The next iOS update will make it harder to break into your iPhone
Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple is expected to include a new security feature in iOS 17.3 next week called Stolen Device Protection that will make it far harder for would-be phone thieves to hijack your Apple ID and any financial information stored on the device. Right now,
Read moreCanada Post announces shakeup: IT services group sold to Deloitte
Canada Post announced that its IT shared-service provider, Innovapost, will be sold off to Deloitte Canada. As part of the agreement, Deloitte will deliver and support Canada Post’s day-to-day IT operational services. “Today is the start of an exciting journey to transform Canada Post’s information technology model so that we
Read moreInnovation Meets Chic: HUAWEI Introduces ‘Fashion Forward’ Gadget Line
HUAWEI has recently introduced a range of new devices embodying its “Fashion Forward” theme, where style meets technology, and functionality blends with form. The lineup includes: HUAWEI MateBook D 16 The new HUAWEI MateBook D 16 is an ideal companion for all users, offering an expansive 16-inch Eye Comfort FullView
Read morePomelo stacks $40M to scale its payments infra business in LatAm
Argentinian payments infrastructure startup Pomelo has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding. The Buenos Aires-based company started in 2021 with the goal of giving fintechs and embedded finance players a way to launch virtual accounts and issue prepaid and credit cards via compliant onboarding processes. Pomelo went
Read moreNotion launches a stand-alone calendar app
Does the world need more calendar apps? That’s the first question that came to my mind when I heard that Notion, the incredibly popular note-taking and project management service, was launching a standalone calendar service. Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised, though, given that Notion acquired Cron, a rather smartly
Read moreLinkedIn rolls out new job search features to make it easier to find relevant opportunities
LinkedIn is rolling out new tools that are designed to help people find relevant job opportunities, the company announced on Wednesday. A new “Job Collections” feature will allow users to expand their job options by exploring collections of relevant jobs across a variety of industries and companies that they may
Read moreDeepMind’s latest AI can solve geometry problems
DeepMind, the Google AI R&D lab, believes that the key to more capable AI systems might lie in uncovering new ways to solve challenging geometry problems. To that end, DeepMind today unveiled AlphaGeometry — a system that the lab claims can solve as many geometry problems as the average International
Read moreA startup pitch is not a presentation and founders must understand the differences
Contrary to popular belief, a pitch is not a presentation. A presentation is a clearly defined event allotted a fixed amount of time. The audience sits back, expecting the presentation to start at a particular time and end at a specific time. The audience typically does not expect that it
Read moreHolidays are over, but don’t let employees’ guard drop over fake shipping emails
The December holidays are over, but don’t expect phony malware-filled shipping emails to stop being sent to your employees. In fact, researchers at Cofense say in a report released today, these phishing messages threaten several industries all year round and only increase slightly during holiday periods. These are messages with
Read moreFintech Market Predictions for 2024
The fintech industry is predicted to soar this year, in light of the increasing popularity of digital currencies like cryptocurrencies and CBDC, and the inevitable boom of e-commerce across Africa and the globe, it is a given that digital payment technologies are in high demand. Fintech can be seen as
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