Despite outages, Bluesky gets nearly 800K new users in its first day open to the public
Bluesky opened to the public yesterday after launching in an invite-only beta last year. Getting on Bluesky might not be as exciting as it was when people were selling invites on eBay for $400 a pop, but there’s still a lot of curiosity around the decentralized, open source social app.
Read moreLaunching a New Era in Logistics with CtrlFleet Pty Ltd – Execute Like Never Before
CtrlFleet co-founders have complementary theoretical backgrounds and share the same hands-on practical experience and exposure in the transport industry. Renko Bergh completed his master’s degree in supply chain and after working at a logistics entity for some years co-founded a business that focused purely on the implementation of existing software
Read moreVarsity is a new early stage VC fund based in Paris
It’s not every day that a new VC firm comes out of stealth. This time, Varsity is announcing its first fund. Founded by a former Société Générale executive and two VC investors who worked at Serena Capital, Varsity has already raised €70 million ($75 million at today’s exchange rate) to
Read moreFew infosec pros think higher ed prepared them for their jobs: Survey
Infosec pros don’t have much respect for the cybersecurity or information security courses offered in colleges and universities, a new survey suggests. Half of the respondents to a new survey done for Kaspersky said the availability of cybersecurity or information security courses in formal higher education is either poor, or
Read moreTodoist adds team workspaces to its task manager
Given that Todoist now has more than 30 million users, chances are there are quite a few people in your friends, family and colleagues using Todoist to track their personal and professional tasks. And yet, Todoist has never really taken off as a project management tool in the workspace. Other
Read moreFintech, edtech and SaaS are not dead yet
We're taking a deep look at a number of startup fundraisings, and the latest from the world of venture capital itself. Startups and capital, it's our jam! © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreCisco Announces AI Innovation and Partnerships
At its flagship technology event in Europe, Cisco announced significant progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) across its entire portfolio, attracting over 14,000 leading IT professionals. Organizations worldwide are exploring new ways to leverage AI and Generative AI (GenAI) to enhance collaboration, application management, digital security, and customer experiences. Despite the
Read moreAmperesand raises $12.5M seed round to remake the humble 140-year-old transformer
Transformers are everywhere on the electrical grid, and they'll need new tech to realize the "internet of power." © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreDefence department upbraided for not doing PIAs on data extraction tools
Senior Canadian Defence Department IT officials have been rebuked by an MP for not doing a privacy impact assessment on software that can extract personal data from military members’ government-issued computing devices. Parliament’s privacy and ethics committee has been looking into a news report that 13 federal departments — including
Read moreBest practices for building LLMs
Intuit shares what they've learned in building multiple LLMs for their generative AI operating system.
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