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Security researcher finds trove of Capita data exposed online

May 5, 2023

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

May 5, 2023

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

Samsung surpasses Apple in smartphone shipments by 1% amid persisting market decline

May 5, 2023

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

Apple introduces 20 new games to Apple Arcade

May 5, 2023

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

May 5, 2023

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

India’s Meesho cuts 251 jobs

May 5, 2023

Meesho has cut 15% of its workforce, or 251 roles, as the Indian social commerce startup pares its expenses to improve its financial health. This is the second round of job cuts at Meesho, which eliminated about 150 roles a year ago. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, backed by Fidelity, Prosus, SoftBank, Sequoia India and Meta, said […]

India’s Meesho cuts 251 jobs by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch