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Battling next-gen financial fraud
From a cluster of call centers in Canada, a criminal network defrauded elderly victims in the US out of $21 million in total between 2021 and 2024. The fraudsters used voice over internet protocol technology to dupe victims into believing the calls came from their grandchildren in the US, customizing conversations using banks of personal data,…
3 Stocks You’ll Thank Yourself Later for Buying in 2023
High-profile bank failures have exacerbated fresh volatility in the stock market. The central bank stands at policy crossroads, weighing recent strong economic data against jittery capital markets. Amid an uncertain…
Don’t use Sam Altman and AI hype in the same sentence
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Today, we’re celebrating Equity’s 6th birthday! Thankfully, it fell during the easiest, slowest news cycle we’ve had since the beginning of the grocery delivery wars and WeWork. Just kidding. Alex and Natasha […]
Don’t use Sam Altman and AI hype in the same sentence by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Unearthly Materials claimed to have big-name investors, but they weren’t all on board
If Unearthly Materials’ claims are true, and if scientists can refine the room-temp superconductor further, it could become a truly transformative technology.
Unearthly Materials claimed to have big-name investors, but they weren’t all on board by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
Wētā FX talks all things ‘The Last of Us,’ including the iconic bloater and giraffe scenes
“Nobody does creature work the way Wētā does,” Craig Mazin, co-creator of HBO’s “The Last of Us,” said in the official podcast for the video game adaptation series. If you’d had a chance to watch the bloater scene from episode five, then you most likely agree with him. It makes sense that HBO approached Wētā […]
Wētā FX talks all things ‘The Last of Us,’ including the iconic bloater and giraffe scenes by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
The Download: China’s version of ChatGPT, and protecting our brain data
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. Chinese tech giant Baidu just released its answer to ChatGPT Yesterday, Robin Li, Baidu’s cofounder and CEO, took the stage in Beijing to showcase the company’s new large language model, Ernie Bot. He…
Investors Can Safeguard Their Money By Focusing on One Crucial Step
You wouldn’t buy a house without inspecting it first, right? Investing in businesses shouldn’t be any different.
The 3 Best Industrial Stocks to Invest Money in Now
The increased investment in infrastructure development and government spending should drive the industrial sector’s growth. Given its solid long-term prospects, fundamentally strong industrial stocks Honeywell International (HON), Caterpillar (CAT), and…
You can probably manufacture closer to home than you think
Let’s take a closer look at how nonprofit FORGE helps founders manufacture on the other side of town instead of the other side of the world.
You can probably manufacture closer to home than you think by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
SVB Financial files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection, says it has $2.2B in liquidity
One week after trading was halted for SVB Financial and regulators took control of the holding company for Silicon Valley Bank and other subsidiaries, SVB Financial has taken the next inevitable step: today it announced that it has formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of […]
SVB Financial files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection, says it has $2.2B in liquidity by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch