Tag: Startup

Jeff Shiner is CEO (chief eliminator of obstacles) at 1Password . In cybersecurity, we’re all too aware that bad actors are getting more sophisticated, using emerging technologies like generative AI to launch even more convincing phishing attacks. Today, 68% of breaches still involve the human element, such as falling for socially engineered phishing attacks, reusing

Social network Bluesky said Monday that it now has more than 10 million users. This is largely thanks to the rapid growth of the network in the past few weeks after Elon Musk-owned X was shuttered in Brazil. “If you’re reading this, you’re one of the first 10 million users on Bluesky!” the company said in…

Amazon said today that it will host its Prime Day-like sales event, “Prime Big Deals Day,” on October 8-9. For the last two years, the ecommerce company has scheduled its fall event in October and has continued that tradition this year. Apart from the U.S., this event will take place in countries including Australia…

Accounting for the emissions of a global tech empire is not a simple task, and what industry standards we do have for disclosure may allow tech companies to systematically understate their carbon footprint. A Guardian report compares official declarations of carbon emissions, including what amount to offsets purchased elsewhere…

The head of Slack, Denise Dresser, tells TechCrunch she is shifting the business chat platform into a “work operating system,” specifically by making Slack a hub for AI applications from Salesforce, Adobe, and Anthropic. The company’s CEO sees Slack as more than a place to chat with your coworkers…

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has announced some significant changes to the company’s work culture…

Mike Murchison is CEO of Ada , an AI-powered platform transforming how brands around the world interact with the people that love them. Early in my career, I’d sometimes see a dozen printed-out emails stacked on the corner of an executive’s desk. It was a telltale sign that they had a different relationship with technology

Deepak Bansal, Director of Digital Marketing, Atihsi LLC and CEO & Founder, Clearpath Technology Pvt Ltd . In the digital era, customer interactions with brands span across various touchpoints: Websites, social media, email, in-store visits and mobile apps. As the leader of a digital marketing company, I’ve observed firsthand how these interactions have reshaped customer

AWS today announced that it is transitioning OpenSearch, its open source fork of the popular Elasticsearch search and analytics engine, to the Linux Foundation with the launch of the very aptly named OpenSearch Foundation. AWS first launched the OpenSearch project in 2021, after Elastic changed its license for its Elasticsearch and Kibana projects to its…

Platforms to connect apps that wouldn’t normally talk to each other have been around for a minute (see: Zapier). But they have not gotten dramatically simpler to use if you’re nontechnical. Generative AI has lowered the barrier to entry somewhat. However, getting the most out of these platforms — and fixing things when they break…