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People like Threads

Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in … Continue reading

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Wildfire detection startup Pano extends its $20M series A with another $17M

Not all use cases for AI make sense, but Pano AI makes a life-saving contribution in the “yes” column. Just last week, the company was able to send early warnings of the Kutch Fire, that broke out near Kutch Mountain … Continue reading

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Black Sesame, Chinese auto chip challenger to Nvidia, burns $140M a year

Chinese auto chip maker Black Sesame has recently filed to go public in Hong Kong, offering a glimpse into the business prospect and challenges of an industry that’s increasingly important amid an autonomous driving boom and China’s stride towards semiconductor … Continue reading

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JumpCloud resets customer API keys citing ‘ongoing incident’

JumpCloud has told customers it reset their API keys to protect their organizations from an apparent security incident. The directory, identity, and access management giant said in an email to customers that it was experiencing an “ongoing incident” but did … Continue reading

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UK battles hacking wave as ransomware gang claims ‘biggest ever’ NHS breach

The U.K.’s largest NHS trust has confirmed it’s investigating a ransomware incident as the country’s public sector continues to battle a rising wave of cyberattacks. Barts Health NHS Trust, which runs five London-based hospitals and serves more than 2.5 million … Continue reading

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Verifiable validates its healthcare credentialing software with another $27M

Knowing that a doctor on your hospital staff is who they say they are would seem like a no-brainer, but poor access to real-time credentialing data is causing a headache for healthcare organizations. Verifiable is automating the healthcare credentialing and … Continue reading

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How to get the old version of TweetDeck back

The “old” TweetDeck has had a (likely temporary) stay of execution, with users now able to manually revert back to the version they’ve grown accustomed to through the years. How long this will be possible for, though, remains to be … Continue reading

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FrontRow, a learning platform featuring celebrities, shuts down

FrontRow, a hobby-learning and community platform featuring celebrities in India, has shut down, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed. The three-year-old startup sought to build a community where well-known artists and athletes taught their craft to consumers. The startup had raised … Continue reading

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HR tech startup Propel wants to power the open talent economy via tech communities

Besides the billions of dollars from local and foreign investors, a strong factor behind Africa’s growing tech ecosystem is its burgeoning talent. Being sought after locally and internationally, these homegrown talents — including software developers who, according to Google’s Africa … Continue reading

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Instagram’s Threads app reaches 100 million users within just five days

Instagram’s text-based app Threads has achieved the mark of 100 million sign-ups in just five days. The Twitter rival was launched on June 6 (or June 5 in the Americas), according to a tracker. Mark Zuckerberg noted on the first … Continue reading

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