slash financialThe company, which offers business banking accounts, corporate credit cards, transfers, and crypto, announced it has raised a $100 million Series C round from a crowd of A-list investors at a valuation of $1.4 billion. Fintech-focused Ribbit Capital, Khosla and Goodwater Capital led the round. Returning investors NEA and Y Combinator also invested. Slash…
A coalition of global law enforcement agencies has sent emails to more than 75,000 alleged cybercriminals who paid for a service that can take websites offline to launch cyberattacks. On Thursday, Europol Coordinated operations announced against multiple distributed denial of service (DDoS) for-hire services that allow criminals to launch cyberattacks without needing any hacking skills,…
Bluesky’s website and app are still up struggling COO Rose Wang on Thursday after experiencing a service disruption Held responsible For a denial of service attack. According to social network status pageThe problems began around 2:42 a.m. ET time on Thursday and have continued since then. screenshotImage Credit:screenshot of bluesky Currently, the BlueSky site and…
The company is raising prices of its virtual reality headsets due to the rising cost of memory chips. announced On Thursday. Starting April 19, the price of Meta Quest 3S (128GB) and Meta Quest 3S (256GB) will increase by $50 to $349.99 and $449.99 respectively. The price of Meta Quest 3 is increasing by $100…
The Energy Information Agency told two US senators that it plans to require data centers to disclose details about their energy use. According For wired. The development comes a month after Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter Asking EIA to collect data on data centres. The request was an attempt to pressure…
When the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc After he got COVID despite vaccination and vaccination, he tried to fund research for a better solution. What did he immediately realize? You can’t just write checks in biotech. Regulators require a commercialization plan, and philanthropy doesn’t advance science through clinical trials or get you a license on university…
Google announced On Wednesday it is introducing a native Gemini app for Mac, taking on rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic, which have had Mac apps for quite some time. “Now, you can bring up Gemini from anywhere on your Mac with a quick shortcut (Option + Space) to get instant help without changing tabs,” Google…
Glideways, a San Francisco-based startup that is developing personal autonomous pods designed to operate on dedicated two-meter-wide lanes in cities. raised 170 million dollars In the Series C funding round. The round was co-led by Suzuki Motor Corporation, ACS Group and Khosla Ventures. Existing investors Mitsui Chemicals and Gates Frontier and new investor Obayashi Corporation…
Accel announced on Tuesday that it has raised $5 billion In fresh capital to support late stage companies. The venture firm told Bloomberg That $4 billion will go to his late-stage Leaders Fund, for which he expects to cut at least 20 checks, each averaging $200 million. Accel looks to invest in companies creating AI-powered…
According to a report, Snap is laying off about 16% of its global workforce, which will affect about 1,000 full-time employees. memorandum The message was sent to staff on Wednesday from Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. The company cites advances in AI for the reduction. “While these changes are necessary to realize Snap’s long-term potential, we…
