There’s been an explosion of business intelligence (BI) tools in recent years, or tools that analyze and convert raw data into info for use in decision making. Investments in them are on the rise, but companies are still struggling to become “data-driven” — at least, according to some survey results. NewVantage Partners’ 2022 poll of…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
The last time we spoke to Explo, the early stage startup was announcing its $2.3 million seed round. That was back in November, 2020, a very different time, and a lot has happened since then for the Y Combinator Winter 20 alum. In spite of launching a company at the height of the pandemic, Explo…
Cloud giant DigitalOcean says that some customers’ email addresses were exposed because of a recent “security incident” at email marketing company Mailchimp. In a scant blog post dated August 12, just two days after the company’s co-founder and long-time CEO Ben Chestnut stepped down, Mailchimp said a recent but undated attack saw threat actors targeting…
When it comes to crime, illicit activity is still abundant regardless of crypto volatility, according to a new Chainalysis report. “Cryptocurrency transaction volumes this year for both illicit and legitimate entities are tracking behind 2021 through July,” the report stated. “Overall, criminal activity appears to be more resilient in the face of price declines: Illicit…
When social audio app Clubhouse launched in May of 2020 (with a $100 million valuation), it took off like a rocket ship fueled, in large part, by pandemic restrictions that made it difficult for people to gather and talk in person. By April 2021, it raised a Series C funding round (led by Andreessen Horowitz),…
This is the sort of thing I definitely would have been all over when I still traveled a bunch for work. Twelve South has long been the go-to for MacBook stands and the like, and today the company introduced a clever addition to the family: the collapsible/portable Curve Flex. The stand collapses fully flat so…
Oracle has begun auditing TikTok’s algorithms and content moderation models, according to a new report from Axios out this morning. Those reviews began last week, and follow TikTok’s June announcement it had moved its U.S. traffic to Oracle servers amid claims its U.S. user data had been accessed by TikTok colleagues in China. The new…
VPNs are useful for anyone around the world, but these powerful cybersecurity services are even more important when you’re travelling to a country with tight restrictions on internet usage, like China. If you’re planning a trip to China or you’ve made the country your home, you could benefit from using a VPN. Do you need…
TL;DR: As of August 16, you can get the truRelief Impact Therapy Device for just $99.99 instead of $299.99 — that’s a 66% discount. How often do you get home after hitting the gym and lose an hour to your recovery? Or do you suffer through the next day because your muscles are screaming? Whether…
SAVE 50%: The Fire HD 8 Kids Pro tablet is on sale for only $69.99 as a back-to-school deal at Amazon as of August 16. That’s half off its usual cost of $139.99 and right on par with its Prime Day 2022 price. If your little one is begging you for a back-to-school tablet, Amazon’s…