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Secure your startup’s future by watching the big corporations by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
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Network-focused startups have started getting a bad rep in startup land, but 2045 is actually bringing something new to the table.
Deal Dive: Finally, a startup building a network for those who could benefit the most by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
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If you’re adventurous with your food, or just like to keep up with the fast-moving foodtech industry, here’s a roundup of this week’s stories and some notable news we weren’t able to cover.
This week in foodtech: Cultivated meat is still a sizzling topic by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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In a recent panel interview with Collider, Joe Russo, the director of tentpole Marvel films like “Avengers: Endgame,” predicted that, within two years, AI will be able to create a fully-fledged movie. It’d say that’s a rather optimistic timeline. But we’re getting closer. This week, Runway, a Google-backed AI startup that helped develop the AI […]
Runway’s Gen-2 shows the limitations of today’s text-to-video tech by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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Barracuda Networks has told customers they must replace vulnerable email gateway appliances following the disclosure of a critical security flaw. The technology company, which provides security, networking and storage products, is issuing the extraordinary guidance as it struggles to contain a zero-day flaw that hackers have exploited since October. Hackers are abusing the critical-rated vulnerability, […]
Barracuda urges customers to remove and replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
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Hackers stole another half a million people’s personal and health information during a ransomware attack on a technology vendor earlier this year. Intellihartx, a Tennessee-based company that handles patient payment balances and collections, said in a notice filed with the Maine attorney general’s office that 489,830 patients had information stolen in the cyberattack targeting its […]
Another huge US medical data breach confirmed after Fortra mass-hack by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch
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Meta is set to appeal Kenya’s court decision declaring it as the primary employer of the moderators that review content on its platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. Meta has filed a notice of appeal against the ruling made last week on orders issued in March. This comes after 184 moderators sued it, and its content review […]
Meta to appeal court ruling declaring content moderators as its employees by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
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Music streaming company Spotify is finally and officially testing a playlist that automatically downloads some of your recent favorites a couple of years after starting working on such a feature. In a tweet, the company’s CEO Daniel Ek said that Spotify has been testing “Your Offline Mix.” But beyond that he didn’t give out any […]
Spotify is officially testing an offline mix by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
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Oil giant Shell said it is investigating after a security researcher found an exposed internal database spilling the personal information of drivers who use the company’s electric vehicle charging stations. Security researcher Anurag Sen found a database online that contained close to a terabyte of logging data relating to Shell Recharge, the company’s worldwide network […]
Shell Recharge security lapse exposed EV drivers’ data by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch
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In the aftermath of Sequoia Capital’s big reveal earlier this week that its China- and India-based affiliates are spinning off into independent entities, we reached out yesterday to someone who we thought might have an opinion on the development. Erik Lassila is a former VC whose Silicon Valley-based fund of funds business, Peakview Capital, was […]
Peakview, a U.S. LP once backed by a Chinese firm, diversifies its own investor base by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
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U.K.-based cultivated meat startup Higher Steaks has raised $30 million in a Series A round of funding and revealed that it’s changing its name to Uncommon. Founded out of Cambridge in 2017, Uncommon is one of countless companies pushing to make cultured “lab-grown” meat a reality in kitchens and restaurants around the globe, covering everything […]
Cultured meat startup Higher Steaks nabs $30M and rebrands as Uncommon by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
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Adobe today announced that it is bringing its Firefly generative image generator to its enterprise customers and allowing them to customize the model with their own branded assets. In conjunction with this, the company is also bringing its Adobe Express design app (which you remember under its previous name of Adobe Spark) to enterprise users, […]
Adobe brings Firefly to the enterprise by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
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Haul247, a Nigerian end-to-end logistics platform connecting businesses to haulage and warehousing assets, has raised a $3 million seed round. Gender-lens investing fund Alitheia Capital provided the equity capital, with Investment One contributing $1 million in debt financing. The logistics startup allows small businesses and large companies to book trucks and warehouses across multiple African […]
Nigeria’s Haul247 wants to be Africa’s “Airbnb for trucks and warehouses” by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
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