Monthly Archives: August 2022

NBA: Grizzlies showing interest in Kevin Durant–report

Kevin Durant and Ja Morant? The pairing could be a reality if the Memphis Grizzlies are able to turn their reported interest in the Brooklyn Nets star into an official trade. The Athletic reported Monday that Durant’s latest, and perhaps strongest, suitor is Memphis, which can underpin any offer with multiple draft picks. Until Monday,…

Deposits banks $5M for its plug-and-play approach to financial product creation

More companies are adding payments and other financial features to their offerings; however, this often requires technical expertise that some don’t have. Enter Deposits, a Dallas-based finance startup offering a cloud-based, plug-and-play feature to simplify the implementation of digital banking tools for companies like credit unions, community banks, insurers, retailers and brands. Co-founder and CEO…

Pitch your startup at TechCrunch Live’s Minneapolis event

TechCrunch is thrilled to be (virtually) headed to Minneapolis, Minnesota. The event takes place on September 7 at 2:00pm CDT/12:00pm PDT. It’s free to attend, and it’s free to submit your Minneapolis-area startup to the pitch-off competition. I hope you can make it. Just like every TechCrunch Live event, the program features entrepreneurs and investors…

Ravel emerges from stealth with privacy-first data tools based on scalable homomorphic encryption

The world has gotten a lot more serious about privacy and data protection, but in many cases business models that rely on personalization of one kind or another have struggled to keep up. Today, a startup out of Paris called Ravel Technologies is emerging from stealth with an approach it believes could be the missing…

Twitter whistleblower releases scathing report on company’s security and privacy practices

An ex-Twitter executive is spilling the beans on the company’s cybersecurity and privacy practices. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, spoke to CNN and The Washington Post, claiming that not only did his former company have a number of cybersecurity issues, it also deliberately misled its board of directors about them. Among…

‘The Inspection’ trailer presents a personal, true story from the U.S. military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ era

Pier Kids and My House documentary maker Elegance Bratton’s debut narrative feature film, The Inspection, has a powerful new trailer from A24. The film, which will close this year’s New York Film Festival in October, is based on his own experience as a young, gay, Black man who spent a decade in a state of…

Microsoft sounds the alarm over dangerously simple ransomware kits

The rise of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) has lowered the barrier to entry substantially for new cybercriminal groups, Microsoft has warned. In the second edition of its Cyber Signals report, Microsoft unpicks the dynamics of the RaaS market, which as well as easing the entry for new players serves to hide those responsible for initial access brokering,…

US Video Gaming Industry in 2021: Gaming Devices & Gaming Video Content Viewership Trends

Gaming usage and viewership of gaming video content (GVC) increased in 2020. But we expect some of this growth will taper off in 2021. Do you work in the Marketing, Media & Advertising industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and your competitors with data-driven research. The following is a preview…