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Rivr, a Swiss company that makes stair-climbing delivery robots, has been acquired by US tech giant Amazon for an undisclosed amount. [1]

TOKYO One of the first things you notice in the Tokyo offices of Japanese online messaging service Line is a giant brown cartoon bear sitting in the far corner. [2]

On Jan 13, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, sometimes described as the "green Nobel Prize”, was awarded to Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist at Vrije University Amsterdam who has spent the past three decades studying the workings an... [3]

TOKYO -- Nikkei finalized on Thursday a revision to the methodology of compiling the Nikkei 225 to address cases in which constituent companies list subsidiaries or business units through spinoffs. (confirmed by 2 sources) [5]

TOKYO -- A Japanese public-private consortium is being assembled to bid for a stake in Toshiba's newly spun-off memory unit in hopes of heading off potential outflows of technology and talent from the country, it was learned Friday. [6]

James Shwe Our struggle for a free Myanmar is being deliberately complicated. The junta’s propaganda is expected, but a more insidious challenge is the discordant chorus of voices abroad that distorts our mission. [7]

Waiv, a Paris-based medical testing startup spun out of biotech unicorn Owkin, has raised a $33m funding round co-led by OTB Ventures and Alpha Intelligence Capital. [8]

SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets) -- Singapore's fourth mobile telecom operator will be spun off from Australia-listed parent TPG Telecom, raising questions about the strength of its finances as it prepares to launch a service in the city-state. [9]

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[1] FI sifted.eu · 2026-03-20 · 40% match

Amazon buys ETH robotics spinout Rivr

Rivr, a Swiss company that makes stair-climbing delivery robots, has been acquired by US tech giant Amazon for an undisclosed amount.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-01-25 · 85% match

How Line spun a cast of quirky characters into chat app gold

TOKYO One of the first things you notice in the Tokyo offices of Japanese online messaging service Line is a giant brown cartoon bear sitting in the far corner.

[3] MY www.thestar.com.my · 2026-02-24 · 40% match

Meet the scientist who is the 'World champion of fungus'

On Jan 13, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, sometimes described as the "green Nobel Prize”, was awarded to Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist at Vrije University Amsterdam who has spent the past three decades studying the workings an

[4] MM economictimes.indiatimes.com · 2026-03-14 · 30% match

Robot Phone is here: Honor unveils prototype with AI features at Mobile World Congress

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-07-24 · 43% match

Nikkei finalizes rule change for spinoff listings in Nikkei 225

TOKYO -- Nikkei finalized on Thursday a revision to the methodology of compiling the Nikkei 225 to address cases in which constituent companies list subsidiaries or business units through spinoffs.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-08 · 57% match

Japanese alliance for Toshiba Memory investment taking shape

TOKYO -- A Japanese public-private consortium is being assembled to bid for a stake in Toshiba's newly spun-off memory unit in hopes of heading off potential outflows of technology and talent from the country, it was learned Friday.

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-11-12 · 30% match

Our Revolution’s Message is Simple: The Myanmar Junta Must Go

James Shwe Our struggle for a free Myanmar is being deliberately complicated. The junta’s propaganda is expected, but a more insidious challenge is the discordant chorus of voices abroad that distorts our mission.

[8] FI sifted.eu · 40% match

Owkin spinout Waiv raises $33m to scale AI-powered medical testing

Waiv, a Paris-based medical testing startup spun out of biotech unicorn Owkin, has raised a $33m funding round co-led by OTB Ventures and Alpha Intelligence Capital.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-08-30 · 33% match

TPG Telecom plans to spin off Singapore's fourth telco

SINGAPORE (Nikkei Markets) -- Singapore's fourth mobile telecom operator will be spun off from Australia-listed parent TPG Telecom, raising questions about the strength of its finances as it prepares to launch a service in the city-state.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-10-05 · 30% match

Singapore startup lends Japan's aging factory workers robot hand

SINGAPORE -- Eureka Robotics, a robotics startup spun off from one of Singapore's leading universities, is making a foray into Japan, hoping to transform the country's manufacturing through AI, the company CEO told Nikkei Asia.

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