Cybersecurity giant Rapid7 announces sweeping layoffs as losses mount
U.S. cybersecurity giant Rapid7 has announced plans to lay off 18% of its workforce, affecting more than 400 global employees. In a regulatory filing, the Boston-based cybersecurity company said its restructuring effort is “designed to improve operational efficiencies, reduce operating costs and better align the company’s workforce with current business
Read moreCyber Security Today, August 9, 2023 – The latest ransomware news, and more
The latest ransomware news, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, August 9th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Today’s podcast starts with three reports on ransomware: Ransomware gangs are increasingly finding or buying zero and one-day vulnerabilities. That’s
Read moreIt’s Tesla versus everyone else in the race for EV dominance
Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images For years, Tesla was synonymous with everything cool, high tech, and futuristic. But is it still today? “Teslas used to look cool and now they don’t,” said Jessica Resler, a Brooklyn resident recently shopping for an EV who eventually settled on
Read moreBybit Introduces Elite Wealth Management for Enhanced Crypto Portfolios
Bybit, one of the top five most trusted crypto exchanges, is delighted to announce the launch of its Wealth Management product. Designed to cater to the needs of discerning investors, Bybit’s Wealth Management offers personalized solutions and attractive returns with minimized risk. Bybit’s Wealth Management aims to deliver consistent returns
Read moreGoodNotes’ biggest update in four years brings AI-powered handwriting features and a digital marketplace
GoodNotes is releasing a new version with features like AI-powered handwriting recognition, a marketplace for digital stationery, and an educational module for maths in the popular note-taking app’s biggest push in four years to win and retain customers. The app, launched by Steven Chan in 2011, said the new version,
Read moreThe Comprehensive Guide for Health IT Leaders
InterSystems, a global tech leader, has released a comprehensive guide titled “The Business Case for a Healthcare Cloud Integration Platform.” This guide aims to help healthcare CIOs and IT leaders tackle industry challenges and highlights the value of cloud-based data integration. Key benefits include scalability, easy and cost-effective growth, data
Read moreHashtag Trending Aug.9-Cyberattack hits hospital systems across the U.S.; Researchers manage to hypnotize LLMs; Google’s attempt to dismiss $5 billion privacy lawsuit fails
A cyber attack disrupts hospital Systems across U.S. states. Can you hypnotize an AI? A research team claims you can. And why is there a generative AI like your brother-in-law at Christmas dinner? These are the top tech news stories on today’s Hashtag Trending. I’m your host Jim Love,
Read morePretiosum Ventures hits first close on its second fund to back infrastructure startups
London-based Pretiosum Ventures has reached the first close of what TechCrunch understands could eventually be a $20 million second fund. Founded in London in 2019 by Yana Abramova, the solo GP fund invests in ‘infrastructure’ startups, (enterprise SaaS, Fintech, and Web3). Pretiosum (a witty inflexion of the Latin phrase ‘pretiōsus’
Read moreCoupang to ramp up investment in Taiwan after four quarters of profits
Coupang, a South Korea-headquartered e-commerce company, said it will accelerate its investment in Taiwan after four straight quarters of profits. Coupang was the most downloaded app in the second quarter of this year in Taiwan, the company said in an earnings call on Wednesday. “Taiwan is another investment that is
Read moreWhat a truly engaged engineer looks like
Image generated using MidjourneyI think it is fair to say that at this point, we all know that the stereotype of an engineer coding in a dark room, burning the midnight oil, has become painfully outdated and ridiculous. We haven’t internalized in the industry, yet that engineering productivity is less
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