July 8, 2025

Battling next-gen financial fraud 

From a cluster of call centers in Canada, a criminal network defrauded elderly victims in the US out of $21 million in total between 2021 and 2024. The fraudsters used voice over internet protocol technology to dupe victims into believing the calls came from their grandchildren in the US, customizing conversations using banks of personal data,…

Technology

Ring ring, Solana’s web3-focused Saga phone is calling

April 13, 2023

About 10 months ago, Solana’s co-founder and CEO, Anatoly Yakovenko, announced the launch of Saga, a web3-focused Android smartphone. The phone is now being rolled out, and we got to test one ahead of its launch. Solana says Saga was launched to make crypto products and services more accessible for users by offering them through […]

Ring ring, Solana’s web3-focused Saga phone is calling by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Ampersand helps SaaS companies build their customer-facing integrations, raises $4.7M

April 13, 2023

Ampersand, a startup that helps SaaS companies build user-facing integrations into their products, today announced that it has raised a $4.7 million seed funding round led by Matrix Partners. Base Case Capital, Flex Capital and 2.12 Angels also invested, along with numerous prominent angel investors. Today’s SaaS products, Ampersand co-founders Lauren Long and Ayan Barua […]

Ampersand helps SaaS companies build their customer-facing integrations, raises $4.7M by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Three brothers quit SpaceX to build spacecraft powered by moon water

April 13, 2023

A new startup founded by a trio of SpaceX veterans — who happen to be brothers — aims to build an in-space transportation network, using reusable spacecraft propelled by water harvested from the Moon. Argo Space Corporation, founded by Robert Carlisle, Ryan Carlisle and Kirby Carlisle, is betting that lunar propellant will untether space activities […]

Three brothers quit SpaceX to build spacecraft powered by moon water by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Spotify introduces new tech for turning radio broadcasts into podcasts

April 13, 2023

Spotify today is introducing new technology that will give radio broadcasters the ability to turn their existing audio content into podcasts, or what it’s calling “broadcast-to-podcast.” Based on IP Spotify acquired in late 2021 from an Australia-based podcast tech company Whooshkaa, the feature set will be integrated into Spotify’s enterprise podcast tech platform Megaphone, where it’s […]

Spotify introduces new tech for turning radio broadcasts into podcasts by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Infosys and SAP together drive business innovation for clients

April 13, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Watch this engaging discussion between David Robinson, SVP and MD at SAP, and Vibhuti Dubey, SVP, service offering head, Global SAP Practice at Infosys, talk about the key innovations that Infosys and SAP are ushering in for clients who are creating…

Axis bank delights customers with a cloud-first approach to digital transformation

April 13, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Avinash Raghavendra, president and head of IT at Axis Bank, believes in leveraging a cloud-first architecture to digitalize its banking platform, with a focus on providing modern customer interfaces and next-gen products. Read about how Axis Bank took digital steps to…

The Download: EVs’ charging problem, and tackling climate change with heat

April 13, 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. EVs just got a big boost. We’re going to need a lot more chargers. The US government is pushing for many more electric vehicles to hit the roads in the next few years.…

Protecting digital classes

April 13, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Watch this podcast featuring Infosys leader Mitrankur Majumdar and Lenny J. Schad, a K-12 technology leader, who discuss how educators often overlook the current risks and the need for cybersecurity in schools. Click here to continue.