Monthly Archives: October 2022

Xembly raises cash to develop an AI assistant for corporate meetings

Macroeconomic factors are placing pressure on companies to improve efficiency, and on employees and their managers to do more with less. Amidst all the challenges and tribulations, workers believe a large portion of their work week is unproductive, with the majority of respondents to a recent (2018) Intuit survey saying that they’d get more done…

Edtech’s honeymoon might be over, but expect a second boom

Rhys Spence Contributor Share on Twitter Rhys Spence is head of research at Brighteye Ventures, a European edtech-focused fund. More posts by this contributor Despite creaky markets, European edtech is showing its resilience European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021 Carla Napoleão Contributor Share on Twitter Carla Napoleão is an edtech analyst…

Reddit acqui-hires team from ML content moderation startup Oterlu

Reddit announced today that it’s bringing on the team from Oterlu, a startup from Gothenburg, Sweden that develops machine learning-powered content moderation tools. The Oterlu team will join Reddit’s Safety team and develop native machine learning moderation models that can quickly and accurately detect harmful content across a range of languages, Reddit says. The Oterlu…

Accel, BoxGroup, Cowboy Ventures, Pear VC and Yahoo to judge Startup Battlefield at Disrupt

We’re less than a month away from TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco! Imagine a drumroll, folks, because we’re about to announce the last tranche of investors and thought leaders who will choose which outstanding startup takes the title of Startup Battlefield champion, along with the $100,000 prize and serious bragging rights Improve…

Today’s top deals include more all-time low Amazon device deals, a new streaming discount, and home and tech products

Here are the best deals of the day for Oct. 4: BEST AMAZON DEVICE DEAL: Echo Show 8 (2nd Gen) with 2-Pack GE CYNC Smart LED Color Bulb — $63.99 $153.98 (save $83.99) BEST STREAMING AND SUBSCRIPTION DEAL: Three months of BET+ via Amazon Prime Video — $0.99/month $9.99/month (save $27) BEST TECH DEAL: Samsung…

These are officially the worst malware strains of the year

Cybersecurity experts from OpenText Security Solutions have determined what they feel are the worst malware threats of the year 2022 so far.  Its “Nastiest Malware of 2022” report saw the Emotet kept the devious crown, followed by the ever-evolving LockBit.  What’s more, the company says there’s evidence that the “hacker holiday” is no more, with…