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Can Reddit—the Internet’s Greatest Authenticity Machine—Survive Its Own IPO?

When thousands of subreddits went dark in protest, it exposed the tension at the core of Reddit. Is the web’s most reliably human forum a gold mine for investors, or an old-fashioned dumpster fire?

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Lago, a Paris-based open source billing platform, banks $22M

A startup out of Paris that began life building marketing tools has raised $22 million after making a successful pivot into billing — a space it discovered was even more broken among potential customers. Lago, developer of an open-source billing … Continue reading

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What African B2B e-commerce startups can learn from OmniRetail’s profitable run

Save for fintech and cleantech, B2B e-commerce and retail was the leading destination for venture capital dollars over the last five years. The premise of digitizing the continent’s mom-and-pop convenience stores and offering various solutions to streamline logistics and procurement … Continue reading

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All You Need to Know about Greentech

Green technology has emerged as a driving force for positive change. Find out what it means in this summary.

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Keep Your Network Secure With This $39.99 CompTIA Bundle

This Complete 2024 CompTIA Certification Bundle is both a way for tech entrepreneurs to secure their own systems and a gateway to a career in cybersecurity.

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Nigeria’s Youverify raises $2.5M to enhance anti-money laundering compliance

Youverify, a Nigerian provider of identity verification and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions for banks and startups, secured a $2.5 million investment from Elm, which specializes in offering ready-made and customized digital solutions to public and private institutions in Saudi Arabia. … Continue reading

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Amazon now lets sellers create listings through a URL by using AI

Amazon launched generative AI-powered features last year to help sellers quickly create listings by entering just a few words about the product. The company is now making it easier for sellers to create listings if an item is already listed … Continue reading

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As European dynamism gathers momentum, Elaia and partners double down with new deep tech fund

Elaia’s third deep tech seed fund, DTS3, is double the size of the two previous funds, and signals the momentum that is forming around an emerging concept: European dynamism. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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A bug in an Irish government website that exposed COVID-19 vaccination records took two years to publicly disclose

The Irish government fixed a vulnerability two years ago in its national COVID-19 vaccination portal that exposed the vaccination records of around a million residents. But details of the vulnerability weren’t revealed until this week after attempts to coordinate public … Continue reading

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Deepfakes in an election year — is Asia ready to handle misinformation campaigns?

This will be a historic election year, and it coincides with a rapid rise in the number of deepfakes, especially in Asia — but the region may not be ready.

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