Power, a fintech infrastructure startup, is now kicking off its full-stack credit card issuance platform after a year in stealth mode and with $16.1 million in seed funding and $300 million in a credit facility. The New York–based company’s seed round was led by Anthemis and Fin Capital and included CRV, Financial Venture Studio, Dash…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
In 2022, the amount of corporate data stored in the cloud (versus on-premise servers) reached 60%, a signal of how the world of enterprise IT is evolving. But lest you think that cloud=modern=more efficient, when it comes to security, the picture is more complicated: multiple silos mean multiple challenges to visibility, creating security vulnerabilities and…
Nvidia’s RTX 4090 graphics card has been spotted for the second time this week, with those multiple sightings strengthening the probability that this flagship GPU is indeed on the verge of being launched. The new leak comes from Twitter, courtesy of @wxnod (surfaced by VideoCardz), and it shows Gigabyte’s RTX 4090, the Gaming OC model,…
Iranian state-sponsored hackers have come up with a new sleazy trick to get people into downloading malicious attachments, researchers are warning. Cybersecurity experts from Proofpoint found the TA453 threat actor, allegedly linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is engaging in “multi-persona impersonation”, or “sock-puppeting”, to get victims into downloading malware. In other words,…
AirPods owners get a nice, if subtle, change in iOS 16, which was released on September 12, 2022. The main settings screen for your AirPods is now easily accessible from the very front of the Settings app when they’re connected, instead of being buried down in the Bluetooth section of the app. There are really…
Hi. I’m Aaron Weinman. BlackRock has been slowly easing itself into the choppy seas of digital assets. BlackRock, alongside other investors, committed to a $400 million funding for fintech Circle, which issues a US dollar-pegged stablecoin known as USDC, in April. Shortly after that, Insider first reported that BlackRock would launch a blockchain- and crypto-themed…
The pandemic drove a dramatic increase in time US consumers spend per day with media. Most of those increases will stick in 2021; but traditional TV will lose all its 2020 gains. Do you work in the Marketing, Media & Advertising industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and your competitors…
The Queen’s coffin was flown from Edinburgh to London, ahead of the funeral. WPA Pool / Pool / Getty Kites, drones, and balloons are banned from flying over London until the day of the Queen’s funeral. No aircraft can fly below 2,500 feet over the city center until at least Monday, authorities said. Heathrow Airport…
Kevin O’Leary Andrew Burton/Getty Images Kevin O’Leary said volatility has returned to the stock market, adding it may be time to buy. The “Shark Tank” star addressed uncertainty in markets about how aggressive the Fed will be. “There’s a bet going on in the market, you can see it as volatility,” he said. “Shark Tank”…
DJI has done another 180 on its Osmo action cam lineup. The original Osmo Action had a classic GoPro look, but then with the Action 2 (no Osmo), DJI went to an oddball modular design. It had some interesting ideas – it was nice and small, and you could add storage, a front-facing screen and…