Monthly Archives: December 2022

The rise of edge cloud: Improving experiences in vertical sectors

From retail to manufacturing, Jürgen Hatheier, International CTO at Ciena, looks at the impact of edge cloud. The post The rise of edge cloud: Improving experiences in vertical sectors appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Zoe, which went viral with its Covid-reporting app, raises $30M to track nutrition and health

Zoe, a startup founded by doctors and researchers out of London and Boston, made its name during the pandemic with a popular — dare we say viral? — self-reporting Covid-19 app. Embraced both by consumers and researchers, it provided early … Continue reading

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Meet the most comprehensive portable cybersecurity device

This deal is your last chance to get the Deeper Connect Pico Decentralized VPN at $50 off plus free shipping. The post Meet the most comprehensive portable cybersecurity device appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Was Sam Bankman-Fried’s appearance a performance?

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried talked from an undisclosed location in the Bahamas today with reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin for a DealBook event, a discussion that his legal team “very much” did not approve of, he told Sorkin with a boyish … Continue reading

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Smartphone re-commerce startup Badili raises $2.1M pre-seed funding

Badili, a Kenya-based smartphone re-commerce startup, has raised $2.1 million pre-seed funding to scale its operations within Africa; one of the fastest-growing mobile phone market in the world. The Venture Catalysts, V&R Africa, Grenfell holdings, and SOSV, participated in the … Continue reading

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Plant-based food brand Huel valued at $560M following Idris Elba-backed round

Huel, the European provider of nutritional products, has sold more than 270 million meals across the globe since Julian Hearn started the company in 2015. Now with $24 million in fresh capital, it plans to do even more. It’s been … Continue reading

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Sam Bankman-Fried: ‘I didn’t try to commit fraud’

In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, the former FTX chief says he has almost no money left.

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Twitter is going to show you more tweets from people you don’t follow

As new Twitter owner Elon Musk tinkers around with the social network’s feature set, more algorithmic recommendations are apparently on the way. Twitter’s support account tweeted about the change on Wednesday, noting that the platform was “expanding recommendations to all … Continue reading

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Indian agritech DeHaat tops $700 million valuation in $60 million funding

DeHaat, a startup that offers a wide-range of agricultural services to farmers in India, has raised $60 million in a new funding round as it looks to deepen its penetration in the country and reach break-even profitability within two years. … Continue reading

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SBF says journalists are good, actually

“I’ve had a bad month,” Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) said onstage. The crowd instantly broke out in laughter. The former CEO and founder of disgraced crypto exchange FTX, SBF’s month probably got worse today. In his first public interview since his … Continue reading

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