Monthly Archives: September 2023

Encrypted email provider Proton has built its own CAPTCHA service

Proton, the Swiss company that develops privacy-focused online services such as email, has developed its very own CAPTCHA service to help discern between genuine login attempts and bots — and it touts the new system as the world’s first CAPTCHA … Continue reading

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YouTube debuts a new app, YouTube Create for editing videos, adding effects and more

YouTube this morning introduced a new app for creators, YouTube Create, that will offer a suite of easy-to-use and free tools that will allow them to make both Shorts and longer videos. The tool aims to address some of the … Continue reading

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YouTube Studio to give creators a generative AI tool to suggest video topics

During today’s YouTube event, CEO Neal Mohan revealed that the platform is testing a new generative AI-powered tool in YouTube Studio that suggests video topics, making the brainstorming process easier for content creators. Called “AI insights for Creators,” the inspiration … Continue reading

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Meet the Law Geeks Exposing Google’s Secretive Antitrust Trial

A historic antitrust trial sees Google accused of unlawfully monopolizing search. A handful of antitrust activists are trying to make sure the world sees all the action.

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Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox and News Corp

Murdoch’s departure comes as his media empire, which includes The Wall Street Journal and Fox News, gears up for the 2024 election.

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Cisco to acquire Splunk in $28B mega deal

Cisco has a reputation of building the company through acquisitions, but it has tended to stay away from the really huge ones. That changed this morning when the company announced it was acquiring Splunk for $28 billion. With Splunk, it … Continue reading

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Harness launches Gitness, an open-source GitHub competitor

Since its launch in 2017, Harness, the software delivery platform founded by AppDynamics co-founder and CEO Jyoti Bansal, expanded from being continuous code deployment to covering continuous integration, feature flags, cloud cost management, security testing orchestration, chaos engineering and more. … Continue reading

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Cisco acquiring cybersecurity company Splunk in cash deal worth $28 billion

Cisco said it was acquiring cybersecurity software company Splunk for $157 a share in a cash deal worth about $28 billion.

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Game of Thrones author sues ChatGPT owner OpenAI

George RR Martin and John Grisham are among the authors suing the company over copyright laws.

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7 global investors discuss African tech post-Kauffman Fellows’ first summit on the continent

In 2020, Kauffman Fellows (KF), a prominent venture education program renowned for its extensive and well-established network of VCs, made a concerted effort to enhance the diversity within its board. The program, a well-established resource for startup founders and the … Continue reading

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