exhibition operating efficiency and service quality. The customer flow report let us find out daily operation flaws from multiple dimensions, so that we can adjust timely and keep our visitors’ experience optimum” said the exhibition director of Columbia Pavilion, who believes that the marketing analysis and foresight are more important than ever. “Any enterprises that depend on brick-and-mortar should make instant and accurate responses to less noticeable market changes in a short period. Empiricism is no longer feasible, and more attention should be paid to enabling technologies.” OP Retail also provides a solution that can monitor the real-time occupancy level and warn the store owner in time as the global pandemic is still severe, providing technical assistance for a safer operation environment of any industries.

About OP Retail

OP Retail,as one of a leading retail technology providers, bringing comprehensive solutions for retailers from in-depth customer traffic analysis such as people counting, Heatmap, to store operation standardization like store inspection and smart OA. Covering almost 70% of top pharmacy stores in China, OP Retail has helped more than 2,000 well-known brands and 300,000 stores globally. Learn more by visiting www.opretail.com.

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CGTN: CMG blazes a trail with world’s first 5G livestreaming studio on high-speed train

BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Livestreaming ultra-high-definition (UHD) videos from a bullet train moving at 350 kilometers per hour must surely be an extremely tall order, but the China Media Group (CMG) has never been one to shy away from a daunting challenge.

CMG unveiled the new state-of-the-art livestreaming studio on the high-speed railway line connecting Chinese capital Beijing with Olympic co-host city Zhangjiakou on Thursday, showcasing the country’s primacy in multiple fields of cutting-edge technology.

The opening of the studio, which features the novel application of 5G+4K/8K+AI technology in UHD TV live broadcast on a high-speed railway, is a testament to CMG’s commitment to embracing technological innovation and offering premium coverage of the 2022 Olympics to the widest possible audience.

During the unveiling ceremony on Thursday, Shen Haixiong, president of CMG said that it’s the duty and mission of CMG to tell Beijing Winter Olympic stories well and open a new chapter in the promotion of the Olympic Movement, culture and Chinese sportsmanship as an international mainstream media outlet, a Chinese national media group and the host broadcaster.

Shen also spotlighted the difficulty in maintaining reliable and resilient 5G signals in a fast-moving carriage and acknowledged the hard work done by related agencies including China Railway, China Railway Beijing Group, China Unicom, China Mobile as well as CMG, who pooled resources to bring the project to fruition despite the challenging network conditions.

China’s first autonomous high-speed service, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway line went into operation in 2019, reducing the travel time between the two Olympic competition zones from over three hours to 47 minutes. The smart trains are equipped with special areas to store ski gear and doping samples collected and provide wireless charging and intelligent light adjustment.

With less than a month to go before the 2022 Winter Olympics, Beijing is abuzz with anticipation. China hopes hosting the Games will help the country cement its position as a new winter sports destination and bring 300 million people into the fold of winter sports.

For such high stakes, the CMG chief brims with a confident smile. “CMG has always taken it as its mission to promote, report and broadcast the Beijing Winter Olympics,” said Shen. “This is our duty and responsibility,” he added.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-01-06/CMG-unveils-5G-livestreaming-studio-on-high-speed-trains-16AX8gQu7S0/index.html

Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7qVPl_Yce4

Virtue Diagnostics closes $100 million Series B Funding

SHANGHAI, Jan. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Virtue Diagnostics, an innovative IVD company, has just announced closing US$100 million in Series B funding. Virtue Diagnostics, founded in 2019, is focused on clinical tests for China and emerging markets. Sequoia China and Morningside Ventures jointly led the investment round with ORIZA Holdings. Existing investors Lilly Asia Ventures and PerkinElmer Ventures participated while HAOYUE Capital was the exclusive financial advisor.

Virtue Diagnostics is a global, platform-based IVD (In Vitro Diagnostic) company focusing on providing affordable clinical solutions at all disease stages including very early screening, initial diagnosis, treatment monitoring and minimal residual disease management.

Virtue Diagnostics Corporate and R&D headquarters are in Singapore, manufacturing is in Suzhou, China and CRO/Clinical Lab is in Beijing.

China’s future IVD market is driven by local innovation. “Virtue Diagnostics strategy is to introduce new technology platforms by cooperating with global technology companies, developing products and solutions specifically geared for the Chinese market and accelerating the time to market through our highly experienced team of R&D, registration and commercial professionals,” said Johnson Zhang, CEO of Virtue Diagnostics.

Virtue Diagnostics exclusively partnered with PerkinElmer for clinical mass spectrometry in China. The triple quadrupole mass spectrometer, produced by Virtue Diagnostics, launched in Q3-2021 after receiving NMPA approval. Panovue, acquired in 2021, leads in multiplex pathology, providing a full range of solutions for its landscape analysis platform.

While local innovation drives the Chinese IVD market, the IVD industry in many emerging countries is still in its infancy, relying on imported products. Covid-19 pushed governments to strengthen local IVD capabilities with incentives.  Virtue Diagnostics is expanding to bring high quality affordable IVD products to selected emerging markets.

Johnson added: ” Virtue Diagnostics will introduce innovative diagnostic technologies in China and concurrently in emerging markets through mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and local entities. With our rich industry experience, innovation capability and international background we will succeed.

Yunxia Yang, from Sequoia China, said, ” Virtue Diagnostics is building competitive diagnostic technology platforms. The team is highly recognized for their global experience, strong technical know-how and execution. We believe Virtue has high potential to be a global leader. Sequoia China is helping innovative medical device and diagnostic companies grow rapidly, to bring better products to patients faster.”

Lu Huang, from Morningside Ventures said “After 20 years’ development, China’s IVD industry has completed import substitution. Incremental domestic market growth will be brought by technology. Virtue is unique having successful entrepreneurial experience in China and international exposure. The company has grown rapidly making great process. Morningside will utilize its international background, global capital and technology resources to help Virtue become a forerunner in China’s IVD industry.”

About Virtue Diagnostics

Virtue Diagnostics is an innovative IVD company focused on infectious disease, cancer, and chronic diseases.Our goal is to utilize our diverse technology platforms to provide clinical solutions for patients at all disease stages including early screening, initial diagnosis, treatment monitoring and minimal residual disease management.
www.Virtuedx.com

‫إلكتريك كابيتال تصدر تقرير المطور الخاص بها للعام 2021

نشاط مطوري العملات المشفرة يصل ذروته في العام 2021

سان فرانسيسكو، 6 كانون الثاني/يناير، 2022 / PRNewswire/ — أصدرت شركة إلكتريك كابيتال اليوم تقرير المطورين الخاص بها للعام 2021، وهو المعيار المتبع في الصناعة لفهم المشهد عبر منظومات تطوير العملات المشفرة.  وقد قمنا بتحليل ما يقرب من 500 ألف من خزانات الشيفرات و160 مليون شيفرة لإعداد تقرير المطورين الخاص بإلكتريك كابيتال 2021.

وصل نشاط مطوري العملات المشفرة إلى أعلى مستوى له على الإطلاق في العام 2021
كان العام 2021 عامًا مثيرًا عبر Layer 1s و DeFi ومنظومة بلوكتشين  بأكملها.  بعض الأفكار الرئيسية:

  1. وصل العام 2021 إلى أعلى مستوى له على الإطلاق بأكثر من 18 ألف تقرير مطورين نشطين شهريًا
  2. انضم 65٪ من المطورين النشطين في مجال تشفير العملات في العام 2021
  3. كانت شركات Ethereum و Polkadot و Cosmos و Solana و Bitcoin  هي أكبر 5 منظومات مطورة للعملات المشفرة

شركتا إيثيريوم وبيتكوين تواصلان النمو

أضافت شركتا إيثيريوم وبيتكوين مطورين في العام 2021، بنمو بلغ 42٪ و 9٪ على التوالي.  تواصل إيثيريوم امتلاك أكبر منظومة من الأدوات والتطبيقات والبروتوكولات، بمجتمع مطورين يبلغ 2.8 ضعف حجم ثاني أكبر منظومة تالية.  تستقطب إيثيريوم20٪  من إجمالي مطوري التشفير الجدد، وتتمتع بأفضل احتفاظ بالمطورين الذين ظلوا مع هذه الشركات بعد العام الرابع.

ما هي المنظومات الأسرع نموا؟  

كانت شركات Ethereum و Polkadot و Cosmos و Solana و Bitcoin  أكبر 5 منظومات مطورين في العام 2021.  فقد حققت شركة Solana نموا بخمسة أضعاف،  بينما انتقلت NEAR إلى سادس أكبر منظومة بنمو  بلغ أكثر من 4 أضعاف.  وحققت شركات كل من Polygon و Binance Smart Chain و Cardano  نموا بلغ ضعفين في العام 2021.

سجلت شركات Polkadot و Solana و NEAR و BSC و Avalanche  و Terra نموا أسرع من نمو إيثيريوم في نفس النقطة من تاريخ تطورها.

لمزيد من المعلومات، يرجى قراءة  تقرير مطوري إلكتريك كابيتال 2021 مباشرة.

 حول إلكتريك كابيتال

تعتبر إلكتريك كابيتال شركة رائدة في مجال مراحل التطوير الأولى بمشاريع ويب 3 وبلوكتشين.  نحن نستثمر في العملات المشفرة والشركات القائمة على شبكة بلوكتشين وشركات التكنولوجيا المالية والأسواق.  يقوم فريق المؤسسين والبناة لدينا بتجميع الشيفرات، وتحليل البلوكتشين، وعقد الملفات الشخصية، والمساعدة في تأمين شبكات التشفير، والمساهمة بشكل عام في مجتمع التشفير.  تقرير مطور إلكتريك كابيتال السنوي هو المعيار الصناعي لفهم منظومات المطورين عبر شبكات التشفير.  استثمرت شركة إلكتريك كابيتال ومؤسسوها في شركات تشفير مثل Anchorage و Bitwise و Celo و Coda و DerivaDex و Elrond و dYdX و Lightning Labs و Mobilecoin و Oasis و NEAR.

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