Elon Musk’s lawyers accuse non-profit of colluding with Twitter rivals
A non-profit that monitors online hate speech and disinformation, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) says that Elon Musk’s lawyers sent CEO Irman Ahmed a threatening legal letter over a CCDH article which said that Twitter fails to act on 99% of Twitter Blue accounts’ hateful tweets. In a
Read moreNew Relic agrees to go private in $6.5B all-cash deal
New Relic, the San Francisco-based observability software company, has reached an agreement with private equity firms TPG and Francisco Partners to go private in a $6.5 billion all-cash deal. As reported by CNBC, TPG and Francisco Partners were able to salvage a deal that initially fell through months ago after
Read moreCall of Duty worm malware used to hack players exploits years-old bug
For around a month, hackers have been infecting players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with a self-spreading malware, also known as a worm. To do that, the hackers are exploiting a bug that was reported to the game’s publisher five years ago, TechCrunch has learned. Someone on Twitter
Read moreGenAI revolutionizing the medical device industry, reports GlobalData
Data and analytics company GlobalData has issued a report on the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in various aspects of healthcare. From leveraging data sets to simulating human speech to enhance patient care, GenAI is being deployed throughout the medical value chain. Its applications span research and development, imaging
Read moreTwitter gets special permission to be ‘X’ in the iOS App Store
Illustration: The Verge Twitter, which is rebranding as X, is now listed as X in the iOS App Store, suggesting the app got special treatment from Apple to allow a single-character name. The renaming was briefly hindered by a rule forbidding single-character app names within the App Store — the
Read more5G Boosts Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Over the past two decades, mobile telecommunications has transformed the face of Sub-Saharan Africa, integrating hundreds of millions of people into the digital economy and creating a new industry worth billions of dollars a year. Mobile technology has, according to the GSM Association, reached 1.2 billion connections and over 650
Read moreJapanese Health Tech Company Helps Kenya Resolve Cancer Crisis
In recent years, Kenya has seen a concerning increase in non-communicable diseases as a leading cause of death. Cancer has now become the third-highest cause of death in the country, with esophageal, colorectal, and gastric cancers being the primary causes of gastrointestinal-related morbidity and mortality cases. Olympus Launches the “Kenya
Read moreTopline Pro grabs $12M in new capital to help home service businesses get discovered
Homes are always in need of repair, providing home service businesses with no shortage of opportunity. However, managing inbound requests with actually doing the work and taking payments can be difficult. In recent years, startups have come online with technology solutions to help small home service businesses juggle all of
Read moreThreat intelligence startup Cyble lands $24M investment
Cyble, a cybersecurity startup that styles itself as a “threat intelligence provider,” today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Blackbird Ventures and King River Capital with participation from Spider Capital, January Capital, Summit Peak Ventures and others. The new cash will be
Read moreSocial commerce DealShare’s CEO steps down
Vineet Rao, co-founder and chief executive of Indian social commerce DealShare, has stepped down from the top role, the Tiger Global and Alpha Wave Global-backed startup said Monday. Rao will work with the startup’s board to identify the next chief executive, the Monday statement added. The startup, which did not
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