Monthly Archives: July 2023

Amazon Prime Day 2023: 5 Best Tech Deals

Discover the best tech deals on gadgets, electronics and more for Amazon Prime Day 2023. The post Amazon Prime Day 2023: 5 Best Tech Deals appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Banks, hotels and hospitals among latest MOVEit mass-hack victims

The MOVEit mass-hack has claimed yet more victims, including hotel chain Radisson, U.S.-based 1st Source Bank, real estate giant Jones Lang LaSalle, and Dutch GPS company TomTom. The Clop ransomware gang, which claimed responsibility for the mass data raids targeting … Continue reading

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Pylon wants to make it easier to manage B2B conversations in Slack

As email has becomes an increasingly clogged communication mechanism, businesses looking for more direct ways to communicate with their customers in a B2B context have been turning to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord and other channels. But tracking those conversations and … Continue reading

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Roku users can now buy products from Shopify merchants with their TV remote

Roku is partnering with Shopify to give users the ability to purchase products from Shopify merchants through their TVs, the hardware company announced Tuesday. Viewers will be able to interact with a Roku Action Ad for a Shopify merchant by … Continue reading

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Anthropic releases Claude 2, its second-gen AI chatbot

Anthropic, the AI startup co-founded by ex-OpenAI execs, today announced the release of a new text-generating AI model, Claude 2. The successor to Anthropic’s first commercial model, Claude 2 is available in beta starting today in the U.S. and U.K. … Continue reading

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Google Calendar now allows users to take paid appointments

Google Calendar has launched a new feature that allows professionals or freelancers to allow their customers to book paid appointments. This could be useful for people such as therapists or teachers providing time-based services. The company has partnered with Stripe … Continue reading

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Rocsys wants to automate EV charging, starting in ports and yards

America’s logistics sector is becoming more electrified and autonomous, and Rocsys, a Dutch startup, wants to hit that sweet spot in the middle. Rocsys has created a robotic arm that can transform any electric vehicle charger into an autonomous charger. … Continue reading

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Congress Wants to Take Back Power Over Crypto

On Wednesday, US Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand will unveil proposed legislation to decide once and for all how digital assets should be regulated.

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China’s search engine pioneer unveils open-source large language model to rival OpenAI

In February, Sogou founder Wang Xiaochuan said on Weibo that “China needs its own OpenAI.” The Chinese entrepreneur is now inching closer to his dream as his nascent startup Baichuan Intelligence rolled out its next-generation large language model Baichuan-13B today. … Continue reading

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Instant bank payments startup Ivy secured $7.7M in Seed round led by Creandum

Ivy, an API for instant bank payments, has secured €7 million ($7.7 million) in a seed investment round led by European VC Creandum. Payment and transaction fees can rack-up because of card networks, gateways and wallets that are all involved … Continue reading

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