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Blockchain security startup Hypernative bags $9M to prevent crypto hacks
Hypernative, a cryptocurrency security startup that focuses on protecting against hacks, today said that it has raised $9 million in seed funding to help Web3 companies prevent losses from cyberattacks. The seed round was led by Boldstart Ventures and IBI Tech Fund, with strategic investments from cryptocurrency firms Blockdaemon, Alchemy, and Nexo, as well as ...
China’s Baidu plans to develop its own ChatGPT-like AI bot for search in March
Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. intends to launch its own ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence bot that will be able to understand and respond in conversational language to users, according to a report today from Bloomberg. ChatGPT developed by OpenAI LLC operates as a large language model AI that can understand and answer complex natural language questions ...
Apple reportedly wants to let anyone create apps for its AR headset using Siri
Apple Inc.’s much-anticipated upcoming mixed reality headset may allow people to build their own augmented reality apps using the company’s voice assistant Siri in a bid to boost sales for the device once it launches. According to a report from The Information today, four people who worked on the headset said Apple hopes the new system will give ...
OneSpan acquires blockchain provider ProvenDB to enhance digital agreement security
OneSpan Inc., a cybersecurity platform for digital agreements and e-signatures, said Thursday that it agreed to acquire ProvenDB, an Australia-based startup that provides secure storage for documents using blockchain technology. OneSpan specializes in digital identity and anti-fraud solutions to give businesses mechanisms for transaction signing, authentication and e-signature workflows. This includes a platform for tracking ...
Crypto exchange Luno to cut 35% of its workforce citing crypto market ‘turbulence’
London-based cryptocurrency exchange Luno announced Wednesday that it will lay off 35% of its workforce, citing the turbulent markets that have been pummeling the entire crypto industry. “2022 has been an incredibly tough year for the broader tech industry and in particular the crypto market,” said Chief Executive Marcus Swanepoel. “Luno unfortunately hasn’t been immune ...
Web3 startup Spatial Labs raises $10M to connect clothing to the metaverse
Spatial Labs, a Web3 startup aiming to change the consumer experience by connecting fashion to the blockchain, today said it has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Blockchain Capital with additional participation from Jay Z’s Marcy Venture Partners. The company was founded in 2020 by Iddris Sandu (pictured), a business entrepreneur interested in ...
Google’s Flutter is getting improved graphics features, web integration and RISC-V support
Flutter, Google LLC’s multiplatform open-source app development framework, showcased some upcoming developments for the project during the Flutter Forward developer event today in Nairobi, Kenya, that demonstrated how the framework aims to help developers build apps in the future. Flutter acts as a user interface toolkit for developers to rapidly build apps for mobile, web ...
Blockstream raises $125M to expand bitcoin mining services
Bitcoin and blockchain infrastructure company Blockstream Corp. Inc. said today that it has raised $125 million in new funding to expand its bitcoin mining and hosting services, an industry that has been troubled by depressed markets. The fundraise was financed through a convertible note and a secured loan, according to the announcement Tuesday. Kingsway Capital ...
Crowdbotics raises $40M to turn ‘ideas into code’ with managed app development platform
App development can be tedious and difficult, but that’s sometimes only half the battle. Often simply getting the idea itself into code is the hardest part, which means knowing what open-source components are needed to make a project come to life. That’s where Crowdbotics comes into play. Thea startup today announced it has raised $40 ...
Forward Networks raises $50M for math-based ‘digital twins’ of enterprise networks
Network operations startup Forward Networks Inc. announced today it has raised $50 million in new funding to grow its unique offering that improves enterprise networks by creating “digital twins” of them. Digital twins are a type of simulation, usually describing real-world objects simulated in virtual environments so that they can be observed, manipulated or operated ...