Coffee Briefing Oct. 31 – NPower receives investment to empower underserved youth; Dell partners with Meta; Bell outlines five key security outcomes in new report; and more
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed last week’s Coffee Briefing? We’ve got you covered. NPower receives investment from DIGITAL, CIBC and Microsoft to empower 6000 job-seekers Toronto-based non profit organization NPower
Read MoreWhy ransomware victims can’t stop paying off hackers
In September, MGM Resorts was hit by a devastating ransomware attack, downing operations at some of its most iconic casino hotels in Las Vegas, including the Bellagio, Mandalay Bay and the Cosmopolitan. Guests were forced to wait hours to check in after the cyberattack crippled electronic payments, slot machines and
Read MoreStackoverflow’s Highest Voted Question is Not About Software
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Read MoreDistroKid users can now upload their songs to TikTok Music and CapCut
Thanks to a new agreement between TikTok and music distribution service DistroKid, millions of independent artists will now be able to promote their music on TikTok Music, the recently launched subscription-based music streaming service. The deal also allows musicians to make their songs accessible on ByteDance-owned video editing app CapCut,
Read MoreWirepas nabs $22M to expand a IoT business based on distributed, mesh technology
Wirepas, a startup out of Finland that is building out an Internet of Things business based on a novel approach — using mesh networking, rather than cellular or WiFi to connect thousands of objects — has raised some funding to give its efforts some oxygen. The company has picked up
Read MoreConfirmed: Palo Alto Networks buys Dig Security, sources say for $400M
We reported in September that Palo Alto was getting ready to make yet more security acquisitions out of Israel, specifically of Dig Security and Talon. Today, some confirmation of one of those has arrived: the U.S. security giant said it would be acquiring Dig. The company is not disclosing the financial
Read MoreShield AI raises $200M at a $2.7B valuation to scale military autonomous flying tech
Shield AI has raised $200 million in new funding as it looks to scale its autonomous flying systems for the U.S. military and its allies. The startup, which was founded in 2015, is now valued at $2.7 billion. This latest round was led by U.S. Innovation Technology Fund (USIT) with
Read MoreYuzu wants to make health plans cheaper by letting insurers mix and match benefits
In the U.S., figuring out ways to pay for health insurance is a perennial problem — not just for individuals, but for the businesses employing them. Companies pay upwards of $22,000 per employee for family coverage, according to health policy publication KFF. And that’ll soon increase — the cost of
Read MoreBrazilian fintech QI Tech lands $200M led by General Atlantic
Brazilian banking-as-a-service startup QI Tech has raised $200 million in a Series B round of funding led by New York-based General Atlantic. Founded in 2018 by Pedro Mac Dowell, Marcelo Bentivoglio and Marcelo Buosi, QI Tech is an infrastructure platform enabling the development of credit, payment, and banking solutions through
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