Smart ring maker Ultrahuman announces tracker for home ‘health’
Indian wearable startup Ultrahuman is getting into the smart home game. It has announced the upcoming launch of connected hardware that’s designed to monitor the “health” of your home, as its marketing puts it. The device, which it’s calling the Ultrahuman Home, is being shown off at CES this week
Read moreAppDirect raises $100M to expand its financing program for tech businesses
AppDirect, a San Francisco- and Montreal-based platform for buying, selling and managing tech through a network of IT advisors, has raised $100 million from CDPQ to expand its financing program for small- and medium-sized tech businesses. With CDPQ’s investment, AppDirect will bring together tech providers, advisors and buyers through its
Read moreUnity to lay off another 1,800 employees, representing 25% of its workforce
Just a few weeks after its most recent round of layoffs, Unity is once again reducing its workforce. This time, around 1,800 employees will lose their job in the coming weeks as the company is trying to improve its financial performance after a difficult year. Unity is the maker of
Read moreWhen should you hire a CFO?
When is the right time to hire a CFO, and is a full-time CFO even necessary in this age of C-level-as-a-service? © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreExpert Insights on the Future of Robotics
Major robotics and automation company, Yaskawa Southern Africa that is at the forefront of embracing industry-shaping trends envisions a profound impact from AI advancements moving forward. They anticipate that Machine Learning and deep learning will enhance perception and decision-making abilities in robots and that edge computing holds the power to
Read moreHow the Retail Lessons of 2023 will Shape Trends in 2024
What lies ahead for retail in a world that smells faintly of recession with whiffs of economic depression but is driven by the overwhelming scent of innovation and emergent technology? The answer is…people. Riyaat Phillips, Senior Presales Manager at Altron Systems Integration, delves deep into the insights he gained from
Read moreThe Future of Retail: 5 Must-Have apps to enhance shopping experience
Retail technology is changing the way consumers shop, both online and offline. Consumers can use many retail tech apps to enhance their shopping experience, save money, and discover new products. Here are 5 of the best retail tech apps that consumers can use in South Africa: Shop- Shop is a
Read moreDeco.cx grabs $2.2M to bring simplicity back to brand website creation
The Brazil-based startup is creating tools for developers of growing e-commerce brands to create high-performance digital experiences. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHashtag Trending Jan.9- Apple quietly integrating AI; Microsoft to train 100,000 Indian developers in AI; New ransomware attack strategies sink to new lows
A tale of two strategies – Apple’s stealth approach to AI and Microsoft’s move to upskill India’s developers to use AI. If you thought ransomware attacks on hospitals and ambulance dispatch was as low as it can get – the latest strategies sink even lower. These and more top
Read moreBofA gives Ambani’s Jio Platforms a $100 billion-plus valuation
Bank of America has pinned a $107 billion valuation tag on Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms, valuing the Indian telecoms and digital conglomerate 64.6% higher than the $65 billion at which it attracted the likes of Meta, Google and other technology giants in a mammoth fundraising in 2020. The valuation reassessment
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