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Decade of newborn child registry data stolen in MOVEit mass-hack

September 25, 2023
Ontario’s government-funded birth registry has confirmed a data breach affecting some 3.4 million people who sought pregnancy care, including the personal health data of close to two million newborns and children across the Canadian province. BORN Ontario said in a statement on Monday that hackers copied more than a decade’s worth of data including fertility, […]

Snap partners with Microsoft on ads in its ‘My AI’ chatbot feature

September 25, 2023
Snapchat has a new advertising partner in Microsoft for the ads it’s inserting into its AI product, My AI, an AI chatbot introduced earlier this year to the wider Snapchat user base. The company in May said it would begin testing Sponsored Links in My AI — link suggestions that are paired with the user’s […]

7 Tips To Avoid Burnout As An Entrepreneur

September 25, 2023
Entrepreneurship can be an exhilarating journey, but it’s crucial to acknowledge that burnout is a real and prevalent challenge in this pursuit.

X will make audio and video calls a premium subscriber-only feature

September 25, 2023
Last month X CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed that video calls would be coming to the app formerly known as Twitter as part of its transition into an “everything app.” Now, new code in the X app reveals that both audio and video calls will be supported. However, the feature will not be available to all […]

These new tools could make AI vision systems less biased

September 25, 2023
Computer vision systems are everywhere. They help classify and tag images on social media feeds, detect objects and faces in pictures and videos, and highlight relevant elements of an image. However, they are riddled with biases, and they’re less accurate when the images show Black or brown people and women. And there’s another problem: the…

TeachMe.To lands $2M to connect beginner athletes with local coaches

September 25, 2023
TeachMe.To, a sports coaching platform for beginner athletes, secured $2 million in seed funding, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. The funding will be used to scale the platform, launch a new app for students as well as expand beyond its sports offerings. The startup was founded in late 2021 by CEO Nick O’Brien and chairman […]

Coffee and Productivity: A Match Made in Heaven?

September 25, 2023
Worldwide, coffee is among the most popular beverages. In fact, 167 million coffee bags were consumed worldwide from 2020 to 2021 alone. Does that really seem shocking to you? It…