New enhancements scale high-volume workflows and ‘increase efficiency and analysis with AI’ COMPANY NEWS: Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) today announced its latest platform release, which delivers process automation powered by enterprise AI.
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Popular LatAm digital payment service AstroPay launches multi-currency wallet
AstroPay has been around since 2009. The bootstrapped company currently has 320 employees and is profitable. And yet, it’s not a name that comes up often in startup news. The company originally started its life as a payment service provider focused on Latin America — an alternative payment method that you would find next to the…
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Focused Energy buys two of the world’s most powerful lasers for its fusion quest
The massive lasers will be installed in the startup’s future facility, which it is building in the San Francisco Bay Area. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Texas medical school says hackers stole sensitive health data of 1.4 million individuals
The university’s incident website blocks search engines from listing the site, making it more difficult for affected individuals to find the website in search results. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Vectra AI Named a Leader in 2024 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Network Detection and Response
COMPANY NEWS: Vectra NDR is powered by Attack Signal Intelligence to cut through alert noise and stop attacks early
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Nuon helps companies deploy their software into their customers’ cloud accounts
Jon Morehouse launched PowerTools in 2019 to help companies ship static sites and serverless apps to their cloud accounts on providers like AWS and Azure. When a customer asked him if they could use PowerTools to deploy their software into one of their customer’s cloud accounts, Morehouse was skeptical. Morehouse told TechCrunch that after that…
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CyberArk Unveils Breakthrough Open-Source Tool That Helps Organisations Safeguard Against AI Model Jailbreaks
CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in identity security, announced the launch of FuzzyAI, a cutting-edge open-source framework that has jailbroken every tested AI model. Fuzzy AI helps organisations identify and address AI model vulnerabilities, like guardrail bypassing and harmful output generation, in cloud-hosted and in-house AI models. FuzzyAI’s fully extensible framework is available as open-source…
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Fastly AI Accelerator Helps Developers Unleash the Power of Generative AI
COMPANY NEWS: Fastly expands support to include OpenAI ChatGPT and Microsoft Azure AI Foundry
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Pineapple on pizza is delicious — and if you disagree, you can’t log in to WordPress.org
There are few matters in life that divide a room more than the prudence of putting pineapple on pizza. But if you’re of the persuasion that tropical fruit has no place on a pie, you’ll have to swallow a bitter pill — if you want to access the WordPress.org developer portal and forum, at least.…
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Dragos Industrial Ransomware Analysis: Q3 2024
GUEST RESEARCH: Dragos’s Industrial Ransomware Analysis Report Q3 2024 revealed that the ransomware threat ecosystem remained highly active, driven by the emergence of new groups, rebranding of existing entities, the expansion of initial access broker (IAB) operations, and the proliferation of illicitly traded tools. Operators demonstrated a growing ability to adapt to disruptions, leveraging technological advancements…
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Remote enables USDC crypto payouts for contractors
Getting paid in cryptocurrencies may sound like a bad idea, but this could be an actually useful feature for international contractors. Remote, the company that lets you hire people and manage contractors all around the world, is introducing crypto payouts on Tuesday. Companies based in the U.S. can start paying their contractors with stablecoins in…
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ACCC concludes resale fixed line services access determination inquiry
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has concluded a combined public inquiry into making access determinations for the three resale fixed line services – wholesale line rental, local carriage service, and wholesale (asymmetric digital subscriber line) ADSL.
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Boomi Boosts Data Management Capabilities With Acquisition of Modern Data Integration Provider Rivery
Boomi, the intelligent integration and automation leader, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Rivery, a modern data integration provider that offers cutting-edge Change Data Capture (CDC) for real-time, efficient data movement. Rivery’s skilled data management team will join Boomi, strengthening the company’s ability to deliver world-class solutions to customers and accelerate its trajectory as…
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Nozomi Predictions 2025
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While some account-to-account payments players falter, Volume raises fresh cash
Online merchants can usually pay up to 8% of every sale on an item to companies like PayPal, Apple Pay, and Stripe — and those costs are usually passed to consumers. So-called ‘account-to-account’ or ‘A2A’ payments can cut transaction fees to below 1%, saving merchants and consumers quite a bit of cash. The difficulty has been…
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Meta to set up $50M privacy payment scheme to settle Australian proceeding
Meta has agreed to a $50 million payment program to settle a long-running proceeding in Australia related to misuse of information for political ad targeting, the country’s information watchdog OAIC announced Tuesday. The settlement concerns the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal, when data on millions of Facebook users was exfiltrated without their knowledge or consent by…
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BlueAnt’s Pump X Headphones to Fuel Workouts with Booming Bass and Cooling Gel Ear Pads
Workout and fitness optimised design of the Pump X over-ear headphones combines sweat resistance, a secure-yet-comfortable fit, robust construction, and a bit of bling Easy-swap ear pads come in both Everyday memory foam and Cooling Gel, with both included in the box 35dB of Active Noise Cancellation and 34hrs play time (ANC on) / 58…
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HR professionals confident AI will improve organisational productivity and performance
But survey highlights industry concerns about regulatory changes, risks of bias, accuracy and discrimination HR professionals are overwhelmingly confident AI will boost productivity and performance but many are concerned about data and security, the latest research from the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) shows.
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Dynatrace Named a Leader in Both the Cloud-Native Observability and Security Quadrants in the 2024 ISG Provider Lens, Multi-Public Cloud Solutions Report
COMPANY NEWS: Reflects company’s ability to empower customers with the analytics and automation required to make smarter business decisions, enhancing their business reliability and operational resilience
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Kakao Mobility hit with $10.5M antitrust fine for limiting rivals’ access
South Korea’s antitrust watchdog has fined Kakao Mobility, the ride-hailing unit of Korean tech firm Kakao, $10.5 million (KRW 15.1 billion) for limiting competitors’ access to its taxi app — lowering the penalty from an initial fine of $50.3 million (KRW 72.4 billion) as the earlier sanction was based on an overestimated calculation of the…
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Atturra Ends 2024 On An Award-Winning High
COMPANY NEWS: Atturra, a leading advisory and technology services business specialising in designing, implementing, and maintaining IT solutions, is ending 2024 on a high after being recognised by the IT industry with an array of prestigious vendor awards in the past few months.
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Kris Day Joins SentinelOne as Senior Vice President and General Manager Asia Pacific and Japan
COMPANY NEWS : SentinelOne (NYSE: S), a global leader in AI-powered security, today announced the appointment of Kris Day as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan. Based in Singapore, Day is a proven leader with an extensive track record of broad-based achievement. At SentinelOne, he will focus on charting the company’s go-to-market and growth…
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Neo4j Supports Career and Skills Portal for DXC Technology
COMPANY NEWS: DXC Career Navigator boosts DXC Technology’s internal hiring by 12% and cuts attrition by 40%, enhancing the business’ competitive edge.
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Agave, the startup behind Find the Cat, finds $18M
A startup out of Turkey that has built a hit casual mobile game where you have to find cats in Where’s Wally-style drawings of increasing complexity has found something else: $18 million in funding. Agave Games, the creator of Find the Cat, will be using the Series A to build out the team and to…
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Alphabet-backed Indian lender files for IPO
Alphabet’s CapitalG-backed Aye Finance, a lender focused on India’s micro, small, and medium enterprises, is seeking to raise $171 million from its initial public offering, it disclosed in a filing Tuesday. The offering comprises a $104 million fresh share issue and a $67 million secondary sale by existing investors, with proceeds aimed at expanding the…
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Nubank leads $250M round in African digital bank Tyme at $1.5B valuation
Tyme Group, a South African-born fintech operating in the African country and the Philippines, has secured $250 million in a Series D round, pushing its valuation to $1.5 billion. The funding was led by Nu Holdings (which owns NuBank), Latin America’s most valuable fintech, which invested $150 million for a 10% stake. M&G Catalyst Fund…
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Hexa, the startup studio behind Aircall and Swan, unveils its next batch of startups
Hexa, a Paris-based startup studio that has launched dozens of B2B software companies, is sharing a list of its next batch of projects that are soon going to become independent startups. Hexa originally started its life in 2011 as eFounders, a startup studio focused on B2B software-as-a-service products. Hexa usually comes up with the ideas…
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Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has 100M daily active users
Meta’s X rival Threads is growing steadily with more than 100 million people using the service daily, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday. Zuckerberg also noted that Threads now has 300 million monthly active users, up from 275 million monthly active users in November. While Meta has regularly released updated numbers about monthly active…
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Waymo robotaxis are coming to Tokyo in 2025
Waymo will begin testing its autonomous vehicle technology in Tokyo in early 2025, the first time the Alphabet company’s robotaxis have driven on public roads outside the U.S. The move to Japan is part of Waymo’s so-called “road trips,” a development program that involves bringing and testing its technology in a variety of cities —…
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Cohere is quietly working with Palantir to deploy its AI models
The Canadian AI startup has quietly partnered with Palantir to put Cohere’s models in use with unnamed Palantir customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Jay Z’s Marcy Venture Partners merges with investment arm of Pendulum Holdings
Jay Z’s venture capital firm, Marcy Venture Partners, has merged with another Black-owned investment firm, Pendulum Holding’s investment arm Pendulum Opportunities, to form MarcyPen Capital Partners, a MarcyPen spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch. The newly formed MarcyPen Capital Partners has $900 million in assets under management, according to Pitchbook. MarcyPen’s spokesperson declined to comment further on…
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Telekom Malaysia launches locally hosted sovereign GPUaaS
Telekom Malaysia (TM) has unveiled its locally hosted sovereign GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) solution, with the expressed aim of bolstering Malaysia’s AI infrastructure and accelerating digital transformation.
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iRobot co-founder’s new home robot startup hopes to raise $30M
Colin Angle, one of the co-founders of Roomba maker iRobot, is raising cash for a home robotics venture. A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that Angle’s new company, Familiar Machines & Magic, is trying to raise $30 million. So far, it has raised $15 million from a group of eight investors.…
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TuSimple drama heats up ahead of pivotal shareholder meeting
TuSimple co-founder and former CEO Xiaodi Hou is on a war path in the lead up to Friday’s annual shareholder meeting that will decide the makeup of the company’s board of directors. Over the past several weeks, Hou has sued TuSimple for control of his voting rights, demanded the company immediately liquidate and return all…
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TechCrunch Space: Sayonara
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. This will be the final TechCrunch Space newsletter you receive in 2024, so to all our readers, have a wonderful holiday and see you next year. There’s a lot to look forward to next year. I expect to see much more progress from SpaceX on Starship, big changes…
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Called your doctor after-hours? ConnectOnCall hackers may have stolen your medical data
The hackers stole names, phone numbers, dates of birth and information related to health conditions, treatments and prescriptions. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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OpenAI brings its AI-powered web search tool to more ChatGPT users
ChatGPT Search, OpenAI’s AI-powered web search experience, is now live for all ChatGPT users — with several new features in tow. By default, ChatGPT will automatically determine which questions to route through ChatGPT Search, or users can tap a new “Search the web” icon in the ChatGPT interface. ChatGPT Search shows summarized answers from different…
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Instagram now lets you schedule DMs
Instagram has quietly rolled out the ability for users to schedule direct messages. The Meta-owned social network confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday that the new feature is rolling out to all users globally. The option to schedule DMs will be especially useful for creators and brands that want to schedule outreach messages at optimal times.…
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Arctic Wolf and BlackBerry announce acquisition agreement for Cylance
Arctic Wolf to enhance its Security Operations Aurora Platform with best-in-class endpoint prevention, detection, and response COMPANY NEWS: Two global leaders in security software and services have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Arctic Wolf to acquire BlackBerry’s Cylance® endpoint security assets.
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Google experiments with a new image generator that remixes three images into one creation
Google Labs, Google’s experimental arm, is testing a new image generator called Whisk. This tool allows people to prompt with images instead of text, allowing them to remix a photo by altering the subject, scene, and style. Whisk uses Google’s image-generation model, Imagen 3, to combine three images: one for the subject, another for the…
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Tesla offers free Supercharging for Model S with a catch
Tesla is trying to boost its Model S sales before the year is out, but it’s got a funny way of doing it. After initially abandoning its free Supercharging for life offer in 2018, the automaker is bringing it back for some Tesla Model S cars at the end of the year. It’s something of…
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YouTube creators can now allow third-party companies to train AI models on their content
Google says that it’ll soon begin to allow YouTube creators and rightsholders to let third-party companies including OpenAI, Apple, and Meta to use their videos to train AI models. “Over the next few days, creators and rights holders can choose to allow third-party companies to use their content to train AI models directly in Studio…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Creators, Global IT News, Global Security News, Media & Entertainment, YouTube
YouTube will now let creators opt out of third-party AI training
YouTube on Monday announced it will give creators more choice over how third parties can use their content to train their AI models. Starting today, creators and rights holders will be able to flag for YouTube if they’re permitting specific third-party AI companies to train models on the creator’s content. From a new setting within…
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YouTube will now let creators opt into third-party AI training
YouTube on Monday announced it will give creators more choice over how third parties can use their content to train their AI models. Starting today, creators and rights holders will be able to flag for YouTube if they’re permitting specific third-party AI companies to train models on the creator’s content. From a new setting within…
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Meta updates its smart glasses with real-time AI video
Meta’s Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are getting several new AI-powered upgrades, including the ability to have an ongoing conversation and translate between languages. Ray-Ban Meta owners in Meta’s early access program for the U.S. and Canada can now download firmware v11, which adds “live AI.” First unveiled this fall, live AI lets wearers continuously converse…
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What is Instagram’s Threads app? All your questions answered
Twitter alternatives — new and old — have found audiences willing to try out a newer social networks since Elon Musk took over the company in 2022. Mastodon, Bluesky, Spill and T2 are some of the social media platforms people are among them. So is Meta’s Threads platform. What is Threads? How do you create…
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Google DeepMind unveils a new video model to rival Sora
Google DeepMind, Google’s flagship AI research lab, wants to beat OpenAI at the video generation game — and it might just, at least for a little while. On Monday, DeepMind announced Veo 2, a next-gen video-generating AI and the successor to Veo, which powers a growing number of products across Google’s portfolio. Veo 2 can…
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Softbank CEO announces a $100 billion investment into the US
On Monday, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son announced that his company would invest $100 billion into the US over the next four years. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Israeli spyware maker Paragon bought by U.S. private equity giant
The company’s spyware, dubbed Graphite, is capable of hacking phones and stealing private communications. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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YouTube’s latest test lets creators post voice notes as comments
YouTube is experimenting with a new way to engage fans by giving creators the ability to post voice notes and reply to comments on their videos, the company announced on Monday. The ability to post voice notes is limited to certain creators in the U.S. for the time being. YouTube says they’ll only be able…
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Meta put on watch over terrorism content in the EU
Ireland’s media regulator has put social media giant Meta on watch over terrorist content takedowns again — it issued a decision against Facebook on Monday. The Coimisiún na Meán said the tech giant would have to take “specific measures” to prevent its services from being used for the dissemination of terrorist content and report back…
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BlackBerry sells Cylance for $160M, a fraction of the $1.4B it paid in 2018
Arctic Wolf has acquired Cylance, BlackBerry’s beleaguered cybersecurity business, for $160 million — a significant write-down from the $1.4 billion BlackBerry paid to acquire the company in 2018. Under the terms of the deal, which is expected to close in BlackBerry’s fiscal Q4, BlackBerry will sell its Cylance assets to Arctic Wolf for $160 million…
Apps, Creators, Global IT News, Global Security News, Snap, Snapchat, Social
Snapchat introduces a unified monetization program for creators
Snapchat is introducing a revamped, unified monetization program for creators. The new program will reward creators for both content posted to Stories and Spotlight, its TikTok copycat. Previously, Snapchat monetized these two formats through separate programs. Under the new program, creators will earn revenue from ads displayed within eligible Stories and Spotlight posts. “With Spotlight…
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Temu is the most-downloaded app on the U.S. App Store in 2024
Chinese shopping app Temu was once again the most downloaded free app in the U.S., according to a list of top apps and games across the App Store released by Apple on Monday. The shopping app last year moved into the No. 1 slot, stealing the position from TikTok which held the title in in…
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NetSIP directed to comply with scam rules
The Australian Communications Media Authority (ACMA) has directed telco NetSIP to comply with Australia’s phone scam rules after its investigation found the telco breached monitoring, information-sharing and reporting obligations.
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Skims co-founder Jens Grede addresses those IPO rumors
Skims co-founder Jens Grede has confirmed that plans for an IPO are on the back burner—for now at least, according to a new interview with WWD. TechCrunch reported in August that investors were hoping for the retail darling, last valued at $4 billion, to go public, and the Information reported that the earliest it could…
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KnowBe4 releases 2024 Holiday Kit to ‘boost cyber resilience’
The no-cost kit equips users with essential resources and tips to defend against scams ahead of the holiday season Security awareness training and simulated phishing platform provider KnowBe4 has announced the release of its new 2024 Holiday Resource Kit, “designed to strengthen users’ cyber defences during the festive season”.
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Prequel is building a community-driven approach to finding software bugs
Cybersecurity practitioners take a community-driven approach to solving problems. Security researchers share the vulnerabilities they find with the broader cybersecurity community, which allows companies to patch up their security holes before something catastrophic happens. Prequel is looking to bring that same approach to software. The startup is building a database of software failure patterns or…
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ACCC sweep finds concerning Black Friday ‘sales’ advertising
The competition watchdog the ACCC has conducted a sweep of sales advertising by Australian businesses online and in store and says it is concerned that a number of claims about the size and scope of discounts may be misleading consumers.
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UK’s internet watchdog finalizes first set of rules for Online Safety law
On Monday, the U.K.’s internet regulator, Ofcom, published the first set of final guidelines for online service providers subject to the Online Safety Act. This starts the clock ticking on the sprawling online harms law’s first compliance deadline, which the regulator expects to kick in in three months’ time. Ofcom has been under pressure to…
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A Seller’s perspective on Playhub
GUEST REVIEW: When looking at gaming service marketplaces, Playhub is one name that is becoming known. For sellers in this area, choosing where to display their talents and services is very important. This review examines Playhub.com, looking at what it offers, how easy it is to use, and what it means for sellers in popular…
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Tips for leveraging Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in your business
GUEST OPINION: In today’s fast-paced business environment, efficiency and accuracy are more important than ever. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a game-changer for many organizations, offering a way to streamline repetitive tasks and boost productivity. Imagine having software robots that handle mundane, rule-based processes, freeing up your team to focus on more strategic work. That’s…
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Google names new India chief
Google has appointed Preeti Lobana to lead its India business, filling a key position that had been vacant since Sanjay Gupta’s promotion to Asia-Pacific president in July. Lobana, who was vice president of advertising technology at Google, takes over as the company pushes its AI products in India amid intensifying competition in the digital market.…
Africa, Crypto, Fintech, Global IT News, Global Security News, juicyway, stablecoin, Startups
This stealthy African stablecoin startup already processed over $1B in cross-border payments
Juicyway, an African fintech that leverages stablecoin technology to power fast and cheap cross-border payments, is launching out of stealth after processing over $1 billion in transaction volume for thousands of African businesses over the last three years. The fintech claims to have processed over 25,000 transactions, generating $1.3 billion in total payment volume (TPV)…
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Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock, then plant spyware, on a journalist’s phone
Amnesty said it found NoviSpy, an Android spyware linked to Serbian intelligence, on the phones of several members of Serbian civil society following police stops. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Revisiting 19th-century Paris with VR
While I have fond memories of past efforts to combine VR content with real-world locations, I’d assumed the pandemic had put those ambitions to an end. If I wanted VR in 2024, I thought I’d have to buy a headset, and it would be a largely solitary experience at home or in the office —…
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NeurIPS keynote speaker apologizes for reference to Chinese student
A speaker at the annual NeurIPS AI conference has drawn criticism — not for her opinions about AI, but the way she referred to a Chinese student. During her keynote presentation on “How to optimize what matters most,” MIT Media Lab Professor Rosalind Picard (pictured above) included a slide quoting an excuse given by a…
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The 2025 Lucid Air Pure is a luxe ride at $69,900 with room for tech tune-ups
The all-electric 2025 Lucid Air Pure is a dreamy, sexy car that’s no less luxurious for being the cheapest trim in Lucid’s Air lineup. I felt fancy and discerning driving around, but in an understated way – as if I were wearing designer sweatpants. But does fancy equal value? I spent about 10 days driving…
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Nokia and Elisa deploy 5G Cloud RAN with Red Hat OpenShift
Finnish telecoms equipment vendor Nokia has completed a commercial 5G Cloud RAN deployment using the Red Hat OpenShift cloud application platform with the Finnish telco and digital service provider, Elisa in Espoo, Finland.
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What exactly is an AI agent?
Regardless of how they’re defined, the agents are for helping complete tasks in an automated way with as little human interaction as possible. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Cellfie Mobile and Vodafone announce new partnership agreement in Georgia
Georgian mobile operator, Cellfie Mobile, and global telco, Vodafone, have announced a new non-branded partnership agreement, in which Cellfie Mobile will look to expand its range of services, leveraging Vodafone’s expertise and advisory services.
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MSI Sword 16 HX B13V Gaming Laptop Review
The MSI Sword 16 HX B13V is the latest in MSI’s wallet-friendly gaming laptop lineup, offering a mix of solid performance and appealing features at a reasonable price.
Apple, foldable, Gadgets, Global IT News, Global Security News, Hardware
Apple reportedly developing foldable iPhone and iPad
The next big upgrade to Apple’s mobile devices could be foldability, according to multiple reports published Sunday. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is aiming to launch two foldable devices in the next few years. There’s a larger model with a 19-inch screen that could compete with desktop monitors, as well as a smaller…
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Amperity appoints Rob Ferguson as new Chief Revenue Officer
Salesforce veteran will drive Amperity’s next phase of revenue growth and customer success.
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TechConnect helps Marist Brothers cut technology costs by 30% and accelerate its Microsoft cloud journey
COMPANY NEWS: Industry-leading, shared responsibility support platform drives unprecedented efficiencies and reduces cyber security risks for more than 100 staff across three sites in Australia; it provides a seamless, modernised environment to maximise the benefits of Marist Brothers’ Microsoft Cloud strategy.
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How to track your financial goals using tech tools
GUEST OPINION: When it comes to building your personal goals, you need to have the right amount of resources. Whether it’s finding a new job or starting a new life in a different community, the money you have on hand defines success. However, managing what you have is the biggest challenge to accomplishing your personal…
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What factors matter when choosing assisted living?
GUEST OPINION: Assisted living decisions are among those life-altering and emotive decisions one needs to make regarding the future, both for the elderly person and his family. When selecting an assisted living community, this must be done by carefully considering numerous factors if comfort, safety, and fulfilling quality of life are to be ensured.
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Tecala Achieves ISO27001:2022 Information Security Management Certification
COMPANY NEWS: Completion of third-party assessment reaffirms compliance with information security standards, commitment to ensuring customer and internal data security and privacy
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Open source companies that go proprietary: A timeline
Open source might be the building blocks of the modern software stack, but companies building businesses off the back of open source software face a perennial struggle between keeping their community happy and ensuring that third parties don’t abuse the permissions afforded by the license. Many companies have launched with lofty open source ambitions, only…
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Trump’s Silicon Valley advisers have AI ‘censorship’ in their crosshairs
President-elect Donald Trump has surrounded himself with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs — including Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, and David Sacks — who are now advising him on technology and other issues. When it comes to AI, this crew of technologists is fairly aligned on the need for rapid development and adoption of AI throughout the U.S.…
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Twilio’s 2025 Predictions
Twilio, the leading customer engagement platform, today shared some trends that will shape brands’ customer experience strategies in Australia in the coming year:
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Rubrik Debuts Turbo Threat Hunting
Internal test shows estimated scanning speeds of 75,000 backups within 60 seconds Designed to enable organisations to identify clean recovery points in seconds, minimising downtime after cyberattacks
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SentinelOne Recognised as a 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Managed Detection and Response
COMPANY NEWS: 95% of end users expressed willingness to recommend SentinelOne’s MDR services
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How AI and ML help detect and prevent sexual harassment in the workplace
GUEST OPINION: Sexual harassment is a common challenge in workplaces that potentially affects employee productivity and company culture.
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How to successfully launch a business
GUEST OPINION: While every entrepreneur dreams of launching and running a business successfully, the journey requires strategic planning and a structured process.
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City centers leverage cutting-edge search techniques to elevate online visibility
GUEST OPINION: Urban hubs are swiftly adopting innovative SEO strategies to bolster their digital presence. Implementing advanced methods has also become essential as everyone struggles for attention online.
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Rhode Island says personal data likely breached in social services cyberattack
State officials said hundreds of thousands of Rhode Island residents could be affected by a cyberattack on the state’s online portal for social services, with a “high probability” that personally identifiable information was breached. According to an update from Governor Dan McKee’s office, the attack targeted RIBridges, which Rhode Island residents use to apply for…
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GM ‘blindsides’ Cruise by giving up on robotaxis
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re looking at GM’s decision to pull out of the robotaxi business, Google alluding to the existence of multiple universes, and how you can make some serious cash by getting an AI bot to fall in love with you. Let’s get into it. General Motors will no…
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SK Telecom invests US$3M in AI video analysis developer Twelve Labs
South Korean telco SK Telecom will invest US$3 Million in San Francisco based startup Twelve Labs, an AI powered video analysis company, said to be gaining attention in the global AI industry.
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SourseAI appointed AI partner for Lebara Nigeria
Sydney-based AI decision intelligence platform provider, SourseAI, has been appointed as the AI partner for Lebara Nigeria, an upcoming MVNO operated by Nigerian tech firm VAS2Nets, which will operate under the Lebara brand.
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Meta asks California AG to block OpenAI’s conversion to for-profit
Facebook’s parent company Meta is supporting Elon Musk’s effort to block OpenAI’s conversion from a non-profit company into a for-profit one. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Meta sent a letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta arguing that allowing the shift would have “seismic implications for Silicon Valley.” And while the company asked…
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What are AI ‘world models,’ and why do they matter?
World models, also known as world simulators, are being touted by some as the next big thing in AI. AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs has raised $230 million to build “large world models,” and DeepMind hired one of the creators of OpenAI’s video generator, Sora, to work on “world simulators.” (Sora was released on…
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HPE El Capitan supercomputer confirmed as world’s fastest
Global computer manufacturer Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is no stranger to supercomputers, being behind seven out of the current top 10 already. HPE’s most recent, El Capitan, and built in conjunction with AMD, has been confirmed as the world’s number one performing supercomputer that exists today. It’s also energy-efficient through innovative water cooling.
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Key Security Trends to Watch Out For In 2025
GUEST OPINION: As businesses in Australia and New Zealand prepare for the year ahead, the focus on security is intensifying. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) promise transformative potential, however the overarching themes will centre on maximising existing investments, improving efficiency, and fostering collaboration across teams.
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How improving capacity management could help your business survive and thrive in 2025
GUEST OPINION: Utilising resources more effectively makes it easier to weather tough times.
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Arlan Hamilton announces changes at Backstage Capital, will step into advisory role
Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, announced Friday that her role at the firm she started in 2015 will evolve. “After 12 years of being deeply involved in the day-to-day operations, I’ve decided to transition into a chairperson and advisory position,” she wrote in a statement released online. She was previously a managing partner at…
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Why Marc Andreessen was ‘very scared’ after meeting with the Biden administration about AI
What scared him most was what some said about the government’s role in AI, and what he described as a young staff who were “out for blood. ” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Klarna’s CEO says it stopped hiring thanks to AI but still advertises many open positions
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski recently told Bloomberg TV that his company essentially stopped hiring a year ago and credited generative AI for enabling this massive workforce reduction. However, despite Siemiatkowski’s bullishness on AI, the company is not relying entirely on AI to replace human workers who leave, as open job listings — for more humans…
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‘Reasoning’ AI models have become a trend, for better or worse
Call it a reasoning renaissance. In the wake of the release of OpenAI’s o1, a so-called reasoning model, there’s been an explosion of reasoning models from rival AI labs. In early November, DeepSeek, an AI research company funded by quantitative traders, launched a preview of its first reasoning algorithm, DeepSeek-R1. That same month, Alibaba’s Qwen…
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X gains a faster Grok model and a new ‘Grok button’
XAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, may be embroiled in an escalating lawsuit with OpenAI. But that’s not stopping it from shipping new products — on a Friday night, no less. This evening, xAI revealed that it has begun to roll out an upgraded version of its flagship Grok 2 chatbot model to all users on…