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World Bank pushes digital data platforms for agriculture

  • Punch Newspapers
  • Published date: 2026-09-22 23:39:27 UTC

The World Bank has proposed national agricultural data platforms to help Nigeria and other African countries build the infrastructure needed for AI in farm Read More: https://punchng.com/world-bank-pushes-digital-data-platforms-for-agriculture/

US brings AI into air traffic control

  • RT
  • Published date: 2026-09-22 22:50:21 UTC

The FAA has launched an AI-powered tool for air traffic control around Washington DC amid concerns over increasingly autonomous systems Read Full Article at RT.com

Web scraping startup Firecrawl closes $75M investment

  • Maria Deutscher
  • Published date: 2026-09-22 22:46:49 UTC

Firecrawl Inc., a provider of web scraping tools for artificial intelligence agents, today announced that it has raised $75 million in funding. Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Smash Ventures led the Series B round. It was joined by Y Combinator, Altos …

Bitdefender built a VPN that hides your AI agent, not you

  • Alina Maria Stan
  • Published date: 2026-09-22 21:45:40 UTC

Security can no longer stop at protecting the person behind the screen. It has to extend to the agent itself acting on their behalf. Ciprian Istrate said that on Tuesday. He runs consumer operations at Bitdefender, and the Romanian company was launching a VPN…

Everything-to-grid could redefine Canada’s electricity future

  • Dr. Tim Sandle
  • Published date: 2026-09-22 21:16:16 UTC

As Canada accelerates electrification, a new energy model known as “everything-to-grid” (X2G) is emerging as a potentially transformative way to balance electricity demand, improve grid resilience, and maximise renewable energy use. The post Everything-to-gri…