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S’pore Fintech Startup GoBear Ceases Operations After Failing To Raise Additional Funds

Singapore-headquartered financial services and data platform GoBear announced today (Jan 5) that it will be ceasing operations and will begin an “orderly closure of the business”. The firm cited the failure to raise additional funds from existing or new investors as the primary reason for closure. It added that the …

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A New Tool in Treating Mental Illness: Building Design

Research into the health effects of natural and man-made surroundings is spurring the development of psychiatric facilities that feel more residential and welcoming. Residents of the Taube Pavilion in Mountain View, Calif., wake up in private rooms with views of the wooded Santa Cruz Mountains, have breakfast in airy communal …

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Hands-on: Looking Glass Portrait is a window into the holographic data era

Ever since R2-D2 projected a hologram of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars, holographic displays have been a key element in science fiction, spending decades as too futuristic to commercialize anytime soon. Yet as we kick off 2021, a full-color holographic face is actually floating in the middle of …

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