Small Businesses Can and Should Consider Investing in AI Technology — With a Cautious Approach
Artificial intelligence is the latest hot topic, both in the business world and in general. But should small businesses hop on board just yet?
This international surveillance project aims to protect wheat from deadly diseases
When Dave Hodson walked through wheat fields in Ethiopia in 2010, it seemed as if everything had been painted yellow. A rust fungus was in the process of infecting about one-third of the country’s wheat, and winds had carried its spores far and wide, coating everything in their path. “The fields were completely yellow. You’d…
May 2023
Security researcher finds trove of Capita data exposed online
London-based outsourcing giant Capita left a trove of data exposed online for 7 years, TechCrunch has learned, just weeks after the company admitted to a data breach potentially impacting customer data. Requesting anonymity, a security researcher alerted TechCrunch to an unprotected Amazon-hosted storage bucket, which was secured by Capita last week. The AWS bucket, which […]
Security researcher finds trove of Capita data exposed online by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
After bootstrapping for five years, Instruqt raises a €15M Series A from Blossom Capital
Netherlands-based Instruqt has a product allowing companies to more easily test how a new software would run inside their organization. After bootstrapping its way to growth, it has now raised €15 million in a Series A round led entirely by Blossom Capital. It’s much easier to sell a software product into a company if they […]
After bootstrapping for five years, Instruqt raises a €15M Series A from Blossom Capital by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
26 Ways to Simplify Your Financial Life – While Saving Astronomical Amounts of Money
Interested in simplifying your financial life? You’re not alone. After all, most people’s finances are too complicated. As a result, other parts of their lives get affected. Procrastination and stress…
Warner Bros. Discovery CTO and CPO explain how they made Max less buggy
A few weeks before Warner Bros. Discovery launches its new HBO Max/Discovery+ streaming service, Max, TechCrunch spoke with WBD chief technology officer Avi Saxena and chief product officer Tyler Whitworth about building the new platform from the ground up, rolling out new features, improving functionality, adding new tech and all around designing the product. They […]
Warner Bros. Discovery CTO and CPO explain how they made Max less buggy by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Crypto, influencers targeted in Kenya’s new tax bid
Kenya is proposing new taxes to tap the growing digital economy in a bid to grow domestic revenues and narrow its fiscal deficit in response to the ongoing cash crunch. The East African country plans to charge a 3% tax on the transfer or exchange value of digital assets, while content creators will pay 15% […]
Crypto, influencers targeted in Kenya’s new tax bid by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
Samsung surpasses Apple in smartphone shipments by 1% amid persisting market decline
Samsung overtook Apple through a slender 1% lead to secure the top spot in smartphone shipment volumes during the first quarter of 2023, despite the ongoing contraction of the smartphone market, according to a new report. The South Korean electronics giant shipped a total of 60.6 million units, narrowly surpassing Apple’s 58 million in the […]
Samsung surpasses Apple in smartphone shipments by 1% amid persisting market decline by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Brain surgery on a fetus
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. She doesn’t know it yet, but a baby girl living somewhere near Boston has made history. The seven-week-old is one of the first people to have undergone an experimental brain operation while…
Apple introduces 20 new games to Apple Arcade
Apple launched 20 new games Thursday on Apple Arcade including a new exclusive Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title along with classic games like Temple Run and Snake.io. Paramount Global’s TMNT Splintered Fate is a “roguelike adventure” game where you must play different characters including Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael to find the missing Master Splinter. […]
Apple introduces 20 new games to Apple Arcade by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Kenya’s Fingo partners with Ecobank, launches neobank on the back of $4M investment
Yesterday, Fingo, a YC-backed Kenyan fintech, launched its neobank, which it developed in collaboration with Pan-African financial institution Ecobank Kenya. The Ecobank subsidiary unveiled the neobank, the first of its kind in the East African country, according to the pair, in an event with the country’s president, William Ruto, in attendance. It’s taken a while […]
Kenya’s Fingo partners with Ecobank, launches neobank on the back of $4M investment by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch