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Wafr Technologies, a Vancouver-based startup founded in 2025, announced Thursday that it has raised $100 million from private investors to commercialize a cooling technology designed to slash water and energy use at artificial intelligence data centres. The company plans to deploy the capital toward launching…

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Why More Patients Want Confidence, Not Transformation, From Aesthetic Medicine

The aesthetic industry has spent years becoming more visible. Social media played a big role, introducing millions of people to cosmetic procedures that were once discussed behind closed doors. Injectables, skin treatments, and aesthetic medicine entered everyday conversations. At the same time, many patients began…

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Smart Sellers Academy Posts 40% Gross Margins Across 200-Store Portfolio, Pointing to a Managed Model Built for Durability

For most private-label sellers on Amazon, profit margins are the number nobody talks about publicly. Revenue figures travel well in press releases. Margin data rarely does. Smart Sellers Academy, a New York-based e-commerce operator, is an exception. The company, which manages more than 200 active…

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Crusoe Targets $3 Billion Valuation as AI Infrastructure Startups Draw Institutional Capital

AI data center startup Crusoe is in advanced talks to raise approximately $3 billion in a funding round that would nearly triple its valuation to around $30 billion, according to Bloomberg News reporting in early July. The funding round signals intensifying institutional appetite for specialized…

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The water around Mackinac Island slows down from traffic in November. The summer crowds are gone by then, along with the fudge-shop lines, the bicycle rental queues, and the daily ferry traffic that brings more than one million visitors across the tourist season. Eighty-two percent…

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He Started Coding At 14, Now Stefan Fischer Builds Enterprise Platforms At Quantenwerft

Most people meet the web as users. Stefan Fischer met it as a builder, and he was 14 when he started. While other teenagers were finishing homework, Fischer was writing code and running his own online music and movie magazines. He interviewed musicians and entertainment…

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New Mechanism For Treating Hair Loss Gains Traction With Eli Lilly Backing Absci’s ABS-201

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African Tech Startups Face 40 Percent Q2 Funding Decline as Global Capital Concentrates in AI

The global venture capital landscape is fracturing along geographic and sectoral lines. While Israeli AI companies mobilized over $3 billion in June funding and U.S.-based construction…

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Shaping the Future of Leadership: Trends & Insights

Leadership is evolving faster than ever, shaped by emerging technology, shifting workplace expectations, and a renewed focus on human connection. This article gathers perspectives from seasoned…

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Reducing Food Waste at Home: Tips for Lowering Your Carbon Footprint

Americans throw away nearly 40% of the food they buy, contributing significantly to household carbon emissions. This guide compiles practical strategies from sustainability researchers and professional…

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Harriet Newman Cohen is no stranger to success. At 93 years old, she is a formidable presence in New York’s matrimonial courts, and her firm, Cohen Stine Kapoor LLP, remains a fixture in the city’s legal landscape, handling the kind of complex divorces that make…

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Yu Ting Zhu Built a Taobao-Era Fashion Business Before Anyone Believed in the Model. Her Next Bet Is AI luxury, and She Has Three Reasons.

In 2003, Yu Ting Zhu moved her men’s fashion wholesale business onto Taobao when peers told her the model would not work. By the early 2010s,…

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Kerry-Lyn Stanton-Downes: AI Is Not Breaking Your Team. It is Exposing What You Never Had.

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How Girls’ Guide to the World Is Redefining Transformational Travel for Women

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Most people meet the web as users. Stefan Fischer met it as a builder, and he was 14 when he started. While other teenagers were finishing homework, Fischer…

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For many drivers, an accident is a bad afternoon. A few weeks at the body shop, a rental car, a deductible, and life moves on. For the owner…

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