An Indian court on Wednesday ordered the initiation of insolvency process against Amazon’s estranged partner Future Retail in yet another setback for the American e-commerce group in the key overseas market. The National Company Law Tribunal’s verdict (PDF) on the petition filed by Bank of India will allow the creditors to find a new owner…
The Russia-linked hacking group behind the infamous SolarWinds espionage campaign is now using Google Drive to stealthily deliver malware to its latest victims. That’s according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 threat intelligence team, who said on Tuesday that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hacking unit — tracked as “Cloaked Ursa” by Unit 42…
Instagram has announced a new feature that allows businesses to boost their Reels to turn them into ads in order to reach new audiences. Boosted Reels will appear in feed, Stories, the Reels tab and the explore page. To be eligible to boost your Reel, the Reel must be less than 60 seconds and have…
Michael Redd Contributor Share on Twitter Michael Redd spent 12 seasons playing in the NBA and on the U.S. Olympic team. He is now co-founder and chairman of 22 Ventures. More posts by this contributor 2 reasons why demo days are dead 3 warning signs that your investor will leave you on the sidelines A…
Who’s ready for robots? Tomorrow, July 21, is the big day when the global community of people who live, breathe and build robots gather to talk about the latest developments in the field and get a look at demos of the newest robotics products and artificial intelligence applications. If you haven’t registered for TC Sessions:…
Calling all early-stage founders. There is only one way that you can attend, exhibit for three days and possibly compete in the Startup Battlefield — for free — at TechCrunch Disrupt. You have to apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 (SBF 200), and your time is running out. Disrupt takes place in San Francisco on…
Today during an event focused on Alexa developer and partner news, Amazon announced new features and integrations, including a collection of APIs and software development kits (SDKs) aimed at making Alexa more versatile. They come a month after the company demoed forthcoming and experimental Alexa features at its annual re:Mars conference in Las Vegas, including…
Skullcandy announced at Amazon’s Alexa live event today that is partnering Native Voice — a voice service provider for hardware devices — to make multiple voice assistants available on the upcoming models of its Push Active and Grind Series headphones. These headphones will have support for Amazon Alexa and “Hey Skullcandy” wake words. Skullcandy unveiled…
Yamin Durrani Contributor Share on Twitter Yamin Durrani is CEO of Kami Vision, an AI services company focused on security and safety solutions. The past couple of years were all about huge valuations and less about needing to prove peak operational efficiency across the entire business. Even if you didn’t experience this first-hand as a…
A social network of virtual pocket worlds with a daily user base roughly the size of Spain’s population, Roblox is ubiquitous among kids 13 and under and mostly mystifying to adults, who can’t generally see past its simple gameplay and blocky environments. Those blocks are comprised of what Roblox calls “materials” — stuff like wood…