Monthly Archives: October 2022

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry just went to 3 scientists who simplified reactions in the lab

(From left): 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless. Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is all about “making difficult processes easier,” according to the judges. Earlier today, the 2022 distinction was awarded to a trio of chemists: Carolyn R. Bertozzi…

Spotify acquires content moderation tech company Kinzen to address platform safety issues

Spotify this morning announced it’s acquiring Dublin, Ireland-based content moderation tech company Kinzen, which had been working in partnership with the streamer since 2020. Deal terms were not disclosed. At Spotify, Kinzen’s technology will be put to use to help the company better moderate podcasts and other audio using a combination of machine learning and…

Dear Sophie: Any tips for negotiating visa and green card sponsorship?

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: Is…

Sendy conducts second round of layoffs, 20% of its remaining staff affected

Months after Sendy laid-off 10% of its workforce, the Kenyan logistics startup is at it again after sending more staff home, while announcing the decision to wind-down its Supply service. Sendy confirmed to TechCrunch that discontinuing the supply service affected 20% of its staff, which is about 54 employees – the latest casualties of the…

US hospital chain CommonSpirit Health says ‘IT security issue’ is disrupting services

CommonSpirit, the second-largest nonprofit hospital chain in the U.S., has confirmed a cybersecurity incident that is disrupting medical services across the country. In a brief statement, Chicago-based CommonSpirit said the “IT security issue” is impacting some of CommonSpirit’s facilities and some patient appointments have been rescheduled as a result.  “CommonSpirit Health is managing an IT…

Atlassian is being actively exploited to compromise corporate networks

Two widely-used Atlassian Bitbucket tools – Server and Data Center, carry a high severity flaw that allows remote attackers with read permissions to a public or private Bitbucket repository to execute arbitrary code, experts have warned.  The flaw is being actively used in the wild, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has noted, urging…