Fisker is laying off 15% of staff and says it needs more cash ahead of a “difficult year”
Electric vehicle startup Fisker is planning to lay off 15% of its workforce and says it likely does not have enough cash on hand to survive the next 12 months. The company says it is trying to find a way to raise that money as it works through a pivot
Read MoreA leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants
A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was spilling one-time security codes that may have granted users’ access to their Facebook, Google and TikTok accounts. The Asian technology and internet company YX International manufactures cellular networking equipment and
Read MoreAre federal IT systems supporting the targeted service outcomes? Deloitte examines the future role of the government
In an interview with IT World Canada, consulting giant Deloitte highlighted the importance of an ecosystem-based approach to tackle issues around digital equity in Canada and service delivery challenges in the public sector. “Our strong view is that the people of Canada benefit when there’s effective collaboration between public and
Read MorePornhub operator broke Canadian privacy law, watchdog rules
The company behind Pornhub and other popular pornographic sites broke Canadian privacy law by allowing intimate images to be shared on its websites without the direct knowledge or consent of everyone depicted, the federal privacy commissioner has ruled. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s (OPC) investigation into Aylo (formerly MindGeek),
Read MoreAriel Kaye built a brand that’s outlasted the DTC Boom
This week, Dom spoke with Ariel Kaye, the founder of the home lifestyle brand Parachute. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreIntroducing Veeam Data Cloud
Veeam® Software introduces Veeam Data Cloud, a new solution built on Microsoft Azure, blending the reliability of the top industry platform with cloud accessibility. It offers backup-as-a-service (BaaS) for Microsoft 365 and Azure, ensuring superior resilience and utilizing robust data protection and security tech in a user-friendly interface. Anand Eswaran,
Read MoreGoogle is making search suggestions in Chrome more helpful
Google is introducing improvements to search suggestions in Chrome, the company announced today. As part of the changes, users will start to get more helpful search suggestions in Chrome based on what others are searching for, see more images for suggested searches and find search suggestions even with a poor
Read MoreWith Brain.ai, generative AI is the OS
The Humane Ai Pin and Rabbit handheld have captured a good bit of press interest for their individual approaches to integrating generative AI with hardware. Humane, in particular, is presenting its wearable as a look at life beyond the smartphone. That naturally prompts the question: What, precisely, is wrong with
Read MoreFormer Twitter engineers are building Particle, an AI-powered news reader, backed by $4.4M
A team led by former Twitter engineers is rethinking how AI can be used to help people process news and information. Particle.news, which entered into private beta over the weekend, is a new startup offering a personalized, “multi-perspective” news reading experience that not only leverages AI to summarize the news,
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