WordPress.com blogs can now be followed on Mastodon and other federated platforms
Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plug-in that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse — the decentralized social networks that include...
SEC is investigating MOVEit mass-hack, says Progress Software
U.S. securities regulators have opened a probe into the MOVEit mass-hack that has exposed the personal data of at least 64 million people, according to the...
Phasio helps local manufacturers manage their customer relationships
For small- to medium-sized local manufacturers, cultivating their network of customers is key to scaling up. But maintaining customer relationships means a lot of tasks that...
Google’s Pixel Watch 2 offers solid upgrades
There are a couple of parallels to be drawn between the Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2. One is obvious, the other a bit more subtle....
10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Access to education in Bangladesh is filled with inequalities, say the founders of edtech 10 Minute School. Many rural areas don’t have good learning centers and...
Anysphere raises $8M from OpenAI to build an AI-powered IDE
Anysphere, a startup building what it describes as an “AI-native” software development environment, called Cursor, today announced that it raised $8 million in seed funding led...
Indian startups were not spared in the global venture slowdown of Q3
The Indian startup ecosystem did not escape the fundraising woes that struck the rest of the world in the third quarter: Startups in the country raised...
How to get your investors to back a pivot
Sarah Leary is the co-founder of Nextdoor and is a venture partner at Unusual Ventures, leading investments in early-stage consumer startups.
It’s a tough time right now...
Twitch adds anti-harassment features to stop banned users from watching streams
Twitch streamers can finally block banned users from watching their streams, thanks to a recent update to the platform’s anti-harassment features.
Twitch first announced the feature in...
Google turns up the heat on AWS, claims Cloud Spanner is half the cost...
Google’s Cloud Spanner is now half the cost of Amazon’s DynamoDB “for most workloads,” Google says. And Google doesn’t want you to forget it.
Google today announced...