Should the US implement a ‘robot tax?’
A version of this story original appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here. A big and often unremarked upon aspect of being a reporter is knowing your audience. It’s not always as straightforward as it sounds — particularly when writing about tech. You’re always walking that tightrope between
Read moreManufacturers: Prepare for Looming Cyberattacks
Manufacturers worldwide are preparing for the impact of a growing wave of cyberattacks targeting operational technology and industrial control systems, which are escalating exponentially. To assist manufacturing leaders in safeguarding their crucial infrastructure and averting operational disruptions, Cybersplice is hosting a timely webinar on September 7, 2023, at 3 PM
Read moreCommvault Connections Live 2023: Unveiling the Future of Data Protection and Collaboration
Commvault, a global leader in enterprise data management and data protection, once again hosts its highly anticipated Connections Live annual event in Johannesburg at the Houghton Hotel on 5 September 2023. Embracing Cross-Vendor Collaboration The event brings together industry leaders, partners, local and international experts and customers to explore the
Read moreMaking the world a better place?
Managing returns efficiently is a necessity for online sellers; to keep their customers happy to retain them, but also because reducing their environmental impact becomes no longer optional.
Read moreCheckout’s Céline Dufétel will join us on the Fintech Stage at TC Disrupt
Economic headwinds have scattered many of the gains that fintech companies made during the tech funding boom of 2021. Case in point — global payment platforms Stripe and Checkout.com lowered their internal valuations. Still, it would be unwise to count out the opportunities for fintech growth, especially in the U.S.
Read moreDeal Dive: A cellular ag startup with a real moat
Would you eat lab-grown meat? Would you give the same answer if someone asked you to use a beauty product that had lab-grown collagen as an ingredient? Cellular agriculture — the process of growing an agriculture product from cell cultures — has been gaining momentum over the past few years.
Read moreMaker of ‘smart’ chastity cage left users’ emails, passwords, and locations exposed
A company that makes a chastity device for people with a penis that can be controlled by a partner over the internet exposed users’ email addresses, plaintext passwords, home addresses and IP addresses, and — in some cases — GPS coordinates, due to several flaws in its servers, according to
Read moreWalmart pays $3.5 billion to increase stake in India’s Flipkart
Walmart has spent $3.5 billion this year to acquire shares from certain Flipkart stakeholders and resolve liabilities with some PhonePe shareholders, illustrating just how aggressively it’s betting on India at a time when its chief global rival Amazon is scaling back on its expenditures in the South Asian market. The
Read moreIndia’s Aditya-L1 solar probe successfully lifts off toward the sun
India has successfully launched its first space-based solar observatory mission — just 10 days after the landing of its spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar south pole. Called Aditya-L1, the spacecraft, weighing over 3,264 pounds, blasted off from the spaceport Satish Dhawan Space Centre in South India’s Sriharikota using the 44.4-meter
Read moreLenovo debuts gaming glasses and portal PC handheld
IFA technically kicks off today in Berlin, but it seems like Lenovo may have won the thing outright. I’ve given the company plenty of credit in the past for its willingness to try new things in this oft-staid world of consumer electronics, and it’s really come out of the gates
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