Shippo raises $45M more at $495M valuation as e-commerce booms
This morning Shippo, a software company that provides shipping-related services to e-commerce companies, announced a new $45 million investment. The new capital values the startup at $495 million. TechCrunch is calling the new funding a Series D as i.....»»
EV maker Polestar raises $950 million, anticipates improved profit margin
Polestar projects double-digit gross profit margin by year end......»»
Nvidia tops $2 trillion valuation in first for chipmakers
While Apple and Microsoft took over two years to go from $1 trillion to $2 trillion, Nvidia is on track to accomplish that in under a year’s time as the stock rides Wall Street’s AI frenzy......»»
EPA raises concerns about Georgia"s handling of toxic coal ash
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has notified counterparts at the Georgia Environmental Protection Division that they believe the state may be allowing Georgia Power to store toxic coal ash in ways that are "less protective" than federal s.....»»
Cars Commerce Q4 results benefit from D2C Media acquisition
Cars Commerce booked $8.3 million in Q4 net income compared with $10.3 million in the year-earlier period......»»
The Tax Loophole That Helps Temu and Shein Keep Prices So Low
Temu and Shein are undercutting American businesses through a tax loophole known as de minimis. Can Congress do anything about it? On Super Bowl Sunday, the e-commerce giant Temu flaunted their alluringly low prices in multiple ad s.....»»
Permit.io raises $8 million to simplify app development
Permit.io announced it has raised $8 million in Series A funding, led by Scale Venture Partners, along with NFX, Verissimo Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Firestreak, 92712, and other existing investors, to ensure application developers never have to build.....»»
Pulse Elite review: PS5’s new headset is best by default
Sony's Pulse Elite headset offers great audio and innovative design features, even if its PlayStation Link integration raises some questions......»»
Top AI Companies Join Government Effort to Set Safety Standards
OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google are among the members of a newly established AI Safety Institute Consortium, the Commerce Department said. The top U.S. artificial intelligence companies will participate in a government-led effor.....»»
TikTok lesbian bar debacle raises question: Who belongs in queer spaces?
TikTokker who went to lesbian bar Cubbyhole sparked discourse about who belongs in queer spaces like it. Queer New York TikTok was in an uproar recently over an incident at Cubbyhole, a famous lesbian bar in Manhattan. The conflict — betw.....»»
Apple buys iwork.ai, which raises hopes more than expectations
Apple has bought the web domain iwork.ai, which some are taking as evidence of plans to introduce major new artificial intelligence features into the company’s productivity suite … more….....»»
Nucleus Security raises $43 million to redefine how businesses manage their attack surface
Nucleus Security has announced it has secured $43 million in Series B funding led by Arthur Ventures and Lead Edge Capital. This milestone marks a significant leap forward in the company’s mission to redefine how enterprises manage risk exposur.....»»
Bugcrowd raises $102 million to boost AI-powered crowdsourced security platform
Bugcrowd has secured $102 million in strategic growth funding to scale its AI-powered crowdsourced security platform offerings globally. Led by General Catalyst, with participation from longtime existing investors Rally Ventures and Costanoa Ventures.....»»
BorgWarner Q4 earnings, revenue improve, but EV pullback raises concerns
BorgWarner's earnings fell short of expectations, leaving investors with questions about the supplier’s exposure to EV programs......»»
Dealers want better answers to used EV questions, including reliability and valuation
Better valuation processes could help dealers and consumers understand a used EV's condition, and more low-cost EVs and incentives could kindle shopper demand......»»
Apple joins Meta, Google, Facebook on new US government AI safety initiative
At the behest of the Biden administration, Apple will be part of a new consortium formed by the US government to support safe development of artificial intelligence.A Siri icon superimposed on Apple ParkOn Thursday, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimond.....»»
Zuckerberg’s AI announcement raises privacy and toxicity red flags
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s AI announcement has raised major concerns, after he said that the company had more user data than was used to train ChatGPT – and would soon be using it to train its own AI systems. The company’s plan to use Facebo.....»»
NinjaOne raises $231.5 million to boost product innovation
NinjaOne announced it raised a $231.5 million Series C funding round led by ICONIQ Growth. Frank Slootman, Chairman and CEO of Snowflake; and Amit Agarwal, President of Datadog; among others also invested in the round. With this financing, ICONIQ Gro.....»»
Akamai Content Protector detects and mitigates evasive scrapers
Akamai announced Content Protector, a product that stops scraping attacks without blocking the good traffic that companies need to enhance their business. Scraper bots are a critical and often productive part of the commerce ecosystem. These bots sea.....»»
EV sales could benefit from lower prices and easier used valuation
Sales of used EVs to affordability-concerned shoppers could get easier as valuation processes evolve, and the introduction of more low-cost EVs could spark interest......»»
NIS2 Directive raises stakes for security leaders
In this Help Net Security interview, Roland Palmer, VP Global Operations Center at Sumo Logic, discusses key challenges and innovations of the NIS2 Directive, aiming to standardize cybersecurity practices across sectors. NIS2 mandates minimal cyberse.....»»