Nedback Hackathon to present solutions to help shape inclusive future for SMEs
Financial inclusion is the cornerstone of meaningful and sustainable small business growth in South Africa. For the country’s SMEs to successfully expand, create employment opportunities, and further SA’s economic development, tailored, digitally-advanced financial solutions are essential. Nedbank will unpack solutions to achieving greater financial inclusion at its 2023 Innovate Hackathon
Read MoreCEO update: Giving thanks and building upon our product & engineering foundation
We're looking across the calendar year and seeing how much our team has accomplished and where we need to double down on efforts in the months ahead.
Read MoreDigital pharmacy startup Truepill says hackers accessed sensitive data of 2.3 million patients
Truepill, a digital health startup that provides pharmacy fulfillment services for healthcare organizations, has confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of more than 2.3 million patients. In a data breach notice published on its website, the company says Postmeds, the parent company behind TruePill, experienced a “cybersecurity incident” that
Read MoreTech Spark AI raises $1.4 million to create ChatGPT alternative
Tamar Huggins created the platform with her 13-year-old daughter, and hopes to target the Black Gen Z community. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreForward Health launches CarePods, a self-contained, AI-powered doctor’s office
Adrian Aoun, CEO and co-founder of Forward Health, aims to scale healthcare. It started in 2017 with the launch of tech-forward doctor’s offices that eschewed traditional medical staffing for technology solutions like body scanners, smart sensors, and algorithms that can diagnose ailments. Now, in 2023, he’s still on the same
Read MoreSPAC delays $350M merger with stratospheric balloon startup World View – again
The special-purpose acquisition company poised to take stratospheric balloon startup World View public is now under official deadline as shareholders voted to again push back the deadline by which it must complete the deal. World View, which was founded a decade ago, was originally focused on using a fleet of
Read MoreCyber Security Today, Nov. 15, 2023 – A new ransomware gang emerges, a patching failure was behind a co-ordinated cyber attack on Denmark, and more
A new ransomware gang emerges, a patching failure was behind a co-ordinated cyber attack on Denmark, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, November 15th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. A new ransomware group has emerged from
Read MoreMeet Tanda, your friendly neighborhood savings, lending network
Tanda offers a peer-to-peer savings and lending network to small businesses as a way to retain employees, reduce turnover and minimize burnout. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreHashtag Trending Nov.15-Wikipedia co-founder thinks ChatGPT is “actually pretty bad”; AI outperforms weather forecasters; TikTok, X struggling with content moderation amid Israel-Hamas conflict?
Wikipedia’s co-founder assails ChatGPT and competitors, Google’s new weather forecasting model is apparently 90 per cent better than traditional systems, and TikTok and Twitter come under scrutiny for the litany of hateful content pertaining to the Israel-Hamas war on their respective platforms. These and more top tech stories on
Read MoreBuild vs. buy doesn’t matter. Tool adoption does.
Ben and Ryan talk to Rob Skillington, CTO and co-founder of Chronosphere. They talk about how buy vs. buy is a false choice, lessons learned from building developer tooling at Uber, and why building developer tools needs more than technical skills.
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