Times Internet spin-out Abound raises $14M to let more Indian Americans send money home

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Techme101

Abound, a go-to remittance app that was spun off by India’s Times Internet, has raised $14 million in a seed round.

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Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Techme101

Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.

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What is Fair in an AI-Enabled Workplace? Leaders Are Struggling to Answer This Question

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Techme101

Deloitte’s 2025 Global Human Capital Trends report details numerous challenges leaders are facing in an AI-enabled workforce, including whether to share AI-created rewards with employees.

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Which Top Cybersecurity Role of 2024 Was Featured in 64,000+ Job Postings?

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Techme101

IT and security workforce management firm CyberSN surveyed job listings from 2022 to 2024. Yes, decreases in demand for some job titles may be related to AI.

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NHS vendor Advanced to pay £3M fine following 2022 ransomware attack

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Techme101

NHS vendor Advanced will pay just over £3 million ($3.8 million) in fines for not implementing basic security measures before it suffered a ransomware attack in 2022, the U.K.’s data protection regulator has confirmed.  It’s half the fine that the Information Commissioner’s Office had initially sought in August 2024, when the data watchdog said it […]

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OpenAI will reportedly close its SoftBank-led $40 billion round soon

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Techme101

While you’re busy Ghibli-fying your images with ChatGPT’s new image-generation capabilities, OpenAI is out raising a ton more cash. The company is close to finalizing a new $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, according to a report from Bloomberg. The report noted that other funds, including the hedge fund Magnetar Capital, Coatue Management, Founders […]

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Trump says he may cut China tariffs to seal TikTok deal

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Techme101

Trump also said he is willing to extend a 5 April deadline for a non-Chinese buyer of the platform to be found.

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NHS software provider fined £3m over data breach after ransomware attack

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Techme101

Security failings by the Advanced Computer Software Group led to a cyberattack in 2022 that impacted NHS services.

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Tougher rules needed to protect young people online, report warns

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Techme101

The youth parliament says it wants more action from MPs and social media companies on violent online content.

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Alibaba launches new open-source AI model for ‘cost-effective AI agents’

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Techme101

Alibaba Cloud has launched its latest AI model in its “Qwen series,” as large language model competition in China continues to heat up.

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