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Jan 14, 2025 | 
medium.com | Simon Wu
From IPOs to crypto and the rise of vertical AI — Investors weigh in on the trends, technologies and startups to watch in the coming yearSimon Wu·FollowPublished inCathay Innovation·12 min read·--Written by Simon Wu; Edits by Jaclyn HartnettIn the world of tech, startups and venture capital — 2024 can be considered the year of AI tools, transitioning from its initial hype cycle to real world applications.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Ashley K Saito |Matthew Goetz |Simon Wu
When Can a MRSA Nares Swab Guide Antibiotic Stewardship?What the Nose Knows Clinicians treating infections in the hospital often face uncertainty about when coverage for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is warranted.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
frieze.com | Simon Wu
When Paul P. thinks of boys, he thinks of them lying down, hands on their pale chests. Or looking away, engulfed in green clouds. Or hands in the air, exposing the soft fuzz of their armpits. In his first solo exhibition at Greene Naftali, P. fills three enormous galleries with an array of tiny paintings which date from 2012 to 2024, as well as a series of metal sculptures. Most of the works are portraits.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
ffnews.com | Leading Fintech VCs |Lauren Towner |Fahad Hassan |Simon Wu
Range, the all-in-one AI WealthTech platform, raised $28 million in Series B funding, led by Cathay Innovation and joined by Gradient Ventures and other investors. This round brings the company’s total funding to $40 million. Traditional financial advisors have offered the same types of wealth management services to consumers for decades. Range is overhauling the sector with a new AI engine they created named: Rai.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
frieze.com | Simon Wu
The first thing you will see upon entering Tina Girouard’s retrospective at the Center for Art, Research, and Alliances (CARA) is a loop of floral fabric that hangs down from the second floor. Drawn from a set of 1940s-era fabrics that Girouard received from her mother-in-law, who in turn received them from a relative named Solomon Matlock, the ‘Solomon’s Lot’ fabrics (1970s) recur in various installations and performances across 50 years of her collaborative practice.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
newyorker.com | Simon Wu
In the early days, the boys like to play games. Rock, paper, scissors––loser has to admit his crush. Now, raise your hand if you want to work together. Write a letter to the person you like.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
memoirland.substack.com | Lane Stanley |Mark Mann |Simon Wu |Gloria Alamrew
Welcome to Memoir Land—a newsletter edited by , now featuring four verticals:Memoir Monday, a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web brought to you by Narratively, The Rumpus, Granta, Guernica, Oldster Magazine, Literary Hub, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, and Electric Literature. Below is this week’s curation. First Person Singular, featuring original personal essays. Recently I published “The Doctor Will See You Now” by .
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
theparisreview.org | Simon Wu
By Simon Wu July 18, 2024 When we arrive at the Paradisus, I worry I have made the first of many mistakes. Has Costco failed us? A bland remix of Ed Sheeran wafts up from the swim-up bar in the central courtyard into the lobby. My parents do not drink. They do not like to swim. I worry that Ed Sheeran will follow us to our room. I continue to worry. Three months ago, I called Ramona, a Costco Travel representative, and asked her a question.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Simon Wu
Is the careless or reckless execution of a permitted sport
maneuver negligent? The British Columbia Court of Appeal, in the
recent decision of Miller v Cox, 2024 BCCA 3
("Miller"), upheld the Trial
Judge's findings that the appellant's execution of a slide
tackle in a recreational soccer league game fell below the
requisite standard of care. Accordingly, the appellant was held
liable for the injuries he caused to the respondent.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
momus.ca | Simon Wu
When Paul Pfeiffer was ten years old, he dreamt that he was possessed by the devil. He had just moved from the tropical suburbs of Hawaii to a rural town in the Philippines, where his parents were to be music teachers. “One day I went to sleep in a normal way,” Pfeiffer recounts to Thomas Ruff in a 2004 interview. “Some time in the night I woke up and felt that I was awake, but everything in my bedroom looked different. In fact, I could not feel my body and my sense of space had changed.
