A notorious hacking group with alleged ties to Russian intelligence services has claimed its latest victim: British lawmaker Stewart McDonald. McDonald, a Member of Parliament for his constituency in Glasgow South, told BBC News that he fears he had been the victim of a “disinformation” campaign after his personal email account was “hacked by Russia.” McDonald […]
Meet the prolific Russian espionage crew hacking spymasters and lawmakers by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
These days climate investing is hot – if you will pardon the awful pun – but the days of just raising a fund and calling it “climate focused” are well and truly over. The market is sorting out the “wheat from the chaff” and if a VC fund can’t prove that it can back-up its […]
Planet A Ventures comes out of the door with a €160M European, science-backed climate fund by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
When the NYT hired a CTO, they chose someone with experience building infrastructure at big tech companies to help build a modern tech stack.
How the NYT is building a modern tech stack to drive every part of its media biz by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
Sesame Labs raised a $4.5 million seed round to help improve the web3 marketing experience with their platform
Sesame Labs raises $4.5M to help improve web3 marketing tools by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Almost exactly a year ago, dbt Labs shined a spotlight on the opportunities in the world of developer tools for data analytics when the startup closed a Series D of $222 million at a $4.2 billion valuation. Yes, that was $2 billion lower than what it had been originally targeting, but CEO and founder Tristan […]
Dbt Labs acquires Transform, adding semantic tools to its data analytics platform by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
The finance super app is bringing together what founder and CEO Robert Cornish calls “the best of fintech for the customer.”
Former Gemini CTO launches Fierce, a high-yield finance super app by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Ethics is often a separate conversation from AI building, but they should be one and the same. Bias is dangerous, especially as AI continues spreading.
AI is the next frontier — but for whom? by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch