Monthly Archives: July 2023

The UK — which blocked the Microsoft-Activison deal — is ready to negotiate. Here’s what happens next

Britain’s competition regulator, the staunchest opponent of Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard, may be ready to negotiate.

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How to Sync Contacts Between Your iPhone & Outlook in 4 Ways

Instead of juggling two different sets of contacts, you can keep your iPhone and your Outlook contact lists synchronized. Here are four ways to get it done.

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Foraged’s wild foods marketplace saw repeat customer rate increase over 1,000%

We don’t have to forage for food so much anymore; however, people not only enjoy unearthing wild mushrooms and other foods, but consumers are also equally excited to eat them. Enter Foraged, a marketplace for purchasing wild and specialty foods … Continue reading

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Fold Health streamlines admin work for value-based care providers

Abhijit Gupta and Ram Sahasranam have plenty of experience in the healthtech space, having sold their first startup, health app maker Praxify, to Athenahealth. Now the duo are focused on value-based care. Fold Health is their operating system for cutting … Continue reading

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Chinese hackers raided US government email accounts by exploiting Microsoft cloud bug

Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in Microsoft’s cloud email service to gain access to the email accounts of U.S. government employees, the technology giant has confirmed. The hacking group, tracked as Storm-0558, compromised approximately 25 email accounts, including government agencies, … Continue reading

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Proton brings its encrypted cloud storage service to desktop

Proton, the Swiss company behind various privacy-focused online services, has brought its end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) cloud storage service to desktop for the first time. Following an extended beta phase, Proton Drive is available on Windows from today, with the Mac … Continue reading

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Armed Guards and Shootings Plague Airbnb’s Party Ban

People are still using short-term rentals to throw unruly parties—some of them deadly. Local communities are trying to fight back.

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Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta

The US comedian joins two other authors who claim their copyright was infringed to train AI systems.

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Bootstrapped since 2009, IT management company InvGate raises $35M

InvGate, a SaaS platform offering information technology service management and IT asset management products, raised $35 million in a growth round to help it continue expanding globally. The company was founded in 2009, and this is its first institutional funding … Continue reading

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How AI Will Impact the Future of Your Work?

The future of work is never set in stone, but the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a game changer. While there are fears around its potential impact on workers, more and more companies are seeking to hire people … Continue reading

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