‘All-in-one’ sales tech platform FlashIntel raises $10 million

August 21, 2023
As businesses brace for a slowing global economy, they are seeking avenues to streamline budgets, including trimming their SaaS expenses. Sales tech, in particular, is known for being fragmented with an array of highly specialized solutions. That’s why Yi Shi started FlashIntel with an ambitious goal: offer an all-in-one sales platform to consolidate the sales […]

Level up at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 roundtables

August 21, 2023
You won’t have to search very hard or go very far to engage in compelling conversations next month at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. In fact, you’ll find more than two dozen in the agenda — just look for the roundtable discussions. One of the most popular attractions at Disrupt, roundtables are expert-led, small-group conversations focused on […]

The Download: reusing heat from computers, and period research

August 21, 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. This startup has engineered a clever way to reuse waste heat from cloud computing The idea of using the wasted heat of computing to do something else has been mooted plenty of times…

3 Smart Insurance Stock Picks for the Week Ahead

August 21, 2023
The insurance industry is known to thrive in a rising interest rate environment. Although inflation has eased significantly, it remains well above the Fed’s 2% target, making room for more…

An X glitch is breaking native images, links posted before December 2014

August 21, 2023
A glitch on X, formerly Twitter, seems to have broken links and images posted using the social network’s native service before December 2014. Over the weekend, a few people speculated that images — including the famous Oscar selfie — were deleted from the service. However, other users pointed out that images are still on the […]

Tesla says data breach impacting 75,000 employees was an insider job

August 21, 2023
Tesla has said that insider wrongdoing was to blame for a data breach affecting more than 75,000 company employees. Tesla, the electric car maker owned by Elon Musk, said in a data breach notice filed with Maine’s attorney general that an investigation had found that two former employees leaked over 75,000 individuals’ personal information to […]