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Inside Funding Circle’s Model for Connecting Small Businesses With Capital

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Can Digital Lending Close the Financing Gap for Small Businesses? The Funding Circle Story What Is Funding Circle and How Does Its Business Lending Platform Work? Small businesses often need external finance to purchase equipment, hire employees, manage cash flow or expand into new markets. Yet obtaining a loan through traditional channels can be a [...] Explore the content: http://dlvr.it/TW3xCb
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High rare earth demand could complicate Europe's offshore wind ambitions

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Wind turbines, devices that can convert energy from the wind into electricity, do not burn fuel during operation and could thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Despite their possible environmental advantages, building these devices depends heavily on the mines and factories supplying the metals they are made of. Explore the content: http://dlvr.it/TVsHTt
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Scientists Discover a Hidden Hydrogen Pathway That Could Transform CO2 Into Valuable Fuel

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Scientists have uncovered an unexpected pathway for hydrogen transfer during catalytic CO2 conversion. A computer model designed to predict how carbon dioxide becomes useful chemicals produced a surprising error: It identified formic acid as the main product instead of methanol. When scientists expanded the model to account for thousands of previously overlooked reactions, its predictions [...] Explore the content: http://dlvr.it/TVsP0n
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Studio Armitage creates Field Shelter for people tending allotments in Nara

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A water tank ballasts this wooden pavilion in Nara, Japan, designed by London practice Studio Armitage as a shelter for people working in the surrounding rice fields and allotments. Named Field Shelter, the demountable structure addresses the absence of a rest spot for locals tending their allotments in the Amagatsuji neighbourhood. Studio Armitage developed the design The post Studio Armitage creates Field Shelter for people tending allotments in Nara appeared first on Dezeen. Explore the content: http://dlvr.it/TVm77C
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MiniMax M3.1 Flash adds faster low-cost agent performance

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MiniMax has released M3.1 Flash through its API, M Plan, and MiniMax Code, with model weights planned for a later release. The company says the model cuts overall agentic-task costs by 70% versus its predecessor, with pricing of $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens. MiniMax also reports output speeds above 200 TPS and benchmark results across coding, computer use, tool use, and cybersecurity. View article on AlternativeTo » More about Minimax Platform | Minimax Platform Alternatives Explore the content: http://dlvr.it/TVznly
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