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The identity of the leader of one of the most notorious ransomware groups in history has finally been revealed. On Tuesday, a coalition of law enforcement agencies led by the UK's National Crime Agency confirmed that Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, 31, is the administrator and developer of LockBit ransomware and the person behind the nickname “LockBitSupp”. announced. The U.S. Department of Justice also announced that it had indicted Khoroshev on charges of computer crimes, fraud and extortion. “Today, we are going a step further and are taking a step further to ensure that this malicious cyber scheme, which targeted…
Today is the day of the Apple iPad event. We're ready to bring you all the iPad goodness you can stand, including the new iPad Pro, iPad Air, Apple Pencil, keyboard cases, and more, including whether some of these upcoming rumors are true. . Don't have time to watch? it's okay. We have summarized the most important parts of the event below. iPad Air with M2 chip Image credit: Apple Today, the iPad lineup gets a refresh, and one of the most important additions is that it's now available in two sizes: an 11-inch display and a 13-inch display.read more…
Wiz, a buzzy startup building an all-in-one cloud security platform, is making acquisitions to quickly scale toward an IPO. And now, it has completed a major $1 billion funding round to support its march. A Series E co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Thrive values Wiz at $12 billion, making it one of the most valued startups in cybersecurity today. This is a notable improvement from Wiz's last raise, when it closed a $300 million round with $10.3 billion post-money in February 2023. When rumors of this latest funding hit the market in March, the amount was pegged…
Wiz, a buzzy startup building an all-in-one cloud security platform, is making acquisitions to quickly scale toward an IPO. And now, it has completed a major $1 billion funding round to support its march. A Series E co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Thrive values Wiz at $12 billion, making it one of the most valued startups in cybersecurity today. This is a notable improvement from Wiz's last round, when it closed a $300 million round with $10.3 billion post-money in February 2023. When rumors of this latest funding hit the market in March, the amount was pegged…
During Sanish Mondkar's long journey across the United States many years ago, he realized that there was a deep and problematic disconnect between employers and their employees. Ta. To critics of late capitalism, this may seem like an obvious point. But Mondker, who earned a master's degree in computer science from Cornell University, says seeing the problem up close made all the difference. “As I moved from town to town, I couldn't help but notice the constant 'for hire' signs posted in the windows of countless labor-intensive businesses, including retail stores and restaurants,” he says. . “At the same time,…
WWDC is still over a month away, but Apple got ahead of the curve and sneakily attended another event. Today at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET, the company will announce the latest additions to its iPad line. Rumor has it that the list includes the new iPad Pro, iPad Air, Apple Pencil, and keyboard cases. Even more surprising, a little more than six months after the company unveiled three new M3 chips all at once, the event could also see the unveiling of a new M4 chip. Why refresh the silicon so quickly? First, word on the street is that…
Digital banking startup Mercury overlays software on top of its bank accounts to give corporate customers the ability to pay bills, issue customer invoices and reimburse employees, the company said. spoke exclusively to TechCrunch. The additions will put the company in more direct competition with rival fintech companies such as Brex and Ramp, which have long competed for market share in an increasingly crowded field. The fintech, which has been providing banking services to startups and other businesses since 2019, will expand by first offering accounting automation and more sophisticated bill payment capabilities with new software that integrates with bank…
In 2017, Vinod Khosla told CNBC that the job of a radiologist “will be obsolete within five years.” The Khosla Ventures founder later revised that timeline to his 15-year length, but argued that AI image recognition would allow scans to diagnose diseases faster than human doctors. Seven years later, radiologists are still required to interpret most scans (even if AI software helps). An even more immediate challenge is the shortage of such physicians in the United States and around the world. Khosla Ventures has backed several imaging startups, including Vista.ai and Q Bio, but the company's latest bet is not…
When Sanish Mondkar was on a long road trip across the United States many years ago, he noticed a deep and problematic disconnect between employers and the employees they employ. Ta. To critics of late capitalism, this may seem like an obvious point. But Mondker, who earned a master's degree in computer science from Cornell University, says seeing the problem up close made all the difference. “As I moved from town to town, I couldn't help but notice the constant 'for hire' signs posted in the windows of countless labor-intensive businesses, including retail stores and restaurants,” he says. . “At…
Bias in AI image generators is a well-studied and well-documented phenomenon, but consumer tools continue to exhibit clear cultural biases. The latest culprit in this space is his AI chatbot from Meta, which for some reason tries to add a turban to an image of an Indian man. Earlier this month, the company rolled out Meta AI across WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger in more than a dozen countries. However, the company has rolled out MetaAI to some users in India, one of the world's largest markets. TechCrunch explores a variety of culture-specific queries as part of our AI testing…