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Aurora borealis forecast expands as strong solar storm hits Earth. Here’s what to know

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The sun is at the maximum phase of its 11-year activity cycle , making the light displays more common and widespread. sea mines off the coast of Vietnam. The strength of the light show will depend on how Earth’s magnetic field interacts with the solar bursts, said Shawn Dahl at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.

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Vietnam triples its clean energy goals, aims to get 16% of its power from solar

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Vietnam is revising its energy plans to focus more on large solar farms and less on reliance on coal and natural gas. But Vietnam also is emphasizing expansion of large solar farms to meet soaring demand for power generation. But while it’s building clean power capacity, Vietnam is also ramping up use of coal.

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Pillow wants to make crypto saving and investing easy for new users

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It also recently expanded into Nigeria, Ghana and Vietnam, among other markets. Pillow supports deposits and withdrawals with fiat currency through local partnerships in Nigeria, the Philippines and Vietnam, with plans to add more across Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America with its new funding.

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Known for 5G mmWave testing solutions, Taiwan’s TMYTEK sets its sights on base stations

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TMYTEK has manufacturing partners across Asia, including Inventec in Taiwan, and factories in Vietnam and Thailand, in addition to China. It lets researchers create 16 beams and control the signal’s amplitude and phase with software, so they can test how it works with antennas and other hardware more quickly. China trade war.

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Employment Hero gets $140M AUD Series E led by Insight Partners, grows valuation to $800M AUD

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After that, it plans to localize Employment Hero for Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Its customer-centric solutions have been embraced globally by the small and medium business community and we are looking forward to supporting them through this next phase of their expansion journey.”.

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Predicting the next wave of Southeast Asia tech giants

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It remains at a relatively nascent phase expansion in the technology industry but is at the same time developed enough to have a 400-million-strong internet user base. However, these companies only represent the highlights of what is a blossoming startup ecosystem. Southeast Asia is hitting a sweet spot.

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Hatch, a neobank for SMBs, launches with $20M in funding from investors like Kleiner Perkins, Foundation and Plaid’s founders

TechCrunch

My parents immigrated here from Vietnam after the war and were like so many immigrants to the States to start small businesses. I think a lot of what I appreciate about Square’s mission of economic empowerment for small businesses also really resonated with my own family story,” he said. “My