Blaming victims, months of silence, and suing security researchers all featured in cybersecurity in 2024.
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Indian online pharmacy PharmEasy is now being valued at about $456 million after its investor Janus Henderson said in a filing that it valued its stake of 12.9 million shares in the startup at $766,043. The asset managerβs Global Research Fund had originally spent $9.4 million to acquire these shares. This valuation is 92% less [β¦]
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Social network Bluesky said on Christmas that it is testing a trending topics view. The trending topics are visible both on the desktop and mobile apps of the social network for users across the world. On the desktop, you can see trending topics on the right sidebar, and on the mobile apps, you can tap [β¦]
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David Krane is in an enviable position. As the CEO of GV, the venture firm that is funded entirely by Google to the tune of $1 billion a year, his team of roughly 100 gets to make a lot of bets β with just a couple of notable restrictions. During a TechCrunch StrictlyVC event in [β¦]
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AMD has its work cut out for it at CES 2025. Competitor Nvidia has been sucking the oxygen out of every room it graces, as the chipmaker remains at the forefront of the AI boom. So, how will AMD compete with Nvidiaβs reported RTX 5000 announcement? The company should show of its own next-gen GPU. [β¦]
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Sharing security advice can go a long way in protecting your loved ones from the most common and damaging online threats.
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A year after Onyx Motorbikes owner James Khatiblou died suddenly, leaving customers with unfulfilled orders and millions in unpaid debts, the brand has been revived by its original founder. βIβm excited to announce I have resurrected my original brand Onyx with incredible backers!β founder Tim Seward wrote in a LinkedIn post on Monday. βOnyx is [β¦]
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Sony knows how to put on a show at CES. The companyβs pressers are high-octane, star-studded affairs, as these things go. In addition to standard Sony fare like TVs and audio systems, thereβs always a curve ball or two, be it a car, a drone, or a βGran Turismoβ movie. Thatβs one of the perks [β¦]
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OpenAI has recently explored building its own humanoid robot, according to The Information. The report cites βtwo people with direct knowledgeβ of those conversations. The ChatGPT maker has been involved in the space for some time now, by way of financial backing. It has thus far invested in Figure and 1X, along with the βgeneral [β¦]
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Is it possible for an AI to be trained just on data generated by another AI? It might sound like a harebrained idea. But itβs one thatβs been around for quite some time β and as new, real data is increasingly hard to come by, itβs been gaining traction. Anthropic used some synthetic data to [β¦]
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Samsungβs CES presser is always an odd duck. The Korean electronics giant generally keeps its powder dry when it comes to consumer electronics. After all, itβs expected to announce its latest flagship handset β the Galaxy S25 β toward the end of January. CES 2025 is going to continue the companyβs tradition of TVs and [β¦]
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Contractors working on Google Gemini are comparing its responses to Claude's, according to internal correspondence seen by TechCrunch.
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In an era where it has become tougher to raise venture capital, many companies have turned to non-dilutive, revenue-based financing (RBF) as an alternative. As a result, plenty of startups have risen to meet that challenge, none more so than in the MENA region, which has taken to the model like a duck to water. [β¦]
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A little early holiday surprise from Boston Dynamics this week, as Santa suit-wearing electric Atlas performs a backflip. The feat occurs about 13 minutes into a new video, showcasing yet another trick in the humanoid robotβs arsenal. Itβs worth noting that β unlike with humans β a robot performing a backflip isnβt necessarily more complicated [β¦]
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The prolific ransomware gang says it hacked at least 66 companies by exploiting a bug in tools made by Cleo Software.
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A consortium of investors has resurrected Lilium just days after the electric air taxi startup ceased operations and laid off about 1,000 employees.
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People with chronic kidney disease or those at risk of heart failure are greatly affected by potassium imbalances in the body. These can even be life-threatening. While wearable glucose monitors are now commonplace and have transformed the lives of diabetes patients, potassium monitoring is in its infancy, as itβs hard to do. Now startups are [β¦]
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Lux, which makes the iPhone camera app Halide, published a roadmap on Monday detailing the appβs next version, called Halide Mark III, to be released sometime next year. The company said Halide Mark III will ship with two new features: Color Grades and its own take on HDR (high dynamic range) photos. The company plans [β¦]
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Hyundai said on Monday that it would send customers who have bought or leased an EV before January 31 a free charging adapter that would let them access Teslaβs supercharging network. The adapter will enable CCS-port-equipped Hyundai EVs to access more than 20,000 Tesla Superchargers in the United States, Hyundai said. The free adapters will [β¦]
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