Monthly Archives: November 2022

Bank engagement startup Flourish Fi leans into concept of ‘banks aren’t going anywhere’

Developing better financial habits is something we can all benefit from, and Flourish Fi wants to be the engine driving those efforts in Latin America. The San Francisco-based startup, co-founded by Jessica Eting and Pedro Moura in 2018, licenses technology to banks and fintechs so that they can provide better customer engagement and loyalty while…

Top 3 riskiest misconfigurations on the Salesforce platform

Andrew Davis Contributor Share on Twitter Andrew Davis is senior director of methodology at Copado. He is a Salesforce DevOps specialist focused on the next generation of DevOps on the Salesforce platform. Gartner estimates that by 2025, 70% of enterprise applications will be built on low-code and no-code platforms such as Salesforce and ServiceNow. But…

Harvey, which uses AI to answer legal questions, lands cash from OpenAI

Harvey, a startup building what it describes as a “copilot for lawyers,” today emerged from stealth with $5 million in funding led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, the tranche through which OpenAI and its partners are investing in early-stage AI companies tackling major problems. Also participating in the round was Jeff Dean, the lead of…

6 free gratitude meditations to help you get grounded

There’s a special corner of the internet that delights in telling people to be grateful. Between hashtags like #blessed and #grateful and “thankful grateful” TikToks, it can be a little much, especially when you’re knee-deep coping with sadness, anger, resentment, and other difficult emotions. What’s often missing from the gratitude conversation on social media is…

Twitter’s trust and safety team held a one-day sickout to protest against Elon Musk’s policies, report says

Twitter’s trust and safety team held a one day sickout in protest of Musk’s policies on November 10. Tayfun Coskun/Getty Images Twitter’s trust and safety team staged a sickout on November 10, the Washington Post reported. This was in protest to Musk initially ignoring their warnings about the risks of Twitter Blue.  Sources told the…

EU declares Russia a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’, a move it hopes could make it easier to put Putin on trial

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech on November 9, 2022. Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File The EU parliament declared Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism” over its invasion of Ukraine. It said the vote would help bring Putin closer to facing an international tribunal. Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Cuba…

Brazil’s Trump-backed president is challenging his election loss, weeks after it looked like he was going quietly

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro at a military ceremony for the Day of the Soldier in Brasilia, Brazil, in August 2019. Eraldo Peres/Associated Press Brazil’s president challenged his election loss, saying votes cast on some machines should be thrown out. Jair Bolsonaro was expected to dispute the result, but stayed silent for weeks. On Tuesday he…