Canadian marketing company hit by data breach, says Ontario liquor board
A Canadian marketing company that counts some of the country’s biggest corporations as its customers has been hit by a data breach. One of them is the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), a Crown corporation that sells spirits and wine in stores across the province. In an email sent
Read moreArmed with new execs, dLocal rebounds from a short seller attack in a big way
Uruguayan fintech company dLocal saw its stock surge by over 30% on Wednesday on the news that the payments outfit had tapped former Mercado Libre CFO Pedro Arnt as its new co-CEO. Shares closed up nearly 32% at $20.45, after climbing as high as $24.22 earlier in the day, giving
Read moreBNPL vendor Splitit moves to go private in exchange for fresh funds
As the buy now, pay later (BNPL) market continues on its slow decline, one of the major players, Splitit, is embarking on an effort to reorganize and pivot. Splitit today announced that it has a $60 million “capital commitment” from strategic investors including Thorney Investment Group, Parea Capital and Motive
Read moreResearchers are helping robots teach themselves to open dishwashers and doors
You’ve surely seen all of those videos of robots opening and walking through doors. The dirty little secret is that most or all of them involved a good bit of human hand holding. That can come in the form of manual remote guidance wherein a user remotely controls the process
Read moreEV maker Vinfast still worth more than Ford and GM after stock tanks 19%
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast’s debut Tuesday on the Nasdaq public exchange was nothing short of remarkable. The automaker, which went public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Black Spade Acquisition, saw shares catapult 68% to close at $37.06 — giving it a valuation of $86 billion, a figure
Read moreA growth framework for reaching $1M ARR
Jonathan Martinez Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. More posts by this contributor 5 growth lessons we learned while scaling from $2M to $3M ARR Add a free e-book to
Read moreNew York City bans TikTok on government-issued devices
New York City becomes the latest government to issue new rules banning TikTok, a measure meant to ward off potential security threats from China. The Verge reported the new ban, which is effective immediately and instructs agencies to delete the app from city-owned hardware within 30 days. NYC Cyber Command,
Read moreGovernment of Canada brings high-speed internet to 1000+ Indigenous homes in Newfoundland and Labrador
Yesterday, the government of Canada announced an investment of C$10.3 million to bring high-speed internet access to more than a thousand Indigenous households in Hopedale, Makkovik, Nain, Natuashish, Postville and Rigolet in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. This investment, which adds to the C$22 million announced in March 2022
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