Safaricom Provides Digital Credit to Aid 1000 Maize Farmers in Kenya
Over 1,000 small-scale maize farmers in Embu County are on the brink of a transformation in their agricultural practices, thanks to an exciting collaboration between Family Bank and DigiFarm. Through this partnership, farmers in Mbeere North and South sub-counties will gain access to digital credit facilities, which will empower them
Read MoreHow to Build a culture of cybersecurity to protect people from cyber threats
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an annual event promoting safe online behavior and encouraging participation in the fight against cybercrime. With the growth of online threats and increased digitization of personal and professional lives, maintaining safe online behavior is essential for halting cyberattacks. Building a cybersecurity culture that permeates every
Read MoreHashtag Trending Oct.18 – Cisco issues warning about critical zero-day vulnerability; Stack Overflow grapples with challenges posed by generative AI tools; Lenovo is set to launch a range of enterprise-focused devices
A big zero day vulnerability in Cisco routers. Stack Overflow lays off 28 per cent of its staff due to ChatGPT competition. Could Android be a Windows rival? The world’s largest PC manufacturer thinks it might. And Gartner says that CIOs have to lead the way in managing the machine-human
Read MoreZygon helps startups avoid data breaches from SaaS providers
Last week, cloud computing company Shadow confirmed a data breach involving customers’ personal information. The hacker claims to have access to the data of more than 530,000 customers. According to an email from Shadow CEO Eric Sèle, the hacker managed to download this data from a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider’s API.
Read MoreFlanks grabs additional capital to automate wealth services in Europe
Flanks gathers global wealth data under one API so that clients can have a complete view of their investment portfolio in real time and make more intelligent investment decisions. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreFoxconn and Nvidia are building ‘AI factories’ to accelerate self-driving cars
Nvidia and Foxconn are working together to build so-called “AI factories,” a new class of data centers that promise to provide supercomputing powers to accelerate the development of self-driving cars, autonomous machines and industrial robots. Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang and Foxconn chairman and CEO Young Liu announced the
Read MoreX starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users
X, formerly Twitter, announced today that is starting a new experiment to charge a $1 per year fee for “new unverified” users to interact with posts. The company said this test is currently live in New Zealand and the Philippines and existing users won’t be affected. Users will get to
Read MoreTesla looks to maintain EV dominance by pushing for stricter fuel standards
Tesla has already cornered the electric vehicle market in the U.S. Now, it’s calling for stricter regulations that will give it even more of an edge. The Elon Musk-owned automaker is urging the Biden administration to adopt tougher fuel economy standards than regulators have proposed, a move that is likely
Read MoreOpposition still demands full wording of planned federal privacy, AI laws
Frustrated opposition MPs came within a whisker on Tuesday of, for a second time, delaying committee hearings on proposed privacy and AI legislation because the government still hasn’t tabled the full wording of proposed amendments. Instead, the Industry committee demanded the amendments be delivered by Friday, and voted to go
Read MoreAmazon’s fleet of Rivian-made electric delivery vans reaches 10K in US
Amazon’s 10,000 Rivian-made all-electric van are delivering packages throughout the United States, the e-commerce company revealed Tuesday evening during its Delivering the Future event. Amazon, which owns a stake in Rivian, reached a deal with the automaker in 2019 to have at least 100,000 electric delivery vans on the road
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