This Korean startup wants to take on Carta in cap table management
A South Korean startup called QuotaLab is on a quest to follow in the footsteps of Carta, the cap table management company that’s used by a host of startups and investors in the U.S. Carta started life as “eShares” in 2012 as a cap table management service that startups could
Read moreHow my smart home helps care for my pets
Illustration by Adrián Astorgano From security cameras to temperature sensors, pet feeders to smart sprinklers, here’s the pet tech I use to look after my critters. {props.credit}
Read moreAmazon teams with recycling robot firm to track package waste
Amazon generate a lot of trash. Precisely how much is a matter of some debate. In 2021, the company says it used 214 million or so pounds of single-use plastic in its packaging. Nonprofit ocean conservation firm Oceana, on the other hand, put that figure at approximately ~700 million pounds.
Read moreRemofirst raises $25M to take on Deel and Rippling in the global HR tech space
Remofirst says that its annual recurring revenue (ARR) has grown 10x since it raised its $14.1 million seed round in September 2022. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreCyber Security Today, March 6, 2024 – VMware and Apple rush out security updates, a new ScreenConnect malware is found, and more
VMware and Apple rush out security updates, a new ScreenConnect malware is found, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, March 6th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. VMware has pushed out security updates to close four vulnerabilities
Read morePolitical deepfakes are spreading like wildfire thanks to GenAI
This year, billions of people will vote in elections around the world. 2024 will see — and has seen — high-stakes races in more than 50 countries, from Russia and Taiwan to India and El Salvador. Demagogic candidates — and looming geopolitical threats — would test even the most robust
Read moreApple releases a new API to fetch transactions from Apple Card and Apple Cash
Apple’s iOS 17.4 update is primarily about adapting iOS to EU’s Digital Market Act Regulation. But the company has also released a new API called FinanceKit that lets developers fetch transactions and balance information from Apple Card, Apple Cash, and Savings with Apple. At launch, the company has partnered with
Read moreLLMs are poised to make lumbering business intelligence tools easier and faster to use
UK startup Fluent has closed a $7.5M seed round to apply LLMs to business databases, making them far easier to interrogate. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHashtag Trending Mar.6- Facebook goes down; Amazon nuclear-powered data centres; Public trust in AI sinking
Imagine a world without Facebook. For just half an hour. A group of AI leaders get together but don’t seem to invite Elon Musk. Amazon takes data centres nuclear. A new competitor for ChatGPT and Google. And public trust in AI is declining. All this and more on the
Read moreLiquid C2 Boosts Tech Solutions in Africa
Liquid C2, a division of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced strategic collaborations with Google Cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic. These partnerships aim to deliver cutting-edge cloud and cybersecurity solutions, along with advanced generative AI (gen AI) capabilities, to businesses across Africa. Building upon the Memorandum
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