LucidLink lands $75M for its on-demand file streaming tech
LucidLink, a startup offering a platform that enables teams to work on files without having to download or sync them, today announced that it raised $75 million in a Series C round led by Brighton Park Capital with participation from Headline, Adobe Ventures and Baseline Ventures. The tranche brings LucidLink’s
Read moreSEVA, a new growth equity fund, secures $85M for debut fund in four months
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Read moreGrateful Digital Trailblazers Reflect on Innovation and Lifelong Learning
I love this time of year in the United States when we have a brief pause from our complex lives and get the chance to break bread with family and friends. Thanksgiving means a lot more for me this year, but I will have to leave the story on why
Read moreSARS to Implement new APN requirements to combat illicit cashflows
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) will implement new advance payment notification (APN) requirements on 1 December. The changes, will serve to combat illicit cashflows, will impact all import payments valued at R50 000 and above. What is an APN? An APN is an application made by an importer to
Read moreCyber Security Today, Nov. 20, 2023 – Forbid ransomware payments, says a Canadian hospital
Forbid ransomware payments, says a Canadian hospital. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, November 20th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. The CEO of one of five southwestern Ontario hospitals hit by a ransomware attack says Canadian governments should forbid
Read moreGlobal 5G Subscriptions to reach 5.9 Billion by 2027
The rollout of 5G is seeing an increasing adoption of the technology across the globe as it provides for stable and fast connectivity like never seen before. In Africa Botswana, Kenya, Mauritius, Madagascar, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zimbabwe, and Zambia have embraced 5G through launching services which make
Read moreTinder redesigns profile pages with prompts, info tags and quiz
Tinder is revamping its profile pages to make them more informative and create easier starting points for conversations. The company is launching features like profile prompts as conversation starters, profile quizzes, basic info tags, and dark mode. Let’s look at these new features in details. The Match-group-owned app is rolling
Read moreOpen source Notion alternative AppFlowy gets big-name backers and lands on the cloud
A new startup is targeting the lucrative workplace productivity space with an open source approach to project and knowledge management — and it has received backing from a who’s who of investors from across the technology spectrum. AppFlowy, as the company is called, has raised $6.4 million in funding from
Read moreHashtag Trending Special Edition Nov.20- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s shock firing
Welcome to Hashtag Trending for Monday morning, November 20th. I’m your host, Jim Love. Today we have a special edition covering the many stories about OpenAI that happened over the weekend. In case you missed it, Sam Altman, head of OpenAI was fired late Friday. And that’s pretty much
Read moreOpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to join Microsoft
Sam Altman and Greg Brockman and many of their former OpenAI colleagues will join Microsoft, the software conglomerate’s chief Satya Nadella said Monday, capping an intense three days discussion following the sudden departure of the AI startup’s executives. At Microsoft, the former OpenAI members will lead a “new advanced AI
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