EdgeIn hopes to be a faster, community-driven, ‘CrunchBase for Web3’
As we saw with the collapse of FTX, the Web3 space leaves a lot to be desired in terms of transparent information about companies, fundings, management and a slew of other data that really is commonplace and ‘de rigueur’ in the ‘normal’ tech industry. And there are far too many
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Read moreHashtag Trending Aug.4- Meta’s new AI creates music from text; Microsoft makes licensing concessions for non-Microsoft cloud providers; Researchers discover how to jailbreak Tesla’s infotainment system
Meta releases AI to create music from text, Microsoft makes some licensing concessions for non-Microsoft cloud providers, and researchers discover how to jailbreak added features on a Tesla. These are the top tech news stories on today’s Hashtag Trending. I’m your host Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada
Read moreEssential Things To Keep In Mind When Travelling With Aging Parents
As we grow older, traveling can become challenging for many of us. This is especially true when it comes to our aging parents who may no longer have the same level of mobility or energy they once had. However, this doesn’t mean that you should give up on traveling with
Read moreDiscord cuts 4% staff as part of company reorganization
Chat app Discord has let go of nearly 40 employees (4% of its workforce) as part of company’s restructuring efforts, according to multiple reports. Several Discord former employees posted on Twitter and LinkedIn that they were impacted by the layoffs. The job cuts have affected people in marketing, design, and
Read moreThe fine line between product and engineering (Ep. 596)
Kathryn Murphy, SVP of Product and Design at Twilio, chats with Stack Overflow CTO Jody Bailey about walking the line between product design and engineering early in their careers, lessons learned at tech juggernauts like Salesforce and Amazon, and their respective roadmaps for integrating generative AI into their products. Plus,
Read moreFisker reveals all-electric Alaska pickup, 3 other EV prototypes
Fisker, the automotive startup-turned publicly traded company founded by famed automotive designer Henrik Fisker, revealed Thursday night a dizzying array of EV prototypes from a beefy pickup truck with an expandable bed, and grand tourer sports car with up to 600 miles of range to a souped-up, off-road version of
Read moreMicrosoft called out for ‘blatantly negligent’ cybersecurity practices
Illustration: The Verge Microsoft is facing mounting criticism in the wake of last month’s attack on Azure. In a post on LinkedIn, Amit Yoran, the CEO of the cybersecurity company Tenable, says Microsoft’s cybersecurity track record is “even worse than you think” — and he has an example to back
Read moreGoStudent adds another $95M to its war-chest to go after VR and AI-enhanced tutoring
GoStudent — the late-stage tutor marketplace that has raised $686.3 million so far – has now raised another $95 million in what it calls as strategic fundraise from Deutsche Bank, and other investors including Left Lane Capital, DN Capital, Tencent, Prosus, DST, Coatue and Softbank Vision Fund 2. The raise
Read moreAI.com flips from ChatGPT to Elon Musk’s X.ai
There was a bit of a hubbub in February as it emerged that OpenAI had seemingly purchased AI.com in order to redirect it to the ChatGPT web interface. But now erstwhile backer, Twitter haver, and X lover Elon Musk appears to have taken the valuable domain off their hands, or
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