Cloudscape 2025: Trends Shaping the Future of Cloud in SA
The cloud has emerged as a fundamental and transformative component of modern business infrastructure. It has fundamentally changed how organizations’ operate and innovate. In South Africa, this trend is particularly pronounced, with a significant majority of businesses adopting multi-cloud strategies to enhance their agility and competitiveness. This transformation reflects a
Read moreSGNL snags $30M for a new take on ID security based on zero-standing privileges
Security experts often describe identity as the “new perimeter” in the world of security: In the world of cloud services, where network assets and apps can range far and wide, the biggest vulnerabilities are often leaked and spoofed log-in credentials. A startup called SGNL has built a new approach that
Read moreSpotDraft taps AI to help streamline contract management
More and more legal professionals are embracing AI, surveys show. Per a recent poll from legaltech company Clio, 79% of firms used some form of AI for casework last year, up from just 19% in 2023. Despite some skepticism of the tech, in-house counsel has shown an interest, as well,
Read moreRussian Morse Code
I read something once about an American telegraph operator who had to switch over to using Russian Morse code during WWII. I wondered how hard that would be, but let it go. The idea came back to me and I decided to settle it. It would be hard to switch
Read moreAI-driven manufacturing database Keychain raises $5M for European push
Brands are constantly trying to streamline how they source packaging materials and ingredient suppliers for their products in order to quickly meet consumer demand. However, even today this process can involve some laborious wandering around trade shows. Keychain is an AI-powered platform that aims to quickly connect the consumer packaged
Read moreAdobe launches subscriptions for Firefly AI
Firefly's Standard plan costs $9.99 per month, the Pro plan will run users $29.99 a month, and there's a more extensive Premium tier in the works. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreLanch bags $27M for a social media-skewed take on fast food
E-commerce startups built around food continue to gobble up funding as investors look for sticky consumer concepts that can scale without breaking the bank. On Wednesday, Germany’s Lanch — which taps social media and influencers to develop popular food brands alongside retail networks for distributing them — closed funding of
Read moreChestnut Carbon gets $160M to turn old farms into forests
The company buys marginal and degraded farmland, plants them with native trees, and harvests the resulting carbon credits. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreEU abandons ePrivacy, AI liability reforms as bloc shifts focus to AI competitiveness
A long stalled bid to beef up European Union rules around online tracking technologies and put penalties on a similar footing to the bloc’s data protection framework, GDPR, has been withdrawn by the Commission after co-legislators failed to reach agreement over the plan. The original proposal to update the ePrivacy
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