Hashtag Trending Jun.12- Reddit goes dark as a protest; Meta may be launching a Twitter rival; Scammers using fake story or personal details to lure victims surged
One of the world’s largest website goes dark as a protest, Meta may be launching a Twitter rival and a new twist to cyber attacks. These and more top tech news stories from Hashtag Trending and Tech News Day. I’m your host Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada
Read moreWhat’s New in Xcode 15
Xcode 15 is now 50% smaller on the Mac App Store, with downloadable simulator runtimes for all platforms.WWDC23 Demo AppWWDC23 brought an exhilarating week for Apple platform developers, as Apple unveiled a plethora of exciting features for Xcode in the new Xcode 15. Let’s explore these features through their titles:Code Completion Prioritization:
Read moreNigeria’s Termii to launch mobile app and scale customer engagement business with new funding
Nigerian communications platform-as-a-service startup Termii has raised $3.65 million in new financing, bringing its total funding to date to slightly $5 million. According to CEO Gbolade Emmanuel, in a chat with TechCrunch, the funds are not needed for operational activities but rather to power the company’s expansion initiatives: developing and
Read moreHSBC rebrands, expands its SVB UK buy as HSBC Innovation Banking
Acquired by HSBC in an emergency sale for just £1 in March as SVB was melting down, SVB UK is now getting a rebrand and expansion under its new owner. Today the banking giant launched HSBC Innovation Banking, a new unit focusing on banking services to the startup, investor, and
Read moreDjust is a new commerce platform focused exclusively on B2B transactions
Meet Djust, a French startup that essentially wants to build an e-commerce platform like Mirakl, but focused exclusively on business-to-business (B2B) activities. The company recently raised a $13 million funding round (€12 million). NEA is leading the most recent funding round, with Elaia Partners also investing in the company. Elaia
Read moreNio said not to join China’s EV price war. Now it’s cutting $4K across all models
Nio, one of China’s homegrown Tesla challengers, has slashed the prices of all its models by 30,000 yuan ($4,200), the NYSE-listed premium electric vehicle upstart announced on Monday. The news came as EV makers enter a price war in the world’s largest auto market, where BYD, the 28-year-old, Shenzhen-based company
Read moreTesla fuels an EV charging standards war
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Read moreHere are the most richly valued startup types in today’s early-stage venture market
If you want to score the largest possible early-stage valuation, what should your startup focus on? New data makes it clear that the seed and Series A markets are hardly equal when it comes to what venture capitalists are willing to pay for one category of startup over another. Don’t
Read moreFIS acquires, and Better.com lays off
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Read moreTiki, a popular short video app in India, to shut down
Tiki, a short-form video app, is set to cease operations in India on June 27, the latest addition to a growing roster of businesses that have faltered in their attempts to cash in on the void created by New Delhi’s ban on TikTok in the South Asian market. “We regret to
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