Monthly Archives: May 2023

Tears of the Kingdom: Fans react to Zelda sequel launch

Nintendo’s new Zelda game, Tears of the Kingdom, is already a hit with fans and critics.

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Hacker marketplace still active despite police ‘takedown’ claim

Police said the “dangerous” Genesis Market had been dismantled, but it is still selling hacker products.

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Mike Lynch: Autonomy founder extradited to US in criminal case

Mike Lynch is accused of overinflating the value of his firm Autonomy when he sold it to Hewlett-Packard.

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Hackers stole passwords of Worldcoin Orb operators

Hackers have installed password-stealing malware on the devices of multiple Worldcoin Orb operators, TechCrunch has learned, giving them full access to the Worldcoin operator dashboard. Worldcoin, founded by Sam Altman, says it is creating a “collectively owned global currency that … Continue reading

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Major decision on the legality of Facebook’s EU-US data transfers is due to be adopted today

Reminder: Today is the deadline for the Meta’s lead privacy regulator in Europe to adopt a final decision on a nearly decade-long complaint against Facebook’s transfers of personal data from the EU to the US that could see the company … Continue reading

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5 Actionable Strategies to Integrate AI Into Your Business Communications

Over the past few months, artificial intelligence (AI) has been omnipresent. It’s a hot discussion topic ranging from AI-driven personalized digital marketing and business communication to cyber security testing. Especially generative AI, like ChatGPT and Bard, has seen constant publicity. … Continue reading

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Pale Blue Dot continues investing in its climate vision, with a second, $100M fund

Sweden-based VC fund Pale Blue Dot bounced onto the scene in 2020 with a €53 million fund to help climate-focused startups. This fund grew again by €34 million in April 2021, and after deploying investments into 28 climate-forward companies, the … Continue reading

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AWS announces new version of Aurora database that strips out I/O costs

AWS announced the general availability of a new version of its Aurora database this week called Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized. The big news from this version is that it gets rid of all I/O charges for database use, a move that … Continue reading

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The debate happening inside of every VC firm

Precursor’s Charles Hudson wants to be cautious but not too cautious. The venture capitalist was at an AI confab last month, but he has not yet made a new AI investment during the current hype cycle. He’s one of many … Continue reading

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Venture-backed everything for real world problems, please

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex are closing out another news-filled week full of change, and since we did have the crew for … Continue reading

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