ITWC’s 2023 Top Women in Cybersecurity: An interview with Susan Chiang of Cloudflare
Experts regularly insist that diversity — be it in age, colour, ethnicity or other categories — helps make an organization vigorous. An example is Susan Chiang. A woman born in Taiwan whose family moved to the U.S., she has risen to become senior director of security at Cloudflare, overseeing a
Read MoreIs Black news VC backable?
Lately I’ve been thinking about media publishing startups (think Semafor and Puck) and their fundraising rounds. Semafor recently raised a $44 million seed round, and Puck raised a $7 million Series A in 2021. The Messenger, among the newest in the industry, recently raised $50 million. Publishing media jobs are
Read MoreTop Women in Cybersecurity panel offers career advice
A professional singer, a mother, and an association administrator are the backgrounds of five of the honorees for this year’s IT World Canada Top Women in Cybersecurity event. That came out at a panel discussion on careers during Wednesday’s fourth annual celebration honoring women in the industry. Consider these five
Read MoreCan we trust automakers to build an EV charging network that rivals Tesla’s Supercharger?
Automakers appear to have had an awakening last week: Electric vehicles are the future, and if they want to continue selling cars, they have to think beyond the car. I’m not talking about subscriptions, though; I’m talking about charging. For years, major auto manufacturers were happy to leave the infrastructure
Read MoreWhen you’ve got two exits under your belt by the age of 26
In this week’s edition of The Interchange, we touch on M&As in the fintech space as AngelList nabbed a startup and Uplift got bought for less than it raised in venture funding. We get into those deals, and much more. Want to receive this in your inbox every Sunday? Sign
Read MoreThe Best Figma Plugins to Enhance Your Design Workflow in 2023
In this article, we'll explore the top Figma plugins that every designer should consider using to enhance their design workflow in 2023. Continue reading The Best Figma Plugins to Enhance Your Design Workflow in 2023 on SitePoint.
Read MoreThis week in food tech: New fund shows food investments are still simmering
If you’re adventurous with your food, or just like to keep up with the fast-moving food tech industry, here’s a roundup of this week’s stories and some notable news we weren’t able to cover. Supply Change Capital The venture capital fund madness we’ve seen all year has made its way
Read MoreARPAbet and the Major mnemonic system
ARPAbet is a phonetic spelling system developed by— you guessed it—ARPA, before it became DARPA. The ARPAbet system is less expressive than IPA, but much easier for English speakers to understand. Every sound is encoded as one or two English letters. So, for example, the sound denoted ʒ in IPA
Read MoreTwitter rebrands to ‘X,’ hackers infect Call of Duty, and foreign visitors to China go cashless
Hey, friends, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s roundup of the week in tech news. Life getting in the way of your daily TechCrunch habit? Not to worry. WiR will get you caught up in no time. This week, WiR covers the improving quality of AI porn generators and
Read MoreIn AI-enabled drug discovery, there might be more than one winner
W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Today, a look at Israel from three different angles: drug discovery, AI-enabled cybersecurity threats, and investor reactions to
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