Charging a battery In an effort to start up its $1.6 billion gigafactory, Our Next Energy announced this morning that it had closed a sizable $300 million Series B round. The two-and-a-half-year-old company, which closed a $25 million Series A in October 2021 and a $65 million Series A1 in …
Read More »To link Twitter accounts with cryptocurrency wallets, Addressable raises $7.5 million. Yet how?
Marketo, a company created, among other things, to improve marketing to social media users, was eventually purchased by Adobe. A new startup now seeks to replicate Marketo’s Web2 success in Web3. Digital fingerprinting startup Addressable claims to be able to link social media accounts with anonymous crypto wallets. In fact, …
Read More »Elon stands up, Akio Toyoda turns over the CEO keys, and Waymo faces layoffs
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Read More »Hypernative, a startup in crypto security, raises $9 million to help stop web3 cyberattacks
As it emerges from stealth, Hypernative, a startup with a focus on crypto security, has raised $9 million in seed funding, according to co-founder and CEO Gal Sagie in an exclusive interview with TechCrunch. With strategic investments from Blockdaemon, Alchemy, Borderless, CMT Digital, Nexo, and angel investors, Boldstart Ventures and …
Read More »According to a new index, US banks dominate the field of AI while European banks struggle
Following a significant influx of new artificial intelligence startups like OpenAI, a brand-new U.K. business claims it can monitor and rank banks based on their capacity to create and implement AI platforms. Evident, a benchmarking and intelligence firm, claims that its first AI Competency Index can rank the 23 biggest …
Read More »The goal of Whalesync is to make data synchronization between SaaS applications simpler
There’s no denying that no-code tools are revolutionizing the way apps are created, especially in the corporate world where technology that can reduce costs is frequently valued highly. According to recent Gartner surveys, 80% of non-IT professionals will develop IT products and services by 2024, with over 65% of them …
Read More »Use this always-on VPN to protect your data
Even though our privacy protections are rapidly evolving, accessing the internet can still give snoops and thieves a foot in the door. A gives you back control over your data and provides an always-on, simple-to-use tool. By connecting to a server owned by the network before you log into a …
Read More »Public beta of WhatsApp’s native MacOS client is now available
A public beta of WhatsApp’s native macOS app that works with Apple Silicon has been made available. Users running macOS 11 Big Sur or later versions on Macs powered by Apple’s own chip will be able to download the test version. Additionally, this native app will work with Intel Macs …
Read More »Alphabet, the parent company of Google, reduces 12,000 jobs by 6%
The parent holding company of Google, Alphabet, has announced that it will be laying off about 6% of its workers worldwide. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and Alphabet, wrote an open letter in which he noted that the company had “hired for a different economic reality” than what it’s …
Read More »Google searches allegedly made by Brian Walshe after his wife vanished were read out by the prosecution
In the case of Ana Walshe, the prosecution has read out a list of Google searches that the defendant, Brian Walshe, who is accused of killing and disinterring a body, is said to have conducted. On the morning that Ana is thought to have vanished, Brian is said to have …
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