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Alaska Airlines does away with check-in kiosks
Alaska Airlines recently started a 3-year, $2.5 billion project to improve the airport experience at its hubs and focus cities like Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. As a part of this project, the airline is looking to modernize the lobby experience and as the company announced today, the most visible change here will […]
Alaska Airlines does away with check-in kiosks by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
Avalor wants to unify cybersecurity tools by aggregating data
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
Investors prefer debt over equity (but not venture debt)
Capital markets are changing, which means financing options for companies are changing as well.
Investors prefer debt over equity (but not venture debt) by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
Apple’s high security mode blocked NSO spyware, researchers say
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
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
B Capital leads Odeko’s $53M Series D to help small coffee shops scale
Odeko has operations software for coffee shops to manage inventory, get data insights and order equipment and supplies from over 400 vendors.
B Capital leads Odeko’s $53M Series D to help small coffee shops scale by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
In letter to EU, open source bodies say Cyber Resilience Act could have ‘chilling effect’ on software development
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
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
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