South African Logitech Startup Tripplo Closes Seed Round with Additional $1.8 million
Tripplo, the Johannesburg-based innovative logistics software platform, has secured a US$1.8m equity investment to close out its seed funding extension round. The round was led by Futuregrowth Asset Management (representing Old Mutual Life Assurance Company South Africa) and followed by Galloprovincialis. The two investors join Standard Bank of South Africa,
Read MoreSMBs Struggle to Keep Pace with Cyber Security Threats
Keeping on top of new threats is the biggest cyber security challenge facing small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) – and more than half are calling for help to manage the risks, new global research by Sage reveals today. The leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for SMBs has
Read MoreTradeshift co-founder accused of sexual assault by company, allegations he denies
Tradeshift, a late-stage fintech startup that has raised over $1 billion in venture and debt, has dismissed its co-founder Christian Lanng, citing “serious allegations of sexual assault and harassment” and “gross misconduct on multiple grounds,” according to a company statement posted on Tuesday. Lanng has vehemently denied the allegations. Tradeshift
Read MoreHashtag Trending Oct.13 – Google commits to defend users of its generative AI systems; Study reveals that organizations continue to pay ransoms following cyberattacks; In response to demands from the European Union, X may have gotten a wakeup call
Google pledges to defend users against AI copyright lawsuits. Twenty cents of fine tuning is all it takes to defeat AI guardrails. Start spreading the news … New York is aiming to be the new AI capital. And we don’t want to say the “sky is falling” but stuff is
Read MoreSafaricom Hosts the Second Annual Engineering Summit dubbed Decode 2.0
Safaricom hosted a second edition of the Safaricom Engineering Summit under the theme of “Igniting Africa’s Digital Renaissance.” The two-day forum, attended by over 800 in-person industry stakeholders and thousands of others online, seeks to build on the learnings and successes of the first edition. Some initiatives under the summit
Read MoreDevialet’s Gemini II are the most luxurious wireless earbuds you can get
Devialet isn’t like any other tech company — its products are at the intersection of audio engineering and luxury. That’s why its new wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation don’t look like other earbuds. This isn’t a mass market product. When I covered the product launch at the Paris Opera,
Read MoreIngram Micro Expands its Cyber Security Portfolio with Okta
Ingram Micro today announced a distribution agreement with Okta, a leader in cybersecurity solutions to cover Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. This collaboration enables Ingram Micro to expand its security solutions portfolio forresellers and managed service providers by providing access to a
Read More3 Tips to Make your Hybrid Working Environment Pleasurable
Workers in the post-COVID economy are faced with a number of challenges, most notably the ability to connect to the office and work from anywhere at any time. Human capital management and wellness specialist consultancy Sensory Intelligence Consulting has compiled a list of practical steps that employees can take to
Read MoreMicrosoft’s $68.7B Activision acquisition clears final hurdle as UK approves restructured deal
It has been a long time coming, but Microsoft’s near-two year attempt to buy gaming giant Activision is finally happening, after the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) accepted a restructured proposal that addresses the CMA’s concerns about Microsoft dominating the cloud gaming market. The crux of Microsoft’s concession to
Read MoreIndian state government fixes website bug that revealed Aadhaar numbers and fingerprints
A security researcher says a bug on an Indian state government website inadvertently revealed documents containing residents’ Aadhaar numbers, identity cards, and copies of their fingerprints. The bug was fixed last week after the security researcher disclosed the bug to local authorities. Sourajeet Majumder found the bug in the West
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