April 2023

The Download: fire-resistant homes, and Big Tech’s AI chokehold

April 18, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The quest to build wildfire-resistant homes With each devastating wildfire in the US West, officials consider new methods or regulations that might save homes or lives the next time. In the parts of…

How Maserati Recharged Its Brand

April 18, 2023
Davide Grasso, Global CEO of Maserati, discusses rebuilding the iconic car company with their first all-electric vehicle.

This Tech Stock Is RAMPING up on Wall Street

April 18, 2023
Tech company LiveRamp Holdings (RAMP) has been making waves on Wall Street lately, with its share price gaining more than 10% over the past month. Moreover, its recent extension of…

Alaska Airlines does away with check-in kiosks

April 18, 2023

Alaska Airlines recently started a 3-year, $2.5 billion project to improve the airport experience at its hubs and focus cities like Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. As a part of this project, the airline is looking to modernize the lobby experience and as the company announced today, the most visible change here will […]

Alaska Airlines does away with check-in kiosks by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Avalor wants to unify cybersecurity tools by aggregating data

April 18, 2023

Security has a data problem. That’s according to Kfir Tishbi, who led the engineering team at Datorama, a marketing analytics company that was acquired by Salesforce in 2018. Tishbi — who spent time at CitiBank and digital entertainment startup Playtika before joining Datorama — says he often worked with security teams that had to juggle […]

Avalor wants to unify cybersecurity tools by aggregating data by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Apple’s high security mode blocked NSO spyware, researchers say

April 18, 2023

Last year, Apple launched a new feature for iPhone users who are worried about getting targeted with sophisticated spyware, such as journalists or human rights defenders. Now, researchers say they have found evidence that the feature — called Lockdown Mode — helped block an attack by hackers using spyware made by the infamous mercenary hacking […]

Apple’s high security mode blocked NSO spyware, researchers say by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

Niantic is making a real-world ‘Monster Hunter’ game

April 18, 2023

While Pokémon GO is still Niantic’s most popular game, the company is trying to diversify its portfolio of games by announcing a new game. Niantic announced a partnership with Capcom today to launch a game in the Monster Hunter franchise on mobile later this year. The company said the game will be called Monster Hunter […]

Niantic is making a real-world ‘Monster Hunter’ game by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch