Owners of the upcoming Porsche Taycan will get three years of free charging at hundreds of Electrify America public stations that will blanket the U.S. in the coming months. And in many cases, that will include access to DC fast chargers that will allow the Taycan, which is designed to have an 800 volt battery that […]
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Backing Culture Genesis, T.I. launches Tech Cypha, an investment syndicate for tech deals
With an inaugural investment into the Los Angeles-based entertainment startup Culture Genesis, Clifford Harris Jr., who’s better known as “T.I.”, has launched a new syndicated investment vehicle called Tech Cypha. Launched by the music and cultural impresario with more hustle than hustle and his business partner Jason Geter, the new collaborative investment strategy focused on tech startups will […]
View More Backing Culture Genesis, T.I. launches Tech Cypha, an investment syndicate for tech dealsRudy Giuliani, a Trump cybersecurity adviser, doesn’t understand the internet
Welcome back to the latest edition of politicians don’t get technology! Our latest guest is Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor and current cybersecurity adviser to President Trump. Rudy Giuliani doesn’t understand Twitter or the internet. It’s embarrassing enough that Giuliani inadvertently tweeted a link to a website criticizing Trump, but now he is doubling down on […]
View More Rudy Giuliani, a Trump cybersecurity adviser, doesn’t understand the internetJustice Department indicts two Iranians over SamSam ransomware attacks
U.S. federal prosecutors have indicted two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the notorious SamSam ransomware. Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah, 27, were indicted by a federal grand jury in New Jersey on Monday on several counts of computer hacking and fraud charges. The case was unsealed Wednesday, shortly before a press […]
View More Justice Department indicts two Iranians over SamSam ransomware attacksPitching a $99 tax advisory service for the masses, Visor has raised $9 million
The only sure things in this life, according to Ben Franklin, are death and taxes. And a new startup called Visor has just raised $9 million in financing to make one of them as painless as possible. Unlike Nectome, Visor won’t kill anyone, but it may ring the death knell for the high end tax advisors that most […]
View More Pitching a $99 tax advisory service for the masses, Visor has raised $9 millionWatch Shimon the marimba-playing robot play along to jazz, reggae, and hip hop
Shimon is a marbima-playing robot with some real soul. This crazy little robot, created by Gil Weinberg at the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, can listen to the other players around it and play out little ditties in response to the music. In short, it’s the world’s best jazz and hip hop collaborator because, […]
View More Watch Shimon the marimba-playing robot play along to jazz, reggae, and hip hopThe next big restaurant chain may not own any kitchens
If investors at some of the biggest technology companies are right, the next big restaurant chain could have no kitchens of its own. These venture capitalists think the same forces that have transformed transportation, media, retail and logistics will also work their way through prepared food businesses. The Battle Is For The Customer Interface Investors […]
View More The next big restaurant chain may not own any kitchensDelta to start scanning faces at airport check-in
Delta will later this year roll out facial recognition at its terminal at Atlanta International Airport for anyone traveling on an international flight. The airline said the biometric facial scanning is optional — a move that will shave off a few minutes off each flight — but will help border and pre-flight security authorities before […]
View More Delta to start scanning faces at airport check-inTeddy Perkins from ‘Atlanta’ was at the Emmys and what even is reality anymore?
Blink, and you missed the most distressing/hilarious moment to happen at the 70th Annual Emmy Award nominations.
After Bill Hader won best lead actor in a comedy series for Barry, the camera panned over the other nominees. And instead of showin…
GreyOrange raises $140M to develop fully-automated robotics for warehouses
GreyOrange, a Singapore-headquartered firm that develops robots for warehouses, has pulled in a $140 million Series C funding round as it targets more expansion and growth. The company was started in 2011. Today it has five regional offices across the world — covering India, Singapore, Japan, Germany, and the U.S. — three R&D centers and more than 60 […]
View More GreyOrange raises $140M to develop fully-automated robotics for warehousesThe damage from Atlanta’s huge cyberattack is even worse than the city first thought
More than two months after a cyberattack hobbled many of its critical municipal systems, the city of Atlanta is still sorting through the wreckage of what is likely the worst cyberattack targeting a U.S. city to date. On March 22, Atlanta’s connected systems city-wide were hit with a ransomware message locking their respective files and […]
View More The damage from Atlanta’s huge cyberattack is even worse than the city first thoughtA simple solution to end the encryption debate
David Gurle Contributor Share on Twitter David Gurle is the founder and chief executive of Symphony Comunication. Bill Harrington Contributor Bill Harrington is a former federal prosecutor and a partner at the law firm Goodwin Procter. Criminals and terrorists, like millions of others, rely on smartphone encryption to protect the information on their mobile devices. […]
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