July 2023

Discord introduces new opt-in parental controls for teens

July 11, 2023

Discord is introducing a new Family Center opt-in-tool that is designed to make it easy for parents and guardians to learn more about who their teens are friends with and talk to on the platform, the company announced on Tuesday. The official roll out of the parental controls comes two months after Discord was seen […]

Discord introduces new opt-in parental controls for teens by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Banks, hotels and hospitals among latest MOVEit mass-hack victims

July 11, 2023

The MOVEit mass-hack has claimed yet more victims, including hotel chain Radisson, U.S.-based 1st Source Bank, real estate giant Jones Lang LaSalle, and Dutch GPS company TomTom. The Clop ransomware gang, which claimed responsibility for the mass data raids targeting corporate customers of Progress Software’s MOVEit file-transfer tool, has already claimed hundreds of victims — […]

Banks, hotels and hospitals among latest MOVEit mass-hack victims by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

How to Use Your Own Debts to Fund Your Business

July 11, 2023
To borrow or not to borrow? That is the question. And it’s a pretty difficult one to answer, too, especially if you need money but are averse to debt. However, contrary to popular belief, not all debts are bad.

Pylon wants to make it easier to manage B2B conversations in Slack

July 11, 2023

As email has becomes an increasingly clogged communication mechanism, businesses looking for more direct ways to communicate with their customers in a B2B context have been turning to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord and other channels. But tracking those conversations and making sure they get directed to the right people is challenging for businesses. That’s where […]

Pylon wants to make it easier to manage B2B conversations in Slack by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Roku users can now buy products from Shopify merchants with their TV remote

July 11, 2023

Roku is partnering with Shopify to give users the ability to purchase products from Shopify merchants through their TVs, the hardware company announced Tuesday. Viewers will be able to interact with a Roku Action Ad for a Shopify merchant by using their TV remote. (For context, Roku Action Ads are advertisements that either send users […]

Roku users can now buy products from Shopify merchants with their TV remote by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Anthropic releases Claude 2, its second-gen AI chatbot

July 11, 2023

Anthropic, the AI startup co-founded by ex-OpenAI execs, today announced the release of a new text-generating AI model, Claude 2. The successor to Anthropic’s first commercial model, Claude 2 is available in beta starting today in the U.S. and U.K. both on the web and via a paid API (in limited access). The API pricing […]

Anthropic releases Claude 2, its second-gen AI chatbot by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

HCA Healthcare reports breach of 11 million patients’ personal data

July 11, 2023

U.S. healthcare giant HCA Healthcare says about 11 million patients’ data may have had their data stolen after a posting on a known cybercrime forum claimed it was selling the data. In a website notice, HCA confirmed that the data includes “information used for email messages, such as reminders that patients may wish to schedule […]

HCA Healthcare reports breach of 11 million patients’ personal data by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch