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A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driving licenses open for anyone to see
A hotel check-in system left more than 1 million customers’ passports, driver’s licenses and selfie verification photos on the open web after a security breach. The…
Indian riding company Rapido said Friday it raised $240 million in new funding at a $3 billion valuation to better compete in the country’s growing but…
Meridian Ventures was born out of a shared experience: deferred MBAs. Now, founders Devon Gethers and Karlton Haney have raised a $35 million fund to support…
Runway started by helping filmmakers. Now he wants to beat Google in artificial intelligence.
AI video startup Runway doesn’t have the typical Silicon Valley pedigree. No Stanford founder, no ex-Google founder, no nine-figure round that gave them time to ignore…
As AI models become increasingly commercialized, startups are scrambling to build the layer of software that sits on top of them. An interesting entrant into this…
A spyware researcher exposed Russian government hackers trying to break into Signal accounts
Earlier this year, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, a security researcher investigating spyware attacks, found himself in an unusual position. For once he was targeted by hackers. “Dear…
While AI is now applied to everything from healthcare to customer support, no single use case has been as popular or lucrative as writing code. Jack…
Cerebras’ IPO earns Benchmark billions, but VC Eric Vishria almost didn’t get the meeting
Cerebras Systems’ IPO was a big success on Thursday, netting billions for itself, its founders and its big investors. Among the big winners is major shareholder…
Nine California juries are now debating the future of OpenAI, the world’s leading artificial intelligence lab. While the trial investigating Elon Musk’s case against other co-founders…
Spotify will adopt Apple’s new video podcast technology, offering creators easier cross-platform distribution
Spotify was announced on Thursday that it plans to adopt Apple’s HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) video technology, which Apple recently introduced in Apple Podcasts to enhance…