FleetWorks , a startup co-founded by Quang Tran, has raised US$17 million  to make freight matching faster and smarter. The funding round – led by First Round Capital with participation from Y Combinator, LFX Venture Partners and Saga Ventures – will support hiring, commercial expansion, product management and the growth of the company’s AI-driven logistics platform. FleetWorks’ vision is to automate the manual phone calls, emails and text messages between truckers and broker

Amazon One Medical (“One Medical”) is launching a pay-per-visit virtual healthcare platform for children aged 2-11 . This marks Amazon’s latest move to expand its presence in the healthcare sector. The service does not require insurance or a membership and can help treat a number of issues ranging from pink eye to asthma. Amazon asserted that the service is not meant to replace standing relationships with pediatrician’s, but to serve as a convenient “in-between” for parents w

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences  awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics  to quantum physicists John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.” Quantum mechanics is the study of the behaviour of matter and light on the atomic and subatomic scales. This field of physics is behind some of today’s most transformative technologies, including supercomputers an

Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, is leading an innovative venture in the realm of environmental science and technology. Through his foundation, Schmidt Sciences, he intends to investigate the global carbon cycle. Earth’s oceans make up the most extensive carbon sink on the planet, with the ability to absorb nearly one-third of all CO2 emissions . Despite its small relative size, the Southern Ocean’s carbon capture ability is substantial, accounting for 40% of all ocean

Human performance company WHOOP has launched WHOOP Advanced Labs  (WAL), a new service that combines lab-based diagnostics with 24/7 continuous monitoring to provide a comprehensive view of the wearer’s health and performance. Developed in collaboration with the WHOOP Advisory Board, comprising doctors, researchers and medical professionals, WAL introduces blood testing to compliment their continuous wearable data. Key features of WAL include: ·         testing of critical bi