CISA launches platform to let hackers report security bugs to US federal agencies
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a vulnerability disclosure program allowing ethical hackers to report security flaws to federal agencies.
The platform, launched with the help of cybersecurity companies Bugcrowd and Endyna, will allow civilian federal agencies to re
Apple Music launches Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio, adds Spatial Audio playlists
Last month, Apple announced it would soon add lossless audio streaming and Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos to its Apple Music subscription at no extra charge. That upgrade has now gone live, Apple announced this morning — though many noticed the additions actually rolled out yester
Google ditches pay-to-play Android search choice auction for free version after EU pressure
Google is ditching a massively unpopular auction format that underpins a choice screen it offers in the European Union, it said today. Eligible search providers will be able to freely participate.
The auction model was Google’s “remedy” of choice — following the 2018 EU $5 b
Mint House claims top NYC hotel after COVID changed its hospitality business
What’s the top-rated hotel in New York City? According to TripAdvisor users, it’s Mint House at 70 Pine, and it’s easy to see why as you click through the photos. Throughout NYC, hotel rooms are essentially bento boxes, carefully constructed to contain all the necessary bits. But
A new climate calculator for livestock aims to help ranchers reduce emissions
When it comes to sustainable livestock production and agriculture, measurement is the first — and sometimes most elusive — step in the process of turning our food system from a carbon emitter into a carbon sink.
So DSM, a science-based company that focuses on agriculture and other part
Croatia’s Gideon Brothers raises $31M for its 3D vision-enabled autonomous warehouse robots
Proving that Central and Eastern Europe remains a powerhouse of hardware engineering matched with software, Gideon Brothers (GB), a Zagreb, Croatia-based robotics and AI startup, has raised a $31 million Series A round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the venture and growth arm of Koch In
Compose.ai raises $2.1M to help everyone write faster
In today’s GPT-3 world, it’s not uncommon to hear about new software services that deal with text. Compose.ai is one such company, though it built its own language model to help folks write faster. Its early product work was enough for it to land a $2.1 million seed round led by Craft V
Lifted raises $6.2M Series A round led by Fuel Ventures for its long-term social care platform
As people live longer and longer and have long-term health issues like cancer and dementia, caring for elderly relatives is becoming a huge societal and political issue. Right now this care is antiquated and run by incumbents, many of which still run off paper and Excel. We are now seeing a new wav
Liteboxer, the Peloton of boxing, raises $20 million Series A
Liteboxer, the Peloton for boxing, has announced the close of a $20 million Series A funding round led by Nimble Ventures. B. Riley Venture Capital participated, alongside existing investors Raptor Group and Will Ventures.
Liteboxer launched publicly to the world in July of 2020, announcing an in-h
Version One launches $70M Fund IV and $30M Opportunities Fund II
Early-stage investor Version One, which consists of partners Boris Wertz and Angela Tran, has raised its fourth fund, as well as a second opportunity fund specifically dedicated to making follow-on investments. Fund IV pools $70 million from LPs to invest, and Opportunities Fund II is $30 million,
BuyerAssist launches with $2M in funding to help B2B sales teams keep their buyers engaged
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Selling enterprise software is much more complicated than convincing a potential customer that your solution is the best and signing a contract.
Relativity Space launches its valuation to $4.2B with $650M in new funding
3D-printed rocket startup Relativity Space has raised a $650 million Series E, bringing its total raised to more than $1.2 billion. Relativity's post-money valuation now stands at $4.2 billion, a source familiar with the matter told technewss.
The round was led by Fidelity Management & Res
Whatfix nabs $90M to help workers onboard and get the most out of their IT stacks
“Digital transformation” has been on the mind of many an organization in the last year: the pandemic and the shift it’s brought to how we work are speeding up investments in new apps, infrastructure and work practices to improve productivity regardless of where we sit all day. Now
Art app SketchAR to allow artists to list their artworks on NFT marketplaces directly
An update to an existing art app that allows artists to access NFT marketplaces directly could have the potential to democratize access to the NFT world for artists not currently in crypto. SketchAR is an existing mobile app that allows artists to turn photos into illustrations using its AI-based c