More consumers than ever now rely on mobile apps to manage their daily chores. PYMNTS Intelligence found that a growing percentage of Americans click on apps to administer their bank activity (49%), bills and subscriptions (37%), savings and investments (26%), retail shopping (24%) and grocery purchases (14%). So, would a single “everyday app” that can …
Open this photo in gallery: The Supreme Court of Canada is pictured in Ottawa on March 3, 2023. The Supreme Court says police need judicial authorization to obtain a computer’s Internet Protocol address, calling the unique identification number a crucial link between a person and their online activity.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press The Supreme Court has …
Silence Laboratories is on a mission to create infrastructure to enable complex data collaborations between enterprises and entities, without any sensitive information being exposed to the other engaging parties. Silence Laboratories announced it has raised an additional $4.1 million funding round led by Pi Ventures and Kira Studio, along with several prominent angel investors. Leveraging …
You probably don’t know about Automattic, but they know you. As the parent company of WordPress, its content management systems host around 43 percent of the internet’s 10 million most popular websites. Meanwhile, it also owns a vast suite of mega-platforms including Tumblr, where a massive amount of embarrassing personal posts live. All this is …
Instant messaging app Signal is best known for its privacy-related settings, though with phone numbers being the heart of the platform since its inception, there was no way to fully hide your own number until now. Earlier today, Signal announced that you’ll soon be able to create a unique username (not to be mistaken with …
Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the year as the AI boom continues, highlighting key work …
In December 2023, US President Joe Biden signed the annual National Defense Authorization Act into law, after the bill had passed both the House and Senate. In addition to providing monetary and military support to Ukraine and Israel, the Act renewed the surveillance authority under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act until April …
Huge U.S. employers such as Walmart, Delta Air Lines, T-Mobile, Chevron and Starbucks, as well as European brands including Nestle and AstraZeneca, have turned to a seven-year-old startup, Aware, to monitor chatter among their rank and file, according to the company. Jeff Schumann, co-founder and CEO of the Columbus, Ohio-based startup, says the AI helps …
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As Safer Internet Day approaches, Australian businesses are being urged to improve their defences against cyber threats. Reuben Koh, Director of Security Technology & Strategy APJ at Akamai, suggests that with the internet becoming an integral part of daily life, the increase in cyberthreats is inevitable. “The world has become more connected than ever before. …