Tag: Startup

In Western markets, freight forwarders are well into digitizing their operations, but the same doesn’t hold true in Southeast Asia, say the founders of Fr8Labs. The reasons for that include the lack of localized software and a more fragmented logistics industry where SMBs dominate. Fr8Labs wants to digitize Asia’s logistics industry with its SaaS operating…

Research delving into a less visible component of Google’s search ads business — a network of third-party sites called Google Search Partners (also known as the GSP network or SPN) — has documented scores of instances of Google search ads being served on non-Google websites that the media buyers paying for the marketing campaigns probably…

Hello dear TechCrunch readers, we hope that you are healthy, whole and ready to waddle into the holiday season with a cup of something warm and time to read. As many folks like to give gifts to one another during the last month or two of the year, we’d be remiss if we didn’t try…

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“When is a bot a person?,” my colleague Kirsten asked after I learned that Polestar’s climate bot is more human than machine. Polestar launched its “Truth Bot” on X (formerly Twitter) ahead of COP28, the UN climate conference overseen by an oil executive. The Truth Bot replies to misleading tweets about the climate crisis and…

The notorious ransomware gang LockBit has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack targeting India’s state-owned aerospace research lab. On Wednesday, LockBit added the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) to its dark web leak site, which ransomware gangs use to extort victims for ransom payments. The group threatened to publish the organization’s stolen data if it fails to…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinAuthor of Amazon #1 bestseller “Prevail” Book, HR Leader, Mentor and Executive Coach, CEO of Global Legacy Consulting abdulazizalroomi.com. getty In our interconnected world, leadership transcends borders. Exceptional leaders share common qualities, though expressions of these traits may differ across cultures, especially between the East and the West. Let’s…

Besides its unique look, Elon Musk’s shiny new ‘truck’ has some drawbacks…

Tesla won a small battle against Swedish union workers fighting for collective bargaining rights, but the war will continue. A Swedish court ruled Monday that the country’s transport authority has to get Tesla its license plates, which are being blocked by striking postal workers, or pay up, the Aftonbladet newspaper reported. Workers for PostNord, Sweden’s…

Buy now, pay later is making a comeback. However, it will likely be in a different form. Companies offering this service are expanding the concept into other areas, and one of the biggest companies in this sector, Affirm, is among them. Vishal Kapoor, head of product at Affirm. Image Credits: Affirm In its case, Affirm…