Ditto lands $82M to synchronize data from the edge to the cloud

Ditto, a company that’s setting out to bring “resilient” connectivity to edge devices, has raised $82 million in a Series B round of funding at a post-money valuation of $462 million, more than double its Series A valuation from 2023. “Edge,” in the context of Ditto’s industry, refers to a distributed computing model that brings […]
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Scimplify raises $40M to help manufacturers access specialty chemicals

Scimplify has raised $40 million in a new equity round backed by Accel to expand its presence in the U.S. and enter new markets.
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Chinese Companies Rush to Put DeepSeek in Everything

From video game developers to a nuclear power plant, companies across China are adopting DeepSeek’s AI models to boost stock prices and flaunt their national pride.

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Learn a New Language In Record Time With Babbel — Now for $130

Learn the languages your international clients speak all over the globe with Babbel. A lifetime subscription is now at its lowest price of only $129.99 through Mar. 16.

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Price Drop: Upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for Only $14.97

Unlock the latest user interface, enhanced security features, and new tools for hybrid and remote workers.

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Salesforce to invest $1B in Singapore to boost adoption of AI

Salesforce plans to invest $1 billion in Singapore over the next five years as it seeks to fuel the adoption of its AI agent development platform, Agentforce. Salesforce claimed that Agentforce can help alleviate Singapore’s ongoing labor issues and augment the country’s workforce and enterprises by creating “digital workforces” that combine humans with autonomous AI […]
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North Korean government hackers snuck spyware on Android app store

Cybersecurity firm Lookout found several samples of a North Korean spyware it calls KoSpy.
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Ailing Swedish EV battery firm Northvolt files for bankruptcy

Struggling electric vehicle battery manufacturer Northvolt says it has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden.

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Elea AI is chasing the healthcare productivity opportunity by targeting pathology labs’ legacy systems

VC funding into AI tools for healthcare was projected to hit $11 billion last year — a headline figure that speaks to the widespread conviction that artificial intelligence will prove transformative in a critical sector. Many startups applying AI in healthcare are seeking to drive efficiencies by automating some of the administration that orbits and […]
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Uber terminates Foodpanda Taiwan acquisition, citing regulatory hurdles

Uber Technologies has ended its acquisition of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda in Taiwan, the Germany-based tech firm said on Tuesday. The announcement comes roughly three months after Taiwan’s antitrust regulator blocked the deal, citing competitive issues. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said that if Uber acquired Foodpanda, its market share in Taiwan would increase to 90%, […]
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