Networking and cybersecurity firm Versa today announced that it raised $120 million in a mix of equity and debt led by BlackRock, with participation from Silicon Valley Bank. CEO Kelly Ahuja tells TechCrunch that the proceeds, which bring Versa’s total capital raised to $316 million, will be put toward go-to-market efforts and scaling the company….
Monthly Archives: October 2022
When Taylor Swift releases an album, it’s a cultural moment. And nowhere is it felt more intensely than on TikTok. Whether it be her re-recorded Red (Taylor’s Version) or the brand-new Midnights, her music inspires all sorts of trends on the platform. Before Midnights arrived, Swift debuted every track title on TikTok, turning the platform…
EA has decided to restructure its local German contracts and gradually end the sale of physical game copies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. FIFA 23 and Need For Speed Unbound will be among the last games to get a boxed release in German-speaking countries. As of May 2022, EA “will no longer generate sales of…
After push-back from Japanese censors, The Callisto Protocol will not be making its way to Japanese consoles and screens this December after all. The Computer Entertainment Ratings Organization (CERO) deemed horror game The Callisto Protocol — with its ray-traced eyeballs and abundant viscera — too gory and violent for public consumption, refusing to rate it…
Online retail businesses are increasingly relying on insights drawn from web data to guide their pricing strategies as well as find the best time for product and service launches. A recent survey conducted by Bright Data and Vanson Bourne found some 87% of ecommerce businesses have increased web data collection and management budgets in…
It looks like Nvidia is already thinking about its future GPUs, but CEO Jensen Huang’s recent visit to Taiwan was done under the shadow of the rather embarrassing RTX 4080 12GB drama, which saw the company dramatically pull the GPU mere weeks from launch. As HotHardware reports, while in Taiwan, Huang apparently visited the headquarters…
Reusing passwords in the workplace is one of the quickest ways to get your accounts compromised, yet despite repeated warnings, the vast majority of employees still do it. A report from Bitwarden surveying 800 IT decision-makers from the UK and the US discovered that 90% reuse passwords in the workplace. While the survey does state…
Hey there! It’s Dan DeFrancesco checking in from NYC. Hang in there. The weekend is almost here. Today we’ve got the most likely candidates to build a so-called ‘super app’ in the US, sports startups that investors are excited about, and more Elon Musk shenanigans. But first, credit or debit? If this was forwarded to you,…
President Donald Trump watches as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administers the Constitutional Oath to Amy Coney Barrett on the South Lawn of the White House White House in Washington on October 26, 2020. Alex Brandon/AP At least three packages with white powder have arrived at the federal courthouse in Washington, DC. Federal judges involved…
Elon Musk is expected to acquire Twitter this week. Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images Elon Musk is likely to acquire Twitter on Friday, six months after first offering to buy it. One employee described trying to work out who’d be at risk if major layoffs were to happen. The employee said they remained “cautiously optimistic” about a…