North Korea stole over $659M in crypto heists during 2024, deploys fake job seekers
A joint international statement provides the first official confirmation that North Korea was behind the $235M hack of WazirX, India's largest cryptocurrency exchange. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreUK plans to ban public sector organizations from paying ransomware hackers
The Home Office has proposed a 'targeted ban' on ransom payments following a wave a cyberattacks targeting the UK © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreVenture funding remains stable in France thanks to AI startups
Alex Dewez, a partner at 20VC, just released its highly anticipated State of the French tech ecosystem report. This is a nice followup to Atomico’s State of European Tech report, with a more granular view on French startups in particular. As a reminder, the bottom line of Atomico’s report is
Read moreUK’s CMA slaps Google Search and its 90%+ market share with an antitrust investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority — the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog — is wasting no time in lodging its first official investigation of 2025 under its new rules that came into effect this month. It’s looking into the market dominance of Google in search, including the new work it’s doing in
Read moreHow Can South African Banks Leverage Generative AI for Growth?
The global banking landscape is experiencing seismic shifts, driven by the rapid advancement of technology and evolving consumer expectations. South Africa, with its robust financial sector and growing technological infrastructure, is positioned to spearhead a transformative revolution in the banking industry through the use of generative AI (Gen AI). According
Read moreBioptimus raises $41M to develop a ‘GPT for biology’
A fledgling French AI startup has raised $41 million to develop a foundational AI model for biology. Just as OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the world by storm for a super-smart generative AI tool capable of natural language conversation in text form, Bioptimus is taking that concept but training its model
Read moreHayo Appoints Industry Veteran as Executive Vice President (EVP)
Hayo, a global developer in digital solutions, has named Paul Loveridge as Executive Vice President (EVP) to drive the company’s global expansion. Hayo blends networking, technology, telecommunications, and digital solutions to provide on-the-ground innovation that benefits local communities. It offers substantial coverage on the African continent, as well as over
Read moreRobots building robots in a robotic factory
Ryan talks with Sterling Chin, a senior developer advocate at Postman, about the intersection of APIs and AI. They cover the emergence of AI APIs, the importance of quality APIs for AI integrations, and the evolving role of GraphQL in this new landscape. Sterling explains how some organizations are shifting
Read moreData Structures and Algorithms (DSA): A Complete Tutorial
Master Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) with this complete tutorial. Learn about arrays, trees, graphs, sorting, recursion, and advanced algorithms. Continue reading Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA): A Complete Tutorial on SitePoint.
Read moreLemFi moves remittances further into Asia and Europe with $53M in new funding
For many emerging market economies, remittances have become a lifeline. Inflows surpassed $669 billion in 2023, according to World Bank research, and they now represent significant portions of GDP in these countries, often outpacing foreign direct investment as the primary source of foreign exchange. Traditional banks and agents maintain a
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