Tag: big data

The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students’ private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch…

The cybersecurity company says it’s seen thousands of infection attempts, and at least a dozen successful hacks after users installed malicious versions of the popular Windows software…

Private credit has been under a microscope lately. Investors have been asking hard questions about exposure to software companies, rising redemptions in non-traded funds, and what happens when artificial intelligence disrupts entire industries. Blue Owl Capital has been squarely in the middle of …

PayPal is looking toward the future, despite its falling stock and looming layoffs. In its first-quarter earnings call, CEO Enrique Lores told investors that PayPal needs to “recommit to the fundamentals,” which included “becoming a technology company again.” There was no need to read between the lines — PayPal was pitching an AI-powered turnaround. Lores…

The portfolio he has assembled since 2019 is dotted with technologies that have become more widely interesting to VCs over the last year…

A sensor that can simultaneously capture depth and image data has long been a “holy grail,” Ouster CEO Angus Pacala told TechCrunch…

There’s a lot going on at Salesforce, the company that put the sales tools market on lock in the early days of the 21st century. The new model is Salesforce headless 360, where a sophisticated API and connectivity system means that the software never has to go through the browser. The ‘agentification’ of Salesforce has

As we approach the Convergence Age, the physical, digital, biological, and even cosmic realms are merging into a hyperconnected environment. Our understanding of risk and danger is blurring. Dissolution provides fresh opportunities and problems beyond grasp. It’s not speculation. It’s inevitable due to exponential technology. It’s unlike anything humanity has ever experienced. I have spent

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Amazon just posted what may be its best quarter ever. Revenue beat. Earnings nearly doubled the estimate. AWS hit its fastest growth rate in 15 quarters. And operating margins reached a level the company had never seen before. Wall Street responded quickly. Five major firms raised their Amazon …