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Attack surface management platform vendor Liongard kicked off 2025 with the appointments of David Powell as the company’s new chief revenue officer and Brook Lee as its new VP of Community and Channel. Lee spoke with Channel Insider to share more about why she joined the Liongard team and how her role will impact partners.…

Researchers develop a way to power wearables through human skin

January 22, 2025

The dream of battery-free devices has taken an unlikely turn, as Carnegie Mellon researchers debuted Power-Over-Skin. The technology allows for electrical currents to travel through human skin in a bid to power things like blood sugar monitors, pacemakers, and even consumer wearables like smartglasses fitness trackers. Researchers note the tech is still in “early stages.”…

StarHub and Nokia partner on network APIs to ‘drive 5G and 4G application development’ in enterprise verticals

January 22, 2025

Working closely with developers, the two companies are targeting new applications for enterprises in banking, finance, ports, online streaming, and the public sector. StarHub’s 5G and 4G networks will connect to Nokia’s Network as Code platform with developer portal to give developers a seamless pathway for creating new applications. Singaporean telecommunications conglomerate Starhub, with over…

StarHub and Nokia partner on network APIs to ‘drive 5G and 4G application development’ in enterprise verticals

January 22, 2025

e& and IBM partner to launch AI governance platform

January 22, 2025

UAE telco e& has partnered with IBM to launch an end-to-end GenAI governance solution, announced this week at the World Economic Forum 2025 in Davos.

Samsung Unpacked: Samsung’s Galaxy S25 will support Content Credentials to identify AI-generated images

January 22, 2025

Another tidbit just dropped following Wednesday’s Samsung Unpacked event. This one comes courtesy of Adobe, which notes that the new Galaxy S25 line will be the first handsets to support the Content Credentials standard, aimed at labeling AI-generated content as such. The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) group — of which Samsung is…

Three UK selects Ericsson to build 9 Tbps mobile packet core

January 22, 2025

Mobile operator Three UK has selected telecoms equipment vendor Ericsson to build its next generation cloud-native core network, which Ericsson claims will be the largest in Europe more than tripling its core capacity to 9 Tbps.

This Week in AI: OpenAI gains an invaluable infrastructure advantage

January 22, 2025

Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. OpenAI is making gains at the expense of its chief rivals. On Tuesday, the company announced the Stargate Project, a new joint venture involving Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, Oracle, and others to build AI infrastructure for OpenAI in…

Streaming service Plex gets more social with public profiles and reviews

January 22, 2025

Streaming service Plex has long since grown beyond its original focus of being a home for personal media to offer a more comprehensive solution for discovering, streaming, and sharing content across services, including Plex’s own ad-supported free TV and movies. More recently, the company added social networking features, which it’s today expanding with its rollout…

Zombie nuclear reactors could be revived thanks to AI data center demand

January 22, 2025

Hoping to capitalize on the data center power boom, state-owned utility Santee Cooper is looking for partners to finish construction on two incomplete reactors. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Samsung Galaxy S25 line compared

January 22, 2025

Samsung revealed three new additions to its Galaxy smartphone line at Samsung Unpacked 2025 on Wednesday. The news didn’t bring too many surprises, as the line maintains its usual tiered system with the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra. The news finds the hardware in line with the rest of the mobile industry…

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 arrives with a better Google Gemini

January 22, 2025

At Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday, the company unveiled the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra. Google marked the occasion with a slew of Android updates, including key updates to its AI assistant, Gemini. Starting today, users can access an improved Gemini, which integrates into apps and services across a device. In…

Google makes Circle to Search more helpful

January 22, 2025

At Samsung Unpacked 2025 on Wednesday, Google announced that it’s updating Circle to Search to make it easier for users to find information and get things done. The feature, which launched last year, allows people to search from anywhere on their phone by using gestures like circling, highlighting, scribbling, or tapping. Now Google is expanding…

Samsung Unpacked 2025: Google is bringing improved hearing aid features

January 22, 2025

Alongside a slew of announcements tied to Samsung’s Galaxy S25 launch at Samsung Unpacked 2025 on Wednesday, Google announced a pair of accessibility improvements for Android. This includes improvements to the screen reader, along with hearing aid functionality. The hearing aid updates arrive after Google expanded the offering as part of its Android 15 rollout.…

The Samsung Galaxy S25’s side button fires up Google Gemini

January 22, 2025

A new day has dawned for the Samsung side button. At Samsung Unpacked 2025 on Wednesday, the company announced a small — but meaningful — tweak arriving on the Galaxy S25 line. As it continues to focus more efforts on mobile AI, Samsung is offering up easier access to Google Gemini, by way of the…

Samsung’s AI-focused Galaxy S25 Ultra ships February 7 for $1,300

January 22, 2025

Samsung on Wednesday announced the latest additions to its Galaxy S flagship smartphone line at the company’s annual Samsung Unpacked 2025. As suspected, the defining characteristic of the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra is the company’s continued focus on mobile AI — a fact that hardly distinguishes the consumer electronics giant from the rest…

Samsung’s SmartThings to introduce AI features that simplify your daily routines

January 22, 2025

On Wednesday, Samsung unveiled how SmartThings, its smart home platform, will introduce AI features that allow users to simplify their everyday life through ambient sensing technology and generative AI. At Samsung Unpacked 2025, the company said the upcoming “Home AI” features will gather insights from a user’s everyday life to create personalized experiences. Samsung shared…

Rimini Street announces Rimini Protect Advanced Hypervisor Security for VMware, Nutanix and all other Linux-based Hypervisors

January 22, 2025

Rimini Protect Advanced Hypervisor Security is embedded into the industry-leading Rimini Support for VMware solution that replaces VMware annual maintenance at substantial savings and extends the supportable lifespan of existing VMware licenses for many years COMPANY NEWS: Rimini Street, a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support and innovation solutions and the leading third-party support…

Elon Musk and Sam Altman take to social media to fight over Stargate

January 22, 2025

Billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are fighting on X about Stargate, the enormous infrastructure project to build data centers for OpenAI across the U.S. Stargate, announced Tuesday during a press conference at the White House, would funnel as much as $500 billion from investors including SoftBank and Middle East AI fund MGX…

Samsung Unpacked 2025: Here’s how to watch and what we expect

January 22, 2025

The biggest reveal from CES press conference may well have been another press conference. The hardware giant closed out the main event by teasing the company’s upcoming show. The next Samsung Unpacked event is set for today at 10 a.m. PT, 1 p.m. ET. As with all recent Unpacked events, the big show will be…

Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in “horribly shortsighted” decision

January 22, 2025

Data Privacy Day Commentary

January 22, 2025

GUEST OPINION: As Data Privacy Day approaches, discussions often lean toward pessimism, with increased cyber threats and exposed data dominating the narrative. However, it’s important to recognise the positive strides made in Australia throughout 2024, building the right foundations to protect data privacy with key privacy reforms passing through Parliament and a reduction in the…

Data Privacy Day Commentary

January 22, 2025

GUEST OPINION: On Data Privacy Day, we are reminded of the critical importance of safeguarding personal information and empowering organisations to protect their digital assets. In an era where data is a key currency, it’s vital to prioritise transparency, trust, and the responsible use of information to foster a secure digital environment for all Australians.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 tickets now on sale: Lowest rates ever

January 22, 2025

We’re kicking things off earlier than ever! TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 tickets are officially on sale. Don’t miss your chance to snag them at the lowest rates of the year! Immerse yourself in the epicenter of tech innovation at Disrupt 2025! From October 27–29, Moscone West in San Francisco transforms into the global hub for technology…

YouTube launches speed controls and high-quality audio tests for Premium users

January 22, 2025

YouTube said Wednesday that it is adding new experimental features for Premium users, including high-quality audio, faster playback speed option on mobile, and the ability to “jump ahead” on the web to skip to the more intriguing part of the video. The company routinely tests new features that users can activate from youtube.com/new. The company said…

Anthropic reportedly secures an additional $1B from Google

January 22, 2025

Anthropic has reportedly raised around $1 billion from Google as the AI company looks to deliver a number of major product updates this year. First reported by the Financial Times, Google’s fresh investment brings the tech giant’s total stake in Anthropic to around $3 billion. Google poured $2 billion into Anthropic late last year. Anthropic,…

Conduent confirms outage was due to a cybersecurity incident

January 22, 2025

U.S. government contractor Conduent, which provides technology to support services such as child support and food assistance, has confirmed that a recent outage was caused by a cybersecurity incident. Conduent confirmed the disruption, which left some U.S. residents without access to support payments, to TechCrunch on Tuesday but declined to say whether the outage was…

Elastic completes the Infosec Registered Assessors Program at Protected Level

January 22, 2025

Search AI company Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) has completed the Infosec Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment at the PROTECTED level for Elastic Cloud.

Trump open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok

January 22, 2025

President Donald Trump has said he would be open to Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle chairman Larry Ellison buying TikTok as part of join venture with the U.S. government. Trump was asked at a press conference on Tuesday if he was open to “Elon buying TikTok.” He responded that he would be, and added:…

Databricks closes $15.3B financing at $62B valuation, Meta joins as ‘strategic investor’

January 22, 2025

Data analytics platform Databricks has confirmed that it has closed a previously announced $10 billion in Series J equity financing at a $62 billion valuation. The San Francisco-based company also added a further $5.25 billion in debt financing, funded by JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, among other “leading financial institutions and alternative…

BlueVoyant ‘strengthens board with cybersecurity leader’ Rob Joyce

January 22, 2025

Cybersecurity company BlueVoyant has announced the appointment of Rob Joyce as an independent director on its board.

What PowerSchool isn’t saying about its ‘massive’ student data breach

January 22, 2025

What PowerSchool isn’t saying about its ‘massive’ student data breach

January 22, 2025

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January 22, 2025

What PowerSchool isn’t saying about its ‘massive’ student data breach

January 22, 2025

Postman launches an AI agent builder on top of its API platform

January 22, 2025

Since it was founded in 2014, India-based Postman has made a name for itself as one of the most popular platforms for building and using APIs, with 500,000 organizations now using the service. Like with so many other SaaS services, though, its valuation today is reportedly down from its $5.6 billion high in 2021. But…

Ramp encroaches into digital bank territory with new treasury product

January 22, 2025

Over the years, Ramp has built a name for itself in the corporate card and expense management space. It’s branched out into travel, bill pay, and more, while raising over $1.2 billion in venture funding. Today, the six-year-old fintech startup is announcing a different kind of expansion — one that takes it into more of…

Qualtrics and SAP announce new partnership to ‘help organisations deliver great employee experiences’

January 22, 2025

Experience management company Qualtrics and SAP, have announced a new partnership helping organisations bring together the power of SAP SuccessFactors and Qualtrics XM to “improve employee experience, reduce unwanted employee attrition, retain and develop top performers, improve employee engagement, and increase productivity.”

Trustwave unveils 2025 cybersecurity threat report for energy and utilities sector, highlights surge in ransomware attacks

January 22, 2025

GUEST RESEARCH: Trustwave, a leading cybersecurity and managed security services provider, has released a series of reports detailing the threats facing the energy and utilities sector, which is increasingly targeted due to its critical role in supporting national and global infrastructures.

Sales knowledge automation platform 1up gets a third of its customer leads from memes

January 22, 2025

When George Avetisov was the founder and CEO of cybersecurity startup HYPR, he spent a lot of time in the trenches with the company’s sales team. He quickly realized that regardless of how good his sales team was, they were consistently pulling in other departments to answer customer questions or fill out technical questionnaires. “They…

Doti gives enterprises a flexible AI-powered search experience to unlock their data silos

January 22, 2025

As enterprises look at how they can best leverage AI to increase their employees’ productivity, search is an obvious use case. In most companies, after all, data lives in multiple disconnected silos and the combination of large language models, retrieval augmented generation (RAG) and enterprise-grade integration services now makes it easier than ever to not…

Celonis and Ecosystem Partners launch new Process Intelligence Apps

January 22, 2025

Celonis continues to grow its partner App portfolio, today announcing four new applications including one to keep companies on scope and on budget when migrating their SAP ERP systems.

Sysdig Unveils Stratoshark, Enabling Millions of Network Professionals to Bring Their Security Experience to the Cloud

January 22, 2025

Stratoshark, described as “Wireshark for the Cloud,” builds on the open source legacy of Wireshark and Falco to deliver unmatched visibility for cloud-native environments in a familiar platform

Entrust Helps Businesses Fight Fraud with New AI-powered Facial Biometric Authentication Capability

January 22, 2025

Entrust Identity as a Service (IDaaS) now enables facial biometric authentication by verifying users against their encrypted biometric identifierstored on-device, enabling compliance and new fraud protection options

Lindus Health raises $55M to ‘fix the broken clinical trial industry’

January 22, 2025

A four-year-old London startup backed by Peter Thiel has raised a $55 million Series B round as it sets about “fixing the broken clinical trial industry.” The announcement comes as artificial intelligence is shaping up to revolutionize drug discovery and development, in turn spurring demand for a streamlined clinical trial process to help get new…

Entrust Recognised as Innovation Leader in Frost & Sullivan’s 2024 Frost Radar for Customer Identity and Access Management

January 22, 2025

The scalable Entrust CIAM solution features cutting-edge innovation, and advanced fraud prevention

Google hit with $12.6M fine in Indonesia for monopolistic practices in payment system

January 22, 2025

Indonesia’s antitrust agency KPPU fined Google 202.5 billion Rupiahs, equivalent to $12.6 million, on Wednesday for antitrust violation related to its payment system services for the Google Play Store. The KPPU ordered the search giant to cease the mandatory use of Google Play Billing in the Google Play Store. It also asked Google to let…

Hindustan Unilever acquires Peak XV-backed Minimalist for over $340M

January 22, 2025

Hindustan Unilever has agreed to acquire beauty startup Minimalist for about $342 million, marking its latest push to expand in India’s fast-growing premium skincare market. The consumer goods giant will initially acquire a 90.5% stake in the four-year-old direct-to-consumer brand through secondary buyouts and primary investment, with the remaining 9.5% to be purchased from founders…

UK appoints ex-Amazon executive Doug Gurr as interim chair of antitrust body

January 22, 2025

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has a new interim chairman: former Amazon executive Doug Gurr (pictured above). The announcement comes as the U.K. seeks to position itself as a pro-growth, pro-tech nation by cutting red-tape and bureaucracy, with artificial intelligence (AI) taking center stage. The country is also nearing the end of a…

Vertice raises $50M for its AI-powered SaaS spend platform

January 22, 2025

London startup Vertice has made a name for itself over the years in the very crowded world of expense management with a focus on applying AI to optimize a single area where businesses, collectively, are currently sinking hundreds of billions of dollars in IT budgets that are exceeding $5 trillion annually: software and cloud spend.…

Truecaller brings real-time caller ID to iPhone users

January 21, 2025

Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

January 21, 2025

President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous dark web exchange Silk Road, which was best known as a once-thriving online marketplace for illegal drugs. Trump announced the news in a Truth Social post, saying the pardon was in honor of Ulbricht’s mother and the Libertarian movement. In 2015, a federal…

Microsoft is no longer OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider

January 21, 2025

Microsoft was once the exclusive provider of data center infrastructure for OpenAI to train and run its AI models. No longer. As part of Stargate, OpenAI’s massive new AI infrastructure deal with SoftBank, Oracle, and others, Microsoft says it has signed a new agreement with OpenAI that gives it “right of first refusal” on new…

OpenAI teams up with SoftBank and Oracle on $500B data center project

January 21, 2025

OpenAI says that it will team up with Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and with Oracle, along with others, to build multiple data centers for AI in the U.S. The joint venture, called The Stargate Project, will begin with a large data center project in Texas and eventually expand to other states. The companies expect to commit $100…

Amperesand targets data centers as the next big customer for its solid-state transformers

January 21, 2025

Startup founders flooded inauguration parties hopeful for dealmaking

January 21, 2025

Patrik Hammarén appointed as President of Nokia Technologies and member of the Nokia Group Leadership Team

January 21, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Nokia today announced the appointment of Patrik Hammarén as President of Nokia Technologies and member of the Nokia Group Leadership Team, effective 22 January 2025.

Meta is building Oakley smart glasses for athletes: report

January 21, 2025

Meta’s Reality Labs is expanding its lineup of AI smart glasses with a new pair of Oakley-branded spectacles targeted at athletes, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Bloomberg reports the new smart glasses, with which Meta seeks to capitalize on the Ray-Ban Meta’s success, will be based on Oakley’s Sphaera glasses, and will shift the camera…

Perplexity launches Sonar, an API for AI search

January 21, 2025

Perplexity on Tuesday launched an API service called Sonar, allowing enterprises and developers to build the startup’s generative AI search tools into their own applications. “While most generative AI features today have answers informed only by training data, this limits their capabilities,” Perplexity wrote in a blog post. “To optimize for factuality and authority, APIs…

Trump targets EV charging funding programs Tesla benefits from

January 21, 2025

President Donald Trump is trying to halt the flow of funding for EV charging infrastructure from two programs that Tesla has benefitted from — the latest example of how Elon Musk’s political interests seem to be at odds with his car company’s goal of advancing sustainable energy. It’s not a given that Trump’s gambit will…

Govtech giant Conduent won’t rule out cyberattack as outage drags on

January 21, 2025

It’s a space race for the AI era: Trump kicks off $US500 billion Stargate Project

January 21, 2025

On day two of his second term, USA President Donald Trump has announced the Stargate Project – a massive half-trillion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence instrastructure in the United States.

EXA Infrastructure to acquire transatlantic subsea operator Aqua Comms

January 21, 2025

Global infrastructure investment manager EXA Infrastructure has signed binding agreements to acquire Aqua Comms, a specialist owner/operator of significant Transatlantic and intra-European subsea infrastructure.

Spotify introduces educational audio courses, starting in the UK

January 21, 2025

Spotify is expanding its streaming service to now include educational courses in addition to music, podcasts, and audiobooks. The company on Tuesday announced the launch of a new feature called courses, which will allow users to learn about topics in areas like business, tech, lifestyle, music, and more. The feature will initially be made available…

Spotify’s educational audio courses could be coming to U.S.

January 21, 2025

Spotify is expanding its streaming service to now include educational courses in addition to music, podcasts, and audiobooks. The company on Tuesday referenced one of its newer features called courses, which allow users to learn about topics in areas like business, tech, lifestyle, music, and more. The feature is initially being piloted in the U.K.,…

Trump moves to sink offshore wind

January 21, 2025

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Meta lures TikTok creators with $5K bonuses, content deals, free verification

January 21, 2025

Meta is luring TikTok creators over to its platforms with the promise of cash bonuses, content deals, and support to grow their communities. The company announced on Tuesday that eligible TikTok creators will be able to earn “up to” $5,000 in bonuses over three months for posting Reels on Facebook and Instagram. These creators will…

Funding to fintechs continues to decline, but at a slower pace

January 21, 2025

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at just how much fintech startups raised in 2024, a slew of fundraising deals, Plaid’s reported revenue growth last year, and more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. PT, subscribe here. The…

Telstra International to upgrade subsea cable infrastructure to 800 Tbps

January 21, 2025

Telstra’s global arm Telstra International has announced a plan to upgrade its international network, which includes boosting the capacity of its subsea cable infrastructure from its current 235 Tbps to more than 800 Tbps of total lit capacity.

Altium acquires Part Analytics

January 21, 2025

Electronics design systems company Altium has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Milwaukee-based Part Analytics, a “further step towards an open electronics system design and lifecycle management platform”.

Stripe is laying off 300 people, but says it still plans to hire in 2025

January 21, 2025

Fintech giant Stripe is laying off 300 people, according to a leaked memo reported on Tuesday by Business Insider. The affected employees are “largely in product, engineering, and operations roles,” the memo said. Despite the layoffs, Chief People Officer Rob McIntosh said that Stripe intends to still grow its headcount by 17% “to land at…

Forum software NodeBB joins the fediverse

January 21, 2025

Before there was social media, there were internet forums. Millions of forum sites continue to operate, which is why it’s notable that one top forum software provider, NodeBB, is now joining the fediverse, also known as the open social web. The fediverse today includes apps like decentralized X rival Mastodon, Instagram alternative Pixelfed, an open…

Konica Minolta wins 2025 A3 line of the year award and four pick awards from Keypoint Intelligence

January 21, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Konica Minolta is proud to announce that it has received five Buyers Lab (BLI) Awards from Keypoint Intelligence, the world’s leading and independent evaluator of document imaging hardware, software and services.

OpenNebula Exec on VMware Alternatives & Future Cloud Trends

January 21, 2025

Public and private cloud have been one of the key technologies for channel partners and their clients over the past decade. Now, after major acquisitions and rising costs, some are beginning to rethink their infrastructure strategies. OpenNebula’s Principal Partner Manager Michael Abdou explained how his company fits into the equation in an interview with Channel…

Samsung Unpacked 2025: Here’s how to watch and what we expect

January 21, 2025

The biggest reveal from last week’s Samsung CES press conference may well have been another press conference. The hardware giant closed out the main event by teasing the company’s upcoming show. The next Samsung Unpacked event is set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT. As with all recent Unpacked events, next week’s big show will…

Hack The Emulated Planet: Vulnerability Hunting Planet WGS-804HPT Industrial Switch

January 21, 2025

Claroty’s research team has discovered three vulnerabilities in Planet Technology’s WGS-804HPT Industrial switches, which are widely used in building and home automation systems for a variety of networking applications such as IP surveillance and wireless LANs. These severe vulnerabilities could allow attackers to remotely execute code on affected devices and move laterally throughout the network.

Meta will soon let you link your WhatsApp account with Instagram and Facebook

January 21, 2025

Meta announced on Tuesday that users will soon be able to add their WhatsApp account to their Accounts Center, a hub where users can manage connected experiences across their Facebook, Instagram, and Meta Quest accounts. With this integration, users will be able to cross-post their WhatsApp Status as Stories on Instagram and Facebook, getting rid…

Southern Cross Achieves World’s First 1 Tb/s Transmission across the Pacific with Ciena

January 21, 2025

New coherent optical technology allows Southern Cross to ride the Terabit wave

Make CNAPP Decisions to Stay Ahead of Cloud Threats

January 21, 2025

GUEST OPINION: Cloud environments, while offering unparalleled agility and scalability, are also a major source of risk exposure for organisations worldwide, with breaches ranging from misconfigurations to advanced cyberattacks. According to Tenable’s 2024 Cloud Security Outlook, 95% of organisations had experienced cloud-related breaches in the previous 18 months. New cloud-based attack vectors have combined with…

SUSE Delivers Seamless Retail Operations with SUSE Edge Suite and Edge 3.2

January 21, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Forrester study finds anticipating customer needs and improving

IMDb founder steps down as CEO after 35 years

January 21, 2025

IMDb, the Amazon-owned online database that provides information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, announced on Tuesday that its founder, Col Needham, is stepping down as CEO. Nikki Santoro, who has served as the Chief Operating Officer since 2021, has been appointed as his successor. Santoro’s appointment is significant, as she is the first woman…

Anthropic plans to release a ‘two-way’ voice mode for Claude

January 21, 2025

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says that the company plans to release a “two-way” voice mode for its chatbot, Claude, as well as a memory feature that lets Claude remember more about users and past conversations. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Amodei also revealed that Anthropic expects to…

UK plans ‘digital wallet’ for driver’s licenses and other ID, plus a chatbot powered by OpenAI

January 21, 2025

Alongside its big public push for AI investments, the U.K. government is also playing a virtual card to catapult itself into the 21st century. Today it announced plans to launch a secure digital wallet to manage government-issued credentials, alongside a chatbot — built in collaboration with OpenAI — to interact with the main GOV.UK portal.…

Blue Connections IT achieves ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, reinforcing its commitment to security-centric IT practices

January 21, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Blue Connections IT, a gold and platinum partner for the world’s largest technology vendors, has announced that it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, the globally recognised standard for information security management systems (ISMS). This certification highlights the company’s dedication to implementing robust security practices that protect its clients, operations, and supply chain.

Toronto school district says 40 years of student data stolen in PowerSchool breach

January 21, 2025

Canada’s largest school board says hackers may have accessed some 40 years’ worth of student data during the recent PowerSchool breach. In a letter sent to parents this week, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) said that the data breach affected all students enrolled in the district between September 1985 and December 2024. The school…

AGL Energy ‘revolutionises Retail Operations’ with Appian

January 21, 2025

Leading Energy Company in Australia is Achieving Over 70% Automation TowardsNet Zero Goals COMPANY NEWS: Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) today announced that AGL (ASX: AGL), Australia’s leading energy retailer is using the Appian Platform as part of a large-scale retail transformation project, which aims to connect every customer to a sustainable future.

F5 equips network and security teams with AI assistant for F5 Distributed Cloud Services

January 21, 2025

‘Intelligent partner’ for SecOps and NetOps will allow teams to query network activity, drill down into security events and rapidly implement mitigations New support for teams who must manage more deployment models than ever, with 88% of organisations now employing a hybrid approach

Qomodo raises $13.9M to expand BNPL for Italy’s main-street retailers

January 21, 2025

Payments and financial solutions are two-a-penny at this point, but mostly for online e-commerce. What about physical stores? In 2023 Qomodo, a Milan-based “all-in-one” payment methods aggregator for physical merchants, came out with a €34.5 million ($36.9 million) pre-seed round (mostly debt), which we covered, to expand the BNPL model into other categories. It’s now…

NBN should be cautious on budget, dismissing alternative technologies

January 21, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Commpete has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision this week to invest $3BN to upgrade fibre connections, but cautioned on the ambitious timeline and budget, and danger of missing out on alternative technologies as they advance.

Sysdig Named Customers’ Choice in Gartner “Voice of the Customer” CNAPP Report

January 21, 2025

With a perfect 5 out of 5 score for Support Experience, Sysdig becomes the only company to achieve top customer ratings for both CNAPP and CSPM by Gartner Peer Insights

LogicMonitor and OpenAI supercharge data centre operations

January 21, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: The collaboration will transform ITOps and empower the workforce of tomorrow with cutting-edge AI technologies.

Australian businesses are asking more difficult questions of GenAI

January 21, 2025

GUEST OPINION:The honeymoon is over for generative AI, with users demanding more grounded responses and better performance at a whole-of-organisation level.

HPE investigating security breach after hacker claims theft of sensitive data

January 21, 2025

Private and secure: How to fortify your organisation’s data protection regimen in 2025

January 21, 2025

GUEST OPINION: As authorities at home and abroad continue to enforce ever-more-stringent regulations, Australian businesses can ill afford to get it wrong

Exabeam Continues to Deliver Real AI-Driven Cybersecurity with Launch of LogRhythm Intelligence Copilot

January 21, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Exabeam, a global cybersecurity leader that delivers AI-driven security operations, today announced the launch of LogRhythm Intelligence Copilot, a generative AI-powered feature delivering actionable insights to empower security teams and accelerate workflows. This release solidifies Exabeam as a trusted innovator, providing real AI to automate cybersecurity while competitors underdeliver. LogRhythm Intelligence Copilot harnesses purpose-driven…

MoneyHash, which provides single access to payment services in MENA, banks $5.2M

January 21, 2025

When merchants or companies launch online, they typically start by partnering with one or two payment processors. But as they grow and expand into new regions, they often need to onboard additional payment partners to meet different customer (and sometimes regulatory) needs, a process that comes with some hurdles. That’s given rise to companies to…

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