The end of an era: Nikon pulls the plug on its SLR business, reports suggest

If you’ve spent any time sitting around with grizzled old photography veterans, you’ve probably sat through more than your fair share of ‘Canon vs Nikon’ debates. Boring and pointless as they are, they were indicative of an industry where there were two major players and a bunch of also-rans. This week, reports suggest that Nikon…

Venture capital funding may have slowed, but VC firms have no problems raising new funds

As the market swoons, venture capital firms continue to announce new funds. TechCrunch reporters covered five of these more in-depth Tuesday as you will see below. Meanwhile, I corresponded with three firms about their funds and any concerns that limited partners had brought up during the fundraising stage. Haris Khurshid, general partner at Chalo Ventures,…

Criminals are now posing as security companies to trick you into installing malware

Cybercriminals are impersonating cybersecurity companies to try and lure victims into downloading compromising programs.  An investigation by Crowdstrike, one of the cybersecurity companies impersonated in the campaign, uncovered a “callback phishing” campaign in which threat actors are reaching out to various companies via email, telling them their endpoints are compromised, and urging them to call…