Monthly Archives: April 2024

Learnings from Australian Health Insurer Nib’s Epic 9-Year Cloud Migration to AWS

The completion of nib’s AWS migration puts it among the Australian health insurance sector’s leading cloud adopters. The insurer has learnings to share, including being prepared to prioritise to get migrations done.

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7 Waymo robotaxis block traffic to San Francisco freeway on-ramp

Waymo can operate on San Francisco freeways without a human driver, but the company is still only testing on freeways with a human driver in the front seat. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Ramp raises another $150 million co-led by Khosla and Founders Fund at a $7.65B valuation

Spend management startup Ramp has raised another $150 million at a post-money valuation of $7.65 billion, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. New investor Khosla Ventures and existing backer Founders Fund co-led the raise, which also included participation from new … Continue reading

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Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in cloud chief’s office

Nine Google workers were arrested Tuesday after sit-in protests, including a nine-hour sit-in at Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office in Sunnyvale.

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CRM Pricing Considerations: 2024 Complete Guide

CRM systems are suitable for businesses of all sizes. Pricing ranges widely, depending on several factors that need to be weighed before investing in a CRM platform.

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Alphabet X’s Bellwether harnesses AI to help predict natural disasters

The world is on fire. Quite literally, much of the time. Predicting such disasters before they get out of hand — or better yet, before they happen — will be key to maintaining a reasonable quality of life for the … Continue reading

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Don’t blame MKBHD for the fate of Humane AI and Fisker

Humane AI raised more than $230 million before it even shipped a product. And when it finally released its Ai Pin – which costs $699 plus a $24 monthly subscription – pretty much every tech reviewer came to the same … Continue reading

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Google restructures finance team as part of AI shift, CFO tells employees in memo

Google Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat wrote to employees that the finance teams would be restructured, a move that will include relocations and layoffs.

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Dark Space is building a rocket-powered boxing glove to push debris out of orbit

Paris-based Dark Space is taking on the dual problems of debris and conflict in orbit with their mobile platform designed to launch, attach to, and ultimately deorbit uncooperative objects in space. Dark CEO Clyde Laheyne said the company is aiming … Continue reading

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AirChat, the buzzy new social app, could be great – or, it could succumb to the same fate as Clubhouse

Over the weekend, another social media platform exploded into the fray: AirChat. The app is like a combination of Twitter and Clubhouse. Instead of typing a post, you speak it. The app quickly transcribes what you say, and as your … Continue reading

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