4 Dead, 1 in Critical Condition After Freak Accident in Hot Air Balloon
The hot air balloon crashed early in the morning on Thursday while flying over the Arizona desert.
Google unveils Gemini CLI, an open-source AI tool for terminals
Google is launching a new agentic AI tool that will put its Gemini AI models closer to where developers are already coding. The company announced on Wednesday the launch of Gemini CLI, an agentic AI tool designed to run locally from your terminal. The new tool connects Google’s Gemini AI models to local codebases, and […]
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Snyk acquires Helios to bolster its AppSec platform
Snyk, the well-funded developer-focused security company, today announced that it has acquired Helios, a Tel Aviv-based startup that helps developers troubleshoot and understand their microservices in production. Snyk will use Helios to bolster its recently launched AppRisk service, its application security play, and to provide them with a better overall security service both at build […]
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Hackers begin mass exploiting Ivanti VPN zero-day flaws
Malicious hackers have begun mass-exploiting two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti’s widely-used corporate VPN appliance. That’s according to cybersecurity company Volexity, which first reported last week that China state-backed hackers are exploiting the two unpatched flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure — tracked as CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887 — to break into customer networks and steal information. […]
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EV charging startup Electra secures $330 million
It’s not often that you see a $300 million+ Series B round that is entirely in equity. And yet, Paris-based startup Electra just raised a a $330 million (€304 million) Series B round. Electra is an electric vehicle charging company building a network of charging stations in France and in other European countries. Right now, […]
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3 Ways to Turn Your Customer Leads into Your Biggest Fans
Turning leads into fans isn’t complicated. It requires setting the right expectations from the beginning and then exceeding them.
4 Passive Income Ideas to Try as a Side Hustle in 2024
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S&P 500 Companies Spent $65 Million on This Ultra-Luxe Executive Perk in 2022 — Fueling Concerns That Shareholders Are No Longer the Priority
Spending on personal travel via corporate jets increased significantly.
Supreme Court declines to hear Apple-Epic antitrust case, meaning developers can point customers to the web
The Supreme Court has denied both Apple and Fortnite maker Epic Games’ request to appeal a lower court’s ruling on the alleged anticompetitive nature of Apple’s App Store. The decision to not hear the case was a bit of a surprise, given that a jury trial recently found Google guilty in a similar antitrust battle […]
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Apple Vision Pro to launch with 150 3D movies, immersive films and series, Disney+, Max and more
Apple has detailed a number of entertainment experiences that will be available at launch with its mixed-reality Apple Vision Pro, which goes on sale on February 2. At launch, the headset will feature 150 3D movies, immersive films and series, a Travel Mode feature, streaming services like Disney+, Amazon Prime Video and more. The Vision […]
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Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely
The Apple-versus-Beeper saga is not over yet it seems, even though the iMessage-on-Android Beeper Mini was removed from the Play Store last week. Now, Apple customers who used Beeper’s apps are reporting that they’ve been banned from using iMessage on their Macs — a move Apple may have taken to disable Beeper’s apps from working […]
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