Tech Meme

Washington Post: Interviews with 20 people detail the Biden administration’s response to SVB’s collapse, amid lobbying from tech execs and investors to protect all depositors  —  It seemed like a simple question: Did the treasury secretary have any concerns about the economic risks posed by Silicon Valley Bank? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: Zürich-based Verity, which offers autonomous inventory management drones to logistics providers, retailers, and manufacturers, has raised a $32M Series B  —  The Swiss company plans to use the capital to speed up the rollout of its autonomous inventory drone system to meet a growing backlog of deployments. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Two US members of the ViLE cybercriminal group have been charged for a May 2022 hack into a DEA portal that taps into 16 federal law enforcement databases  —  Two U.S. men have been charged with hacking into a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) online portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based HealthPlix, which offers health records software for doctors, raised a $22M Series A, $20M in equity and $2M in debt, co-led by Avataar and SIG  —  HealthPlix, an Indian startup offering its in-house platform for doctors to help record patient data digitally … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Cox / VICE: After the ALPHV ransomware group claimed to have hit Amazon’s Ring, the company says it was not breached but a third-party vendor has been hit with ransomware  —  The group is blackmailing Ring on its site: “There’s always an option to let us leak your data,” they posted. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: Zürich-based Verity, which offers autonomous inventory management drones to logistics providers, retailers, and manufacturers, has raised a $32M Series B  —  The Swiss company plans to use the capital to speed up the rollout of its autonomous inventory drone system to meet a growing backlog of deployments. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: Zürich-based Verity, which offers autonomous inventory management drones to logistics providers, retailers, and manufacturers, has raised a $32M Series B  —  The Swiss company plans to use the capital to speed up the rollout of its autonomous inventory drone system to meet a growing backlog of deployments. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google raises Workspace monthly pricing by 20% to $7.20 for Starter, $14.40 for Standard, and $21.60 for Plus business plans for new users  —  Announced last month, changes to Google Workspace pricing, including a price increase, are coming into effect from tomorrow onwards. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: After an internal systems issue knocked Reddit offline for 4+ hours, the company says it has implemented a fix and “things are back in order”  —  Reddit is in the midst of an hours-long outage that’s affecting its websites and apps, according to the company’s status page. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Tilia, a payment platform for game publishers and metaverse projects, has raised $22M since spinning off from Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life, in 2022  —  “Today, the way people transact has evolved,” newly appointed chief business officer (CBO) of Tilia Catherine Porter told me in an interview. Lees verder op Tech Meme