July 2023

Threat intelligence startup Cyble lands $24M investment

July 31, 2023
Cyble, a cybersecurity startup that styles itself as a “threat intelligence provider,” today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Blackbird Ventures and King River Capital with participation from Spider Capital, January Capital, Summit Peak Ventures and others.  The new cash will be put toward Cyble’s general R&D, […]

The Download: labeling AI, and Twitter’s transformation

July 31, 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. Cryptography may offer a solution to the massive AI-labeling problem  The White House wants big AI companies to disclose when content has been created using artificial intelligence, and very soon the EU will…

Savings Strategies for Retiring Early

July 31, 2023
Many of us have the fantasy of retiring young, of having the financial freedom to choose when and for whom we work. To make this dream a reality, though, you’ll…

Social commerce DealShare’s CEO steps down

July 31, 2023
Vineet Rao, co-founder and chief executive of Indian social commerce DealShare, has stepped down from the top role, the Tiger Global and Alpha Wave Global-backed startup said Monday. Rao will work with the startup’s board to identify the next chief executive, the Monday statement added. The startup, which did not say why Rao was stepping […]

Apple greenlights Twitter app’s rebrand to X

July 31, 2023
After weeks of changes to its social handles, branding on its interface, a redirect on the web, and lots of chatter from its owner, Twitter the app has finally changed its name on the App Store to X. The single-letter name may have an exception: Apple typically doesn’t allow developers name their apps as a […]

The race to find a better way to label AI

July 31, 2023
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. I recently wrote a short story about a project backed by some major tech and media companies trying to help identify content made or altered by AI. …

Italy accepts data portability offer from Google to settle antitrust complaint

July 31, 2023
Italy’s competition authority has settled a probe of Google focused on data portability after accepting commitments from the tech giant that look set to make it easier for users to take their data elsewhere, the AGCM said today. The watchdog opened the investigation last summer, acting on a complaint by a local company which operates […]

China’s cutthroat e-commerce tactic goes global as Shein-Temu war escalates

July 31, 2023
The battle between two of China’s largest e-commerce firms is heating up, as they take the cutthroat tactics that have long been around in the country to the international markets they both covet. Chinese e-commerce deals giant Pinduoduo’s affiliate, Temu, which is aggressively expanding overseas, recently filed a court document in the U.S. accusing fast […]