After year-long search, Strava appoints YouTube exec Michael Martin as new CEO
Strava has finally announced who its next CEO will be, almost a year after confirming that co-founder Michael Horvath was leaving the hotseat for a second time. Michael Martin will start his new role at Strava on January 2, 2024, leaving his current role as general manager at YouTube’s shopping
Read MoreHow Machine Learning Transforms Gray Work to Smarter Dynamic Work
Jamie knew she had plenty of work to do when she took the Director of IT role at a midsize HVAC services company. Over the last decade, the company grew organically and expanded regionally by acquiring smaller service companies but had done very little to modernize its business operations. The
Read MorePwC is acquiring Surfaceink, the hardware designer that was once a close partner of Apple’s
A lesser-known but significant player in the Silicon Valley tech world is getting acquired today — a move that underscores the changing economics in the world of hardware, and who wants to get more involved in that space. Surfaceink, a company that got its start as Apple’s key hardware engineering
Read MoreCyber Security Today, Dec. 11, 2023 – Irish water treatment plant shut by cyber attack, WordPress issues a security patch, and more
An Irish water treatment plant is temporarily shut by cyber attack, WordPress issues a security patch, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, December 11th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Another water treatment plant has been hacked
Read MoreWhen Fibre is Down: What is the Difference between your ISP and the area’s FNO?
There has been a notable spike in fibre downtime in areas across the country and this is understandably causing immense frustration among customers. However, Vox CEO Jacques du Toit says it is important that the public understands the difference between a fibre network operator (FNO) and an internet service provider
Read MoreMistral AI, a Paris-based OpenAI rival, closed its $415 million funding round
French startup Mistral AI has officially closed its much anticipated Series A funding round. The company has raised €385 million, or $415 million at today’s exchange rate — according to Bloomberg, it values the company at roughly $2 billion. Mistral AI is also opening up its commercial platform today. As
Read MoreHashtag Trending Dec.11-Altman, Time’s CEO of the year; Google cheated on its comparison of Gemini to ChatGPT?; Is ChatGPT lazy?
Did Google cheat on its comparison of Gemini to ChatGPT? Sam Altman is named CEO of the year by Time magazine and is ChatGPT on a work to rule? These and more top tech stories on Hashtag Trending I’m your host Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and
Read MoreTikTok to invest $1.5B in GoTo’s Indonesia e-commerce business Tokopedia
ByteDance’s TikTok wants to do more business in Indonesia — Southeast Asia’s biggest e-commerce market. So after facing roadblocks from the regulators, it’s now come up with a new route to get there. TikTok is putting up $1.5 billion in a new joint venture that will bring Tokopedia, the e-commerce
Read MoreAmazon loses second AWS India and South Asia top exec in less than a year
Vaishali Kasture, the executive Amazon appointed as the interim head of AWS India and South Asia, has quit the firm, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, merely seven months into the top role. Amazon didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment by email and phone. Amazon counts
Read MoreUS-China tech war escalates over EV battery dominance
Semiconductors have in recent years become a focal point in the U.S.’s efforts to impede China’s technological advancement. Now Washington has its eye on yet another red-hot tech sector where China is making great strides: batteries for electric vehicles. Earlier this month, the Departments of Treasury and Energy proposed rules
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