Knowledge-as-a-service: The future of community business models
The internet is changing once again: it is becoming more fragmented as the separation between sources of knowledge and how users interact with that knowledge grows.
Read moreThe changing state of the Internet and related business models
If you’re weary of reading about the latest chatbot innovations and the nine ways AI will change your daily life next year, this series of posts may be for you.
Read moreAttribution as the foundation of developer trust
The entire AI ecosystem is at risk without trust.
Read moreNew Era of Digital Payments in Middle East and Africa
Mastercard and Amazon Payment Services have signed a multi-year commercial partnership agreement to digitize payment acceptance in the Middle East and Africa, across countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, South Africa, and the UAE. As part of the collaboration, the leading payment service provider (PSP) will adopt
Read moreOngoing community data protection
Socially responsible use of community data needs to be mutually beneficial: the more potential partners are willing to contribute to community development, the more access to community content they receive.
Read moreQodo raises $40M Series A to bring quality-first code generation and testing to the enterprise
At first glance, Qodo, the startup previously known as CodiumAI, may appear to be yet another AI code generation tool. But the team, which is announcing a $40 million Series A round led by Susa Ventures and Square Peg today, is just as much focused on generating code as on
Read moreAirship wants to build better sales tools for HVAC contractors
The HVAC industry is going through a transformation. The old guard of tradespeople are on the cusp of retiring while private equity firms are consolidating the industry. Airship is building a software solution for HVAC’s next chapter. Airship is building a point-of-sale software for HVAC contractors to give them the
Read moreIdentifying hash algorithms
Given a hash value, an you determine what algorithm produced it? Or what algorithm probably produced it? Obviously if a hash value is 128 bits long, then a 128-bit algorithm produced it. Such a hash value might have been produced by MD5, but not by SHA-1, because the former produces
Read moreQueer social app Lex acquired by the former Musical.ly CEO’s conglomerate
Lex's users have high standards for the app, since it serves a community that has been historically overlooked and mistreated by mainstream social platforms. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read morePodcasting startup Podeo gets $5.4M to go beyond the Arab world
Podcast listeners crossed half a billion people at the end of last year as listenership maintained steady growth. With countries in the Arab world having some of the most engaged listeners, a podcasting startup out of Dubai is doubling down on the opportunity. Podeo is a UAE-based podcast distribution platform
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