Roku announces new lineup of high-end TVs to launch this spring

A year after announcing its own lineup of Roku-branded TVs, the hardware company revealed today a new range of high-end televisions. Roku also introduced Roku Smart Picture, an AI-powered feature that automatically adjusts picture and audio quality. The Roku Pro Series TVs feature a thinner design than its Roku Select and Plus Series TVs, with […]
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UK Deep Tech Faces Major Diversity Challenge, Royal Academy of Engineering Finds

More than three quarters of founding teams behind AI, quantum computing and similar “deep tech” companies in the U.K. are all male, according to a report by RAEng.

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Uncertainty Is the Biggest Challenge to Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy

Commentary: Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2023-2030 is a bold and far-reaching vision that will see Australia become a world leader. However, a lack of bipartisan agreement may undermine it.

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23andMe tells victims it’s their fault that their data was breached

Facing more than 30 lawsuits from victims of its massive data breach, 23andMe is now deflecting the blame to the victims themselves in an attempt to absolve itself from any responsibility, according to a letter sent to a group of victims seen by TechCrunch. “Rather than acknowledge its role in this data security disaster, 23andMe […]
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Cloud-native cybersecurity startup Aqua Security raises $60M and remains a unicorn

Aqua Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that helps companies protect their cloud services, has raised $60 million in funding, extending its previously announced $135 million Series E round of funding to $195 million. Founded in 2015, Tel Aviv- and Boston-based Aqua Security claims customers such as PayPal, Netflix, and Samsung, who use the Aqua platform […]
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Microsoft Copilot is now available on iOS and Android

Over the holiday season, Microsoft quietly launched its Copilot app on Android and iOS, along with iPadOS. The app gives users access to Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat, which operates similarly to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Like other AI chatbot, you can type in a question or a prompt and receive responses generated by artificial intelligence. […]
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How Duly is shaking up the Indian sexual wellness market

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we sit down with a critical person in the world of startups or venture, and dig into what they […]
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Forget Growth. Optimize for Resilience

The tech economy is all about getting those next 10,000 users. What if it maximized something else for a change?

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Urgent need for terrorism AI laws, warns think tank

The government should ‘urgently consider’ AI-specific legislation a think-tank says.

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X briefly brought back headlines to link previews — but they’re gone again

X (formerly Twitter) started showing headlines at the bottom of link preview cards again on Tuesday using a small font. However, hours later the company seemingly pulled the new format. Multiple users and publications reported that they could see titles on link cards on the web. They also noted that some titles were cut off […]
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