How to Stay Humble Amidst Success — Actionable Advice for Self-Made Entrepreneurs
The importance of staying grounded once your hard work has led you to where you’ve dreamed to go.
The Download: a blockchain enigma, and the algorithms governing our lives
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. Welcome to the dark side of crypto’s permissionless dream Jean-Paul Thorbjornsen, an Australian man in his mid-30s, with a rural Catholic upbringing, is a founder of THORChain, a blockchain through which users can…
Deepfakes Are on the Rise — Will They Change How Businesses Verify Their Users?
Are the latest tech developments turning criminals into invisible ghosts? Let’s explore the world of highly sophisticated threats and see if AI detectives have what it takes to catch their AI-powered adversaries.
The European Company signs agreements with Axiom, Indian Space Research Organization
Europe-based The Exploration Company is gearing up to compete with in-space delivery providers SpaceX and Northrop Grumman, with the startup announcing this week that it had signed a preliminary cargo delivery agreement with private space station aspirant Axiom Space. Axiom agreed to purchase a full mission from The Exploration Company no sooner than the fourth […]
Android Auto now lets drivers take Zoom and Cisco conference calls
Drivers with vehicles equipped with Google’s Android Auto — which is expected to reach 200 million by the end of year — can now use Zoom and WebEx by Cisco for audio-only conference calls. The two apps launched Tuesday, Google said in a blog post the coincided with the Detroit Auto Show. Zoom will have […]
Amazon Prime video is coming to the Polestar 2 and Volvo Cars
Amazon Prime video is coming to certain vehicles that are equipped with Google built-in, including the all-electric Polestar 2 and eventually the Volvo EX90 — the latest example of streaming video services making its way into cars, trucks and SUVs. The new in-car app avaiability, along with several other features from Google’s Android for Cars […]
Sapphire Ventures is now managing all of CalSTR’s emerging manager portfolio
Sapphire Partners, the LP arm of enterprise software-focused VC Sapphire Ventures, announced this morning that moving forward, it will be managing five funds with $1.4 billion in assets that are focused on emerging managers on behalf of the giant California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS). In fact, according to CalSTRS, which currently has a whopping […]
EU to let ‘responsible’ AI startups train models on its supercomputers
The European Union has signalled a plan to expand access to its high performance computing (HPC) supercomputers by letting startups use the resource to train AI models. However there’s a catch: Startups wanting to gain access to the EU’s high power compute resource — which currently includes pre-exascale and petascale supercomputers — will need to […]
BP CEO Bernard Looney Suddenly Resigns After Allegations of ‘Personal Relationships’ With Employees
Looney was appointed CEO in February 2020.
5 Things Successful Businesses Do to Fight Cybercrime
Join us for this free webinar and learn how to better protect your business from the ever-present threats of bad actors online.
Exostellar raises $15M to help companies optimize their cloud spend
Public cloud services spending is projected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2026, up from $531.7 billion this year, according to IDC. But as the use of cloud services expands, organizations are having a tougher time keeping track of exactly how much they’re spending on compute. Statista reports that around 82% of companies find managing cloud […]