Blackbird lands $20M investment to expand its risk management tools
Blackbird AI, a startup developing AI-powered software for risk intelligence, today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by Ten Eleven Ventures. Bringing New York-based Blackbird’s total raised to $30 million, the tranche also had contributions from Dorilton Capital, Generation Ventures StartFast Ventures and
Read MoreAmazon’s ‘Hey Disney!’ voice assistant is now available
Amazon and Disney announced Thursday that “Hey Disney!,” the new voice assistant built on Alexa technology, is officially available in the U.S. It’s available for most voice-activated Echo devices. Hey Disney! marks the first time that an Alexa Custom Assistant (ACA) has launched on Echo devices inside customers’ homes. ACA
Read MoreTo worry or not to worry: answering questions about smart home security
If you’re worried about security and data privacy in your smart home, believe me, you’re not alone. “Considering that two-thirds of consumers agree it is impossible to keep data completely secure, it’s no surprise that 55 percent are ‘very concerned’ — rating 6-7 on a 7-point scale — about personal
Read MoreWargraphs, a gaming startup with only one employee and no outside funding, sells for $54M
While the U.K. and U.S. try to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision over concerns it will kill competition in games distribution, competition appears to be alive and well in another (smaller) area of gaming: modding and analytics. Wargraphs, a one-man-band startup behind a popular companion app for League of Legends
Read MoreWho gets to regulate crypto, anyway?
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A brief guide to the politics behind the Binance and Coinbase SEC cases. I’m sure you’ve read, by now, about the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase. Since they were filed last week, many Objective Journalists have covered them.
Read MoreRansomware gang lists first victims of MOVEit mass-hacks, including US banks and universities
Clop, the ransomware gang responsible for exploiting a critical security vulnerability in a popular corporate file transfer tool, has begun listing victims of the mass-hacks, including a number of U.S. banks and universities. The Russia-linked ransomware gang has been exploiting the security flaw in MOVEit Transfer, a tool used by
Read MoreBYD is overtaking Tesla, but its EV dream skips the US for now
A Chinese electric vehicle brand that’s rarely spotted in the U.S. is quickly catching up to Tesla’s dominance of the global EV market. BYD, which started in Shenzhen 28 years ago, delivered 547,917 passenger EVs, including hybrids, a category it’s known for, in the first quarter of 2023. The tally
Read MoreDeepchecks snags $14M seed to continuously validate ML models
As companies increasingly rely on machine learning models, it’s imperative that they continuously check the models to make sure they are working as intended and that the data is valid, unbiased and not corrupted in any way. Deepchecks, an Israeli startup has come up with a solution to continuously test
Read MoreHashtag Trending Jun.15- AWS suffers outage; Reddit’s advertisers suspend ad buys amid protest; Can AI reunite the Beatles?
AWS suffers a major outage, Reddit’s advertisers suspend ad buys during the moderator’s protest and can AI do what no human has been able to do – and reunite the Beatles? These and more top tech news stories from Hashtag Trending and Tech News Day. I’m your host James
Read MoreAn investor, an operator, and their plan to upskill Africa’s workforce
One out of three tech jobs globally are filled by necessary skilled labor, and according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), this is one of the biggest concerns of global business leaders. Over 50% of the organizations that these leaders manage, in a survey, say they have lost competitive advantage
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