Paddy Cosgrave has stepped down as CEO of Web Summit
Paddy Cosgrave has stepped down as CEO of Web Summit, the 14-year-old conference business that he cofounded and which has gone on to host one of Europe’s biggest annual tech events, along with four other events around the globe. Following a week of controversy surrounding comments Cosgrave made about Israel
Read moreDeal Dive: Tucker Carlson is a media startup founder — again
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Read moreThis week in AI: Can we trust DeepMind to be ethical?
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. This week in AI, DeepMind,
Read moreLoad Shedding is Not Made in SA: A Broader Perspective on Africa’s Energy Crisis
The energy crisis extends far beyond the boarders of Eskom’s grid inefficiency, and the temporary 3-6 hour load shedding disruptions. Africa’s energy crisis is not just a local one but a continental disaster resulting in slowed economic growth. It is important to understand that load shedding is not endemically, a
Read moreAfrican Telco CEO Segun Ogunsanya Challenges Industry to Leverage Emerging Tech
Airtel Africa’s Group CEO, Segun Ogunsanya has challenged the telecommunications industry in Africa to leverage emerging technologies to enable all people in the continent to connect, engage, and transact with the rest of the world. Speaking at the just concluded Mobile World Congress in Kigali, Dr Ogunsanya noted that through
Read moreOkta says hackers stole customer access tokens from support unit
Identity and access giant Okta said a hacker broke into its customer support ticket system and stole sensitive files that can be used to break into the networks of Okta’s customers. Okta chief security officer David Bradbury said in a blog post Friday that a hacker used a stolen credential
Read moreMapleSEC: Keeping track of your information
At MapleSec 2023, Richard Freeman, portfolio manager and business EWS marketing for Ricoh Canada, shared his research, tips, and tricks on how to manage business information in a presentation called Unlock the power of information. Freeman said he hoped to open the eyes of fellow business leaders to the amount
Read moreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, October 20, 2023
Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, October 20th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few minutes Terry Cutler of Cyology Labs will be here for a discussion. But
Read moreTAM/SAM/SOM is only for founders who think small
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. For VCs, market size is crucial, because it becomes a proxy for how big a company could possibly get, which in turn is a measure of how big the return on investment could be. That
Read moreToyota hops on Tesla’s EV charging standard, leaving Stellantis and VW as holdouts
Another day, another convert: Toyota and Lexus electric vehicles will adopt Tesla’s chargers starting in 2025, Toyota said this week. The top automaker by global sales, Toyota is the latest to back the North American Charging Standard (NACS), following Hyundai, Kia, Honda, Nissan, Mercedes, GM and Ford, among others. In
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