A number of startups are vying to surpass Canva and unseat Adobe’s hegemony in three-dimensional modeling. PixCap, a newly funded participant, is entering the fray with a web-based, no-code 3D design tool. Singapore-based PixCap, which was established in 2020, recently received $2.8 million from a seed funding round. It was …
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Google is about to automatically blur pornographic images in search results
In the upcoming months, SafeSearch filtering technology will be enabled by default for all users, according to a recent announcement from Google. The filter is made to prevent users from unintentionally coming across explicit imagery on Search and endangering themselves and their families. In honor of Safer Internet Day, the …
Read More »Daniel Ek’s upcoming play, Neko, offers another perspective on preventative healthcare
Allow space for yet another play about preventative health: After four years of covert development, Spotify founder Daniel Ek quietly launched a body scanning service in Sweden on Friday, putting an end to rumors about his new “health tech” startup, Neko (via Tech EU). Ek, who described the healthcare system …
Read More »To survive, EV SPAC Canoo agrees to sell $52 million worth of stock
In order to raise the funds necessary to maintain its operations, Canoo has agreed to sell 50 million shares at a steep discount. Unidentified investors will purchase 50 million new shares from Canoo for $1.05 per share, a 16% discount from the stock’s closing price on Friday. The warrants, which …
Read More »FTX wants the donations made to PACs and politicians to be returned
FTX and its affiliated debtors have sent private letters requesting that donations made by the cryptocurrency exchange, which was once valued at $32 billion, be returned to politicians, PACs, and other recipients of funds. According to a statement released by FTX on Sunday, the recipients are being urged to return …
Read More »Hackers launch extensive ransomware campaign using two-year-old VMware flaw
A two-year-old VMware vulnerability is currently being actively exploited by cybercriminals as part of a global ransomware campaign that targets thousands of organizations. Over the weekend, reports surfaced claiming that a ransomware variant known as “ESXiArgs” had infected and scrambled VMware ESXi servers that had been left unpatched and exposed …
Read More »India will block over 230 betting and loan apps, many of which have connections to China
To prevent the misuse of its citizens’ data, India is taking steps to block 232 apps, some of which have connections to China and offer betting and loan services in the South Asian market, according to the state-owned public broadcaster on Sunday. In order to preserve the integrity of the …
Read More »More download devices and spatial audio are available to Netflix Premium subscribers on 700+ titles
According to a recent announcement from Netflix, premium subscribers can now download content to more devices and use spatial audio for more than 700 titles. Both of the upgraded features are offered without charge. Netflix titles can be downloaded for offline viewing on up to six devices by premium subscribers. …
Read More »A battery, sweetie Our Next Energy receives a sizable $300M Series B to construct a gigafactory
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, …
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