Top Financial Services in SA Answer the Question: Is Data the New Currency?
Data quality management has been a consistent challenge across various industries. Understanding and leveraging this data can bring about significant economic changes, especially in today’s era where actions and behaviors, from clicks to movements, are hyper-personalized. Recently, Synthesis brought together top financial, insurance, and retail companies from South Africa for
Read moreArea codes
US telephone area codes are allocated somewhat randomly. There was a deliberate effort to keep geographical proximity from corresponding to numerical proximity, unlike zip codes. (More of zip code proximity here.) In particular, consecutive area codes should belong to different states. The thought was that this would reduce errors. It’s
Read moreThe IPO drought was worse than you thought
Even with a single-digit tally, the last three months of this year could be the most active quarter by the count of IPOs we do care about.
Read moreGrayscale was unreasonably denied its Bitcoin ETF, court rules
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge When the Securities and Exchange Commission denied Grayscale its petition for a Bitcoin ETF, that action was “arbitrary and capricious,” an appeals court ruled today. The SEC ruling has been vacated. Last year, Grayscale applied for the approval for the fund and was
Read moreGitai closes additional funding in advance of demo mission outside the ISS
Space robotics startup Gitai has closed an additional $15 million in funding, a little over three months after announcing a $30 million Series B extension round to advance its technology for the moon. The new funding will enable the company to increase its California-based headcount and grow its relationships with
Read moreRefiberd sews up $3.4M seed round to use its AI to tackle textile waste
AI is nothing new in the recycling industry, but Refiberd’s approach appears to break fresh ground both in its application to textile recycling and hyperspectral imagery.
Read moreGoogle Photos now lets you sync your ‘Locked Folder’ private photos across devices
Google Photos will now sync your private photos stored in your Locked Folder across your devices via cloud backup, the company announced today. First introduced in May 2021, the Locked Folder has allowed Android users to store private photos in a passcode-protected space so the photos aren’t visible to others
Read moreMediaTek Empowers Edge Device AI with Meta’s Llama 2 Integration
MediaTek, a leading global fabless semiconductor powering more than two billion connected edge devices every year, announced it is working closely with Meta’s Llama 2, the company’s next-generation open-source Large Language Model (LLM). Utilizing Meta’s LLM as well as MediaTek’s latest APUs and NeuroPilot AI Platform, MediaTek aims to build
Read moreBarracuda email gateways in US, Canadian government departments hit: Report
Some already compromised Barracuda Networks ESG email gateways remain vulnerable to continued exposure despite users being warned to replace the appliances, say researchers at Mandiant. In a report released this morning, the company says a limited number of previously impacted victims remain at risk due to a campaign of attacks
Read moreVerizon is making it easier to block spam texts sent by email
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Verizon is making it easier to block pesky spam texts sent by random email addresses. If you find yourself overloaded with these messages, you can now text “Off” to 4040 to stop receiving texts from emails altogether. While Verizon previously let you turn
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