Byju’s exposed sensitive student data, including loan details

August 25, 2023
Byju’s, the edtech giant and India’s most valuable startup, has fixed a server-side misconfiguration that was exposing the sensitive data of its students. The Indian startup exposed some students’ names, phone numbers, addresses and email IDs. The exposed data also included loan details such as payouts, links to scanned documents and transactional information related to […]

Luxury Presence, which builds marketing tools for realtors, raises $19.2M

August 25, 2023
Real estate marketing is no walk in the park. Not only do realtors have to weather market volatility, but they need to meet buyers where they shop — creating compelling marketing experiences while keeping costs under control. Malte Kramer experienced the roadblocks firsthand while working as a marketing consultant for real estate company Jade Mills. […]

The Download: internet scams, and the ethics of brain implants

August 25, 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. How culture drives foul play on the internet, and how new “upcode” can protect us From Bored Apes and Fancy Bears, to Shiba Inu coins, self-­replicating viruses, and whales, the internet is crawling…

3 Financial Stocks to Watch Closely for Momentum

August 25, 2023
With sustained demand and rapid digital transformation, the financial services industry is poised for significant growth and expansion. Moreover, industry players usually benefit in a high-interest rate environment. Thus, robust…

All hail the new EU law that lets social media users quiet quit the algorithm

August 25, 2023
Internet users in the European Union are logging on to a quiet revolution on mainstream social networks today: The ability to say ‘no thanks’ to being attention hacked by AI. Thanks to the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), users of Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok and Snap’s Snapchat can easily decline “personalized” content feeds […]