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Amazon.com Inc. has updated Alexa after the voice assistant told a 10-year-old girl to place a coin on the prongs of a phone charger plugged halfway into a wall outlet. The BBC and multiple other publications reported the incident today. According to …
Recruiting startup Paradox valued at $1.5B following $200M funding round
Startup Paradox Inc., which provides an artificial intelligence assistant that promises to streamline companies’ hiring efforts, has secured $200 million in fresh funding to support growth initiatives. The multi-million dollar funding led to a significant increase in Paradox AI revenue. Announced on …
Photo services giant Shutterfly suffers ransomware attack
Shutterfly LLC, the operator of several popular e-commerce services focused on the photography market, has suffered a ransomware attack. The breach was first reported by Bleeping Computer this morning. According to the publication, the breach was carried out by the Conti ransomware …
Report: Meta boosts metaverse push with help of synthetic data startup AI.Reverie
Meta Platforms Inc. will will draw on its acquisition of synthetic data startup AI.Reverie, which closed earlier this year, to support its metaverse development efforts. The Financial Times reported Meta’s plans on Friday. The metaverse is envisioned as a future version of …
Report: Google’s Android 13 release will feature interface and battery optimizations
Google LLC will reportedly include new interface options and battery optimizations in Android 13, the next major iteration of its mobile operating system. The upcoming features were detailed on Thursday by XDA Developers, which attributed the information to a source with access …
E-commerce technology startup Skio raises $3.7M in funding
Skio, a new startup working to make it easier for e-commerce companies to sell subscription-based offerings, on Thursday said that it has closed a $3.7 million seed funding round. The investment was led by Adjacent Venture Capital with participation from more than …
White House invites tech firms to discuss open-source software security in January
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has invited major tech firms to discuss ways that the cybersecurity of open-source software can be improved, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. According to Bloomberg, the tech firms include “major software companies and developers.” Cloud providers …
Automation Anywhere buys FortressIQ for its AI-powered process discovery platform
Robotic process automation provider Automation Anywhere Inc. today announced that it’s acquiring FortressIQ Inc., an artificial intelligence startup backed by investors including Tiger Global and Microsoft Corp.’s M12 fund. The deal’s financial terms were not disclosed. Robotic process automation, or RPA, software …
Amazon reaches NLRB settlement that will let workers more easily organize
Amazon.com Inc. has reached a nationwide settlement with the National Labor Relations Board that will give workers at the company’s warehouses greater flexibility to organize, the New York Times reported today. The agreement is said to have been finalized on Wednesday. It …
Report: FTC Chair Lina Khan is advancing an investigation into AWS
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is advancing an investigation into Amazon Web Services Inc.’s business practices, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, Reuters reported that the FTC has asked several companies to “gather information about competition issues” related to …