Monthly Archives: February 2023

Billionaire Tesla bull Ron Baron promised multiples on $100 million Twitter investment

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Techme101

Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised billionaire investor Ron Baron two to three times his money when Baron invested in Twitter’s take-private deal, Baron said Tuesday.

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IoT and edge: Agritech companies to watch

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Techme101

From robotics to IoT, drone and edge-cloud platforms, discover the companies transforming agriculture and leading the agritech market with new tech. The post IoT and edge: Agritech companies to watch appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Moonhub wants to transform the way companies find job candidates using AI

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Techme101

Moonhub founder and CEO Nancy Xu was studying for her computer science PhD at Stanford when she had an epiphany about hiring. She believes that 90% of the candidates that are a great fit for any job opportunity are not … Continue reading →

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Jobber fixes on $100M as its platform for home services pros hits 200K users

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Techme101

Jobber, a startup founded out of Canada that’s built a platform for home services professionals to book customers and manage all of their workload around those jobs, has raised another $100 million, equity funding that it will be using to … Continue reading →

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EU’s top diplomat fires warning shot at Elon Musk over Twitter disinformation

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Techme101

A controversial move by Twitter-owner Elon Musk to end free access to its APIs by February 9 has attracted criticism from the European Union’s top diplomat who has warned it could threaten the ability of researchers to study disinformation at … Continue reading →

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Frond is a witty cross between Discord and Facebook groups

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Techme101

If you’re tired of unwieldy conversations on Discord, or abandoned Facebook groups that no one uses anymore, Frond has an alternative. Launching today, Frond is a tool for building communities online. At the helm are Matt Blackshaw, founder of Sold, … Continue reading →

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The Mastodon Bump Is Now a Slump

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Techme101

Active users have fallen by more than 1 million since the exodus from Elon Musk’s Twitter, suggesting the decentralized platform is not a direct replacement.

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For secure 5G virtual networks, a “RAN opener” for wireless could cut both ways

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Techme101

Open radio access networks for 5G creates numerous opportunities for innovating telecommunications and cultivating a vendor ecosystem for wireless networks, but a security mindset can’t be an afterthought. The post For secure 5G virtual networks, a “RAN opener” for wireless … Continue reading →

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LockBit ransomware group threatens to publish stolen Royal Mail data

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Techme101

The Russian-linked LockBit ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the Royal Mail cyberattack and is threatening to publish the data it stole from the U.K. postal giant. Royal Mail, which has been battling a cyberattack since January 10, was added to … Continue reading →

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Laser-focused on creativity, Glowforge adds AI image generation

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Techme101

We’ve all had a lot of fun with creating game assets, odd selfies, custom stock images and dubious nudes, and it was only a question of time before one of the big hardware-makers jumped on the AI image generation band … Continue reading →

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