Tracer nabs $18.1 to aggregate and normalize business data
Tracer, a platform that attempts to consolidate an organization’s data sources and enrich them with business insights, today announced that it raised $18.1 million in a Series A funding round co-led by NewRoad Capital Partners, Progress Ventures, and BDMI with participation from S4S Ventures and Arbour Way Investors. CEO Jeff
Read moreYouTube’s link spam situation is so bad that Shorts is banning links
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is taking preventative measures to tackle the increase in scams and spam appearing across its TikTok rival, YouTube Shorts. Starting August 31st, YouTube will gradually make links across Shorts comments, descriptions, and the vertical live feeds unclickable to prevent users from potentially
Read moreYouTube is disabling links on Shorts to cut down on spam
YouTube Shorts is making a change to address the growing issues around spam on the short-form video platform. The company says that starting on August 31st, links that appear in the Shorts comments section, Shorts descriptions, and the vertical live feed will no longer be clickable. This new policy is
Read moreThe most valuable startups are getting closer to profitability, but at a cost
Kingsley Amis was right to note that the metaphysical hangover that comes after too much drink is often worse than the physical shock of waking up and realizing that your head has been filled with angry wasps and your bones and organs are on strike. You can fix physical ailments
Read moreUltrahuman Ring Air review
Indian fitness and nutrition tracking startup, Ultrahuman, has fast-followed its debut smart ring last year with a second generation of the device — which officially launched in June. The new smart ring whittles down what was a slightly chunky form factor, for its original sleep & fitness-tracker, into a more
Read moreUS government pushes to fix the security flaws Lapsus$ hackers used to leak GTA VI
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is calling for stricter SIM swapping protections and the transition to a passwordless future following last year’s Lapsus$ attacks. In a lengthy report released on Thursday, the agency details the teen hacking group’s key
Read moreHundreds of executives are falling for Microsoft 365 phishing attacks: Report
Threat actors are having recent success defeating multifactor authentication-protected Microsoft 365 cloud accounts using the EvilProxy phishing kit, say researchers at Proofpoint. Since early March, they’ve seen an ongoing hybrid campaign using EvilProxy to target thousands of Microsoft 365 user accounts, particularly those of C-level and senior executives of major
Read moreCEO claims X, formerly Twitter, is close to ‘break even’
X CEO Linda Yaccarino claims that the company formerly known as Twitter is almost breaking even. “I’ve been at the company eight weeks,” Yaccarino said in her first broadcast interview since taking on her new role. “The operational run rate right now… we’re pretty close to break even.” This is
Read moreCreating a Traveling Salesman Tour of Texas with Mathematica
A Traveling Salesman tour visits a list of destinations using the shortest path. There’s an obvious way to find the shortest path connecting N points: try all N! paths and see which one is shortest. Unfortunately, that might take a while. Texas has 254 counties, and so calculating a tour
Read moreThe gamer of today & the future
The stereotype of gamers as isolated individuals is outdated. Today, gamers are diverse, social, and successful, breaking barriers. Dell Technologies, with brands like G Series and Alienware, partners with eLearnAfrica to innovate and enhance gaming experiences. The gaming industry’s growth led to new profiles, with no gender or age restrictions.
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