Mastodon’s latest release makes the open source Twitter alternative easier to use
As changes at Elon Musk’s X continue to push former Twitter users to seek alternatives, the open-sourced, decentralized social network Mastodon — a popular Twitter/X rival — is releasing an update designed to make it easier for users to get started, use its network even when logged out, and more
Read moreYouTube debuts a new app, YouTube Create for editing videos, adding effects and more
YouTube this morning introduced a new app for creators, YouTube Create, that will offer a suite of easy-to-use and free tools that will allow them to make both Shorts and longer videos. The tool aims to address some of the challenges creators face, including the editing process and the ability
Read moreYouTube Studio to give creators a generative AI tool to suggest video topics
During today’s YouTube event, CEO Neal Mohan revealed that the platform is testing a new generative AI-powered tool in YouTube Studio that suggests video topics, making the brainstorming process easier for content creators. Called “AI insights for Creators,” the inspiration tool will generate ideas based on data about what audiences
Read moreZoho announces Zoho Billing for SMBs, talks GenAI
At its Zoholics user conference in Toronto last week, Zoho announced the launch of Zoho Billing, which it described as an end-to-end billing solution for small and medium businesses. The product evolved from Zoho Subscriptions, which, the company said, “addressed the unique needs of businesses that rely on recurring revenue
Read moreAir Canada admits hack of employee data
Canada’s national airline has admitted suffering what is says was a “brief” breach of security controls, although the statement from Air Canada doesn’t say when the incident happened or how much personal information the attacker accessed. “An unauthorized group briefly obtained limited access to an internal Air Canada system related
Read moreRogers leverages AI and SpaceX technology to fight wildfires in British Columbia
Rogers announced today that it is using SpaceX’s Swarm service, which provides low-bandwidth satellite connectivity to IoT devices, in order to deploy satellite-connected sensors to better predict wildfires in remote areas of British Columbia without wireless networks. The telco announced that it will also equip network towers with California-based Pano
Read moreHarness launches Gitness, an open-source GitHub competitor
Since its launch in 2017, Harness, the software delivery platform founded by AppDynamics co-founder and CEO Jyoti Bansal, expanded from being continuous code deployment to covering continuous integration, feature flags, cloud cost management, security testing orchestration, chaos engineering and more. But even though it focused heavily on GitOps, it never
Read moreMesh, which helps people manage their digital assets, raises $22M
Mesh (formerly Front Finance), a startup developing a service to help customers transfer and manage digital assets like crypto, has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round led by Money Forward with participation from Galaxy, Samsung Next, Streamlined Ventures, SNR.VC, Hike VC, Heitner Group, Valon Capital, Florida Funders,
Read moreTrue Anomaly lands $17.4M contract from U.S. Space Force for space domain awareness tech
True Anomaly has landed a $17.4 million contract from the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command to help the warfighter make critical decisions in the space domain. The startup, which was founded less than two years ago, is tasked with developing a suite of space domain awareness (SDA) capabilities for
Read moreHow to Start Selling Your Products on Jumia
E-commerce is the marketplace of the future and if you haven’t already taken advantage of selling your products online you might be missing out on a world of revenue opportunities. Jumia, is a purely Pan-African technology company that is built around a marketplace, logistics service and payment service and delivers
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