Sources
Recent Posts
- ‘You’ll never need to work again’: Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBC
- Paid, the AI agent ‘results-based billing’ startup from Manny Medina, raises huge $21M seed
- The AI services transformation may be harder than VCs think
- Oura CEO talks potential IPO and ‘nonnegotiable’ data privacy
- DJI loses lawsuit over classification as Chinese military company
Archives
- September 2025
- August 2025
- July 2025
- June 2025
- May 2025
- April 2025
- March 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
Monthly Archives: February 2024
Google starts blocking users from sideloading certain apps in Singapore
To reduce financial scams, Google has started a new program to prevent users from sideloading certain apps in Singapore. The company is looking to block sideloaded apps that abuse Android permissions to read one-time passwords received through SMS and notifications. … Continue reading
Posted in Tech
Tagged TechCrunch
Comments Off on Google starts blocking users from sideloading certain apps in Singapore
Brita snaps up smart water bottle startup, Larq
Smart water bottle-maker Larq this week announced that it has been acquired by filtration giant, Brita. More specifically, Brita GmbH, the German company founded in 1966, which spun off and sold its North/South American wing to Clorox in 1988. Brita … Continue reading
Pakistan suspends phone and internet services on election day
Pakistan has temporarily suspended mobile phone network and internet services across the country to combat any “possible threats,” a top ministry said, as the South Asian nation begins its national election. In a statement, Pakistan’s interior ministry said the move … Continue reading
Posted in Tech
Tagged TechCrunch
Comments Off on Pakistan suspends phone and internet services on election day
Attentive.ai snags $7M to boost automation in landscaping, construction services
Attentive.ai, a startup building vertical software for landscaping and construction services in the U.S., has raised $7 million in a new funding round as it looks to enhance its AI-led offerings and expand them to more businesses. Led by Vertex … Continue reading
Posted in Tech
Tagged TechCrunch
Comments Off on Attentive.ai snags $7M to boost automation in landscaping, construction services
Cyber Wargaming — how the UAE Banks Federation protects against cyberattack
It’s called “Cyber Wargaming 2024,” and it’s being conducted under the supervision of the Central Bank of the UAE and the UAE Government’s Cyber Security Council. Cyber Wargaming was a big success for the second games in 2022 in the … Continue reading
AI predicts antidepressant success in a week
A new AI algorithm can predict anti-depressant efficacy within a week for patients with major depressive disorder. The algorithm developed by researchers at the Amsterdam University Medical Centre and the Radboudumc can identify and predict which patients will respond well … Continue reading
The AI companions you can have conversations with
A new breed of talking AI systems are now available for increasingly realistic two-way chats.
SoftBank nets $20 billion on Arm earnings pop, exceeding its total losses in WeWork
Chip design firm Arm reported strong earnings on Wednesday, giving Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank a huge paper profit.
OpenAI forms a new team to study child safety
Under scrutiny from activists — and parents — OpenAI has formed a new team to study ways to prevent its AI tools from being misused or abused by kids. In a new job listing on its career page, OpenAI reveals … Continue reading
Microsoft BitLocker encryption hacked by a cheap off-the-shelf Raspberry Pi Pico
Security researcher Stacksmashing showed how hackers may use a $4 Raspberry Pi Pico to retrieve the BitLocker encryption key from Windows PCs in just 43 seconds, in a YouTube video. The researcher claims that specific attacks can get beyond BitLocker’s … Continue reading