Cybersecurity Experts Join Commvault’s Resilience Council
Commvault has announced the formation of the Commvault Cyber Resilience Council. Experts from security, public sector, and tech industries join Commvault’s council, advising on security trends, cyber threats, and best practices. Chaired by Melissa Hathaway, a top cybersecurity advisor with extensive experience, the council will play a crucial role in
Read moreYouTube is not building a Vision Pro app, so Apollo for Reddit dev made one
Apple’s Vision Pro headset is set to release for consumers today, but YouTube is not currently building a dedicated app for the device. To fill that void, Christian Selig, the developer who made Apollo for Reddit client, has made a Vision Pro app for YouTube called Juno. The app costs $5
Read moreEric Jaremalm new CEO at Midsummer
The Board of Swedish solar energy firm Midsummer has appointed Eric Jaremalm as its new CEO. A co-founder of Midsummer 20 years ago, Jaremalm has extensive experience leading and developing international technology companies. Having played various key roles within Midsummer, including Executive Vice President, COO, and CFO, he has significantly
Read moreVCs Elad Gil and Sarah Guo on the risks and rewards of funding AI: “The biggest threat to us in the short run is other people”
Last week, at our first StrictlyVC evening of the year, prominent AI investors Elad Gil and Sarah Guo joined us in San Francisco to talk about how they think about AI investing in a world where deals were getting bid up feverishly two months ago, and where reportedly, some startup
Read moreApple says EU represents 7% of global App Store revenue
Nearly a week after Apple announced big changes to the App Store because of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules, the company said that the market represents 7% of its global App Store revenues. The company’s chief financial officer Luca Maestri said that the monetary impact of these
Read moreIndian central bank’s clampdown wipes $2.1 billion off Paytm
Shares of Paytm fell another 20% Friday before hitting the lower circuit that temporarily halts trading as the Indian financial services firm reels from the clampdown by the central bank. Paytm fell to 487 Indian rupees, or $5.88 within minutes of the market opening, the lowest it has hit in
Read moreChina’s Xpeng is bringing its Tesla FSD equivalent to overseas owners
Xpeng, Tesla’s challenger from China, has its eye on the international market and plans to use its smart driving software as a selling point. The Guangzhou-based electric vehicle upstart said at an event this week that it will start developing its highway-specific Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP) for global users in
Read moreTesla settles California hazardous waste lawsuit with a $1.5 million fine
Well, that was fast. A settlement has been reached just two days after District Attorneys from 25 California counties filed a lawsuit against Tesla over allegations the automaker repeatedly mishandled hazardous waste at its facilities throughout the state. Tesla has agreed to pay $1.3 million in civil penalties and $200,000
Read moreGoogle gets its mojo working and threatens Open AI’s dominance: Hashtag Trending for Friday February 2nd, 2024
Gemini Pro looks poised to give OpenAI some real competition for a change, TikTok loses access to a huge amount of popular music, there is finally a fix for the Pixel phone storage bug (but you’re probably not going to like it), and the US Senate hearings on social media
Read moreUK government urged to adopt more positive outlook for LLMs to avoid missing ‘AI goldrush’
The U.K. government is taking too “narrow” a view of AI safety and risks falling behind in the AI gold rush, according to a report released today. The report, published by the parliamentary House of Lords’ Communications and Digital Committee, follows a months-long evidence-gathering effort involving input from a wide
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