Photos: Caged orangutan found in Indonesian politician’s home

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Mongabay

MEDAN, Indonesia — A politician arrested on charges of bribery last month in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province was also found to be keeping several rare animals as as illegal pets, including a caged orangutan, making him the latest public official in the heavily forested Southeast Asian country to be caught with protected species in his home. Terbit Rencana Perangin Angin, the elected leader of Langkat district, North Sumatra, was initially charged with taking bribes related to the procurement of goods and services, but when investigators from the nation’s anti-corruption agency raided his ho… Continue reading “Photos: Caged orangutan found in Indonesian politician’s home”

Intel and Alphawave Announce Partnership for Intel Foundry Services

Alphawave IP will be a key anchor member of Intel Foundry Services Accelerator – IP Alliance focusing on leading-edge connectivity solutions

LONDON and CHANDLER, Ariz. and TORONTO, Feb. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alphawave IP (LN:AWE), a global leader in high-speed connectivity for the world’s technology infrastructure, is pleased to announce entering a partnership with Intel Foundry Services (“IFS”). Under the partnership, Alphawave IP has joined the IFS Accelerator – IP Alliance as an anchor member, focused on providing leading-edge connectivity solutions for mutual customers with IFS.

Tony Pialis, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alphawave stated, “the leadership team at Alphawave IP has a deep heritage of close collaboration with Intel since 2009. When Intel launched IFS, they brought advanced semiconductor capacity online at high scale. Intel Foundry Services offers a wide range of manufacturing services to meet customers’ unique product needs. We are pleased to be an anchor member of the IFS Accelerator – IP Alliance, which will enable our mutual customers to build some of the most advanced semiconductor products in the world, with IFS as their manufacturing one-stop-shop.”

The launch of IFS is a pivotal moment in the semiconductor industry, which has recently grappled with supply shortages, a reduced number of competitors offering high end foundry services, and a lack of suppliers focused on IP for high end connectivity solutions. By combining Intel’s manufacturing and operational prowess with Alphawave IP’s technology leadership in connectivity solutions, the partnership will enable some of the world’s largest chip companies and hyperscalers to build the most advanced semiconductor devices in 2022 and beyond.

“We are excited to announce the IFS Ecosystem Alliance as a major step forward for Intel’s foundry ambitions,” said Randhir Thakur, President, Intel Foundry Services. “We are pleased to have Alphawave IP join the alliance as a charter member focused on the highest-end connectivity solutions. We look forward to working with Alphawave to extend their leadership IP with IFS for the benefit of our mutual global customers.”

About Alphawave IP
Faced with the exponential growth of data, Alphawave’s technology services a critical need: enabling data to travel faster, more reliably and with higher performance at lower power. Alphawave is a global leader in high-speed connectivity for the world’s technology infrastructure. Our IP solutions therefore meet the needs of global tier-one customers in data centers, compute, networking, AI, 5G, autonomous vehicles, and storage.  Founded in Toronto, Canada in 2017, by an expert technical team with a proven track record in licensing semiconductor IP, our mission is to focus on the hardest-to-solve connectivity challenges. To find out more about Alphawave IP, visit: awaveip.com

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Intel is not a related party of Alphawave.

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Gravitate PR for Alphawave IP
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Guillou looks forward to grow her skills with Filipina booters

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Philippine Star

Luisa Morales – Philstar.com February 7, 2022 | 4:44pm MANILA, Philippines — US-born Filipina booter Katrina Guillou is upbeat on being able to come out with her full potential as she continues her stint with the Philippine women’s national football team. A promising prospect, Guillou showed flashes of brilliance in her first five caps for the national team at the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup. Guillou, 28, had two near-goals against Thailand in her national team debut before being able to find the back of the net in the Philippines’ 6-0 rout of Indonesia. She admitted that she has yet to show th… Continue reading “Guillou looks forward to grow her skills with Filipina booters”

Analysis-Singapore bets on niche SPAC listings to capture tech boom

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Reuters UK

By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) – After years of struggling to emerge from the shadows of regional rivals, Singapore Exchange is looking to establish itself as the hub for blank-cheque firms, riding on regulatory overhaul, support by state firms, and a tech boom in its back yard. Encouraged by the flurry of Southeast Asian tech start-ups seeking funding and the bourse’s revised rules, Singapore could list up to a dozen special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) within the next 12-18 months, bankers, venture capitalists, and analysts say. A key test for SGX will come when such companies… Continue reading “Analysis-Singapore bets on niche SPAC listings to capture tech boom”