5 Apps that can Help Improve Productivity When Working from Home
While working in a hybrid context is favorable and becoming more possible nowadays with the cloud technology that we have access to, working from home can still be challenging. Anyone is prone to distractions and working in a home environment without a functional set up can pose its own unique
Read moreHashtag Trending Jul.27- Alexa gets smarter with AI; Microsoft’s earning surpasses Wall Street expectations; SEC requires public companies to disclose all data breaches within four days
Alexa gets smarter with AI and how is AI paying off for Microsoft? According to one report AI was mentioned 175 times in a recent Microsoft analyst briefing – does that give you any hints? And could you determine that a breach is material and get a report out to
Read moreBloom Money raises £1M to digitize finance for ethnic communities
Bloom Money, a U.K.-based fintech, has raised £1 million to digitize an informal financial management system employed by ethnic communities across the world. Often referred to as “rotating savings and credit association” (ROSCA), the model varies in the details around the world, but usually, it involves an informal gathering of
Read moreThe Blockchain Ecosystem: Emerging Use Cases and Industry Applications
Blockchain technology, originally devised as the driving force behind Bitcoin, is now manifesting its versatility by proving its potential in various sectors. With its inherent security and transparency, blockchain offers an innovative way to record, verify and transfer data, challenging the status quo in fields as varied as finance, healthcare,
Read moreTwitter rebrands its Android app with the new X logo
Twitter updated its Android app today by replacing the iconic bird logo with its new X logo — the latest step in its ongoing rebranding efforts. The company also updated its app listing on the Google Play Store to reflect the new branding with screenshots of the app with black
Read moreKenya’s FarmWorks raises $4M pre-Series A funding
FarmWorks, a Kenyan agtech that provides farmers with access to farm inputs, and market for their produce, has raised $4.1 million in a pre-Series A round led by Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund, an existing investor. Livelihood Impact Fund, Vested World, a number of family offices, and angel investors also participated
Read moreEcosia adds a train travel search tool powered by Omio
Looking to ride the tracks of increasing demand for longer distance train travel that’s being fuelled by climate-concerned consumers seeking to shrink the environmental impact of their trips, tree-planting search engine Ecosia and multimodal travel booking platform Omio have partnered to launch what they’re billing as a “tree-planting rail travel
Read moreAutogenAI, a generative AI tool for writing bids and pitches, secures $22.3M
Business is regularly won and lost on the strength of a proposal. Now, a startup out of London called AutogenAI has built a tool based on generative AI that it claims can help businesses write stronger pitches to improve that strike rate, and it has won some money of its
Read moreFacebook surpasses 3 billion monthly active users
Facebook has more than 3 billion monthly active users, according to Meta’s latest quarterly report. That’s quite the staggering number. Even though Facebook has declined in popularity among younger people, the platform is far from dead. Across Meta’s entire family of apps — which includes WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and now
Read moreNew SEC rules put a time limit on reporting hacks and data breaches
Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Public companies will now have to disclose cybersecurity incidents sooner, thanks to a rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the new policy, the SEC will require public companies to report data breaches and hacks four business days after they
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