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Dec 8, 2024 | 
cyprus-mail.com | Hallam Stevens |Jean Christou |Tom Cleaver |Theo Panayides
By Hallam StevensOn November 12, United States president-elect Donald Trump announced he would appoint Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to lead a newly constituted Department of Government Efficiency alongside fellow tech billionaire and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. The new department will be tasked with reining in government bureaucracy, curbing government spending, and reducing regulation.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
thehansindia.com | Hallam Stevens
Some “inefficiencies” of public services arise from the fact they are designed to take as many people into account as possible. Provisions and protections for older people, for those with disabilities, for those who may not speak English as a first language, for example, all create the need for more bureaucracy and more regulation. However, these so-called inefficiencies have often evolved in ways aligned with fairness, justice, and inclusivity.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
sunjournal.com | Hallam Stevens
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Hallam Stevens |James Cook
By Hallam Stevens, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, James Cook University
On November 12, United States president-elect Donald Trump announced he would appoint Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to lead a newly constituted Department of Government Efficiency alongside fellow tech billionaire and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Hallam Stevens
On November 12, United States president-elect Donald Trump announced he would appoint Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to lead a newly constituted Department of Government Efficiency alongside fellow tech billionaire and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. The new department will be tasked with reining in government bureaucracy, curbing government spending, and reducing regulation.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
portside.org | Ken Klippenstein |Hallam Stevens |Brandi Buchman |Josh Sweigart
Media Bits and Bytes – October 1, 2024 Published October 1, 2024 The Suppression of Trump’s Vance DossierSam Altman’s AI ManifestoDoc Goes to the Heart of MAGA ViolenceInside the Springfield OH News-SunThe End of Musical App FinaleWhat Computers Can’t DoDo You Need a Virtual Private Network?
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | James Cook |Hallam Stevens
By now, many of us are probably familiar with artificial intelligence hype. AI will make artists redundant! AI can do lab experiments! AI will end grief! Even by these standards, the latest proclamation from OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, published on his personal website this week, seems remarkably hyperbolic. We are on the verge of “The Intelligence Age”, he declares, powered by a “superintelligence” that may just be a “few thousand days” away.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Hallam Stevens |Harrison Polites
Retail media adtech Zitcha has raised $15 million in a Series A as it looks to set up shop in the US. The round was led by US fund VMG Partners with support from existing investor OIF Ventures, which backed 2022’s $4.7 million Seed raise. It’s VMG Technology’s – the firm’s stage-agnostic venture arm – first investment in an Australian business. Zitcha CEO Troy Townsend is relocating to the US to head up a new US office and hire sales and customer success teams.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Hallam Stevens |Harrison Polites
Business lender Fundabl is rebranding as it ramps up its focus on venture debt for startups. The three-year-old fintech will be known as Mighty Partners from October, changing its name just 10 weeks after announcing a $3.2 million raise from the likes of Stake founder and existing investor Matt Leibowitz. Ethan Singer and David Salkinder founded Might Partners in 2021, then launched in March 2022, going on to pocket $16 million in a mixture of equity and debt later that year.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Hallam Stevens |Harrison Polites |Ritesh Chugh
Astrix Astronautics cfounders Will Hunter and Max Daniels and chair Helen RobinsonSeven Kiwi startups spanning space, health and cleantech have scored NZ$17.5 million in government funding under the country’s Ārohia Trailblazer grants program. The program, administered by the New Zealand government’s innovation agency, Callaghan Innovation, backs startups with global potential.
