Avalor wants to unify cybersecurity tools by aggregating data

April 18, 2023

Security has a data problem. That’s according to Kfir Tishbi, who led the engineering team at Datorama, a marketing analytics company that was acquired by Salesforce in 2018. Tishbi — who spent time at CitiBank and digital entertainment startup Playtika before joining Datorama — says he often worked with security teams that had to juggle […]

Avalor wants to unify cybersecurity tools by aggregating data by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Apple’s high security mode blocked NSO spyware, researchers say

April 18, 2023

Last year, Apple launched a new feature for iPhone users who are worried about getting targeted with sophisticated spyware, such as journalists or human rights defenders. Now, researchers say they have found evidence that the feature — called Lockdown Mode — helped block an attack by hackers using spyware made by the infamous mercenary hacking […]

Apple’s high security mode blocked NSO spyware, researchers say by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

Niantic is making a real-world ‘Monster Hunter’ game

April 18, 2023

While Pokémon GO is still Niantic’s most popular game, the company is trying to diversify its portfolio of games by announcing a new game. Niantic announced a partnership with Capcom today to launch a game in the Monster Hunter franchise on mobile later this year. The company said the game will be called Monster Hunter […]

Niantic is making a real-world ‘Monster Hunter’ game by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

In letter to EU, open source bodies say Cyber Resilience Act could have ‘chilling effect’ on software development

April 18, 2023

More than a dozen open source industry bodies have published an open letter asking the European Commission (EC) to reconsider aspects of its proposed Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), saying it will have a “chilling effect” on open source software development if implemented in its current form. Thirteen organizations, including the Eclipse Foundation, Linux Foundation Europe, and the […]

In letter to EU, open source bodies say Cyber Resilience Act could have ‘chilling effect’ on software development by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Shein and Temu the latest China tech targets in Congress body’s sights

April 18, 2023

As the U.S. becomes increasingly wary of China’s growing influence on the Western tech stage, internet platforms from TikTok to Shein are finding themselves in Washington’s sights. As a Chinese saying goes: the first bird that pokes its head out gets shot. In recent months, lawmakers in the U.S. have escalated efforts to ban TikTok. […]

Shein and Temu the latest China tech targets in Congress body’s sights by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Ada releases new automated generative AI-driven customer service suite

April 18, 2023

Ada, a Toronto-based customer service automation startup, has been around long enough to predate the use of large language models in its solutions, but today the company is announcing a new suite of tools powered by generative AI with the goal of taking that automation to another level. Company co-founder and CEO Mike Murchison says […]

Ada releases new automated generative AI-driven customer service suite by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

The quest to build wildfire-resistant homes

April 18, 2023
The first sparks that ignited in the Montecito hills above Santa Barbara, California, on November 13, 2008, were stoked by ferocious sundowner winds gusting at up to 85 miles per hour, pushing the flames down into the densely populated canyon. Troy Harris, then the director of institutional resilience at Westmont College in Montecito, rushed from…

Generative AI risks concentrating Big Tech’s power. Here’s how to stop it

April 18, 2023
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. If regulators don’t act now, the generative AI boom will concentrate Big Tech’s power even further. That’s the central argument of a new report from research institute AI Now. And it makes sense. To…