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This week in Las Vegas, 30,000 people gathered to hear the latest and greatest from Google Cloud. What they heard was always generative AI. Google Cloud is first and foremost a cloud infrastructure and platform vendor. If you didn't know that, you might have missed it amidst the onslaught of AI news. Not to discount what Google had on display, but like Salesforce at its New York City roadshow last year, the company couldn't do anything other than nods to its core business — not to mention generative AI. (out of context). Google announced a number of AI enhancements designed…

Ad blockers may seem like an unlikely defense in the fight against spyware, but a new report reveals how spyware makers are weaponizing online advertising to enable government surveillance. sheds new light on what is happening. Spyware makers can reportedly use banner ads to identify specific targets and secretly infect them with spyware. One of the startups working on ad-based spyware infection systems is Intellexa, a European company that develops Predator spyware. Predators have real-time access to the entire contents of the target's mobile phone. In 2022, Intellexa unveiled a proof-of-concept system called Aladdin that enables the planting of phone…

Noname Security, a cybersecurity startup that protects APIs, is in talks with Akamai Technologies to sell itself for $500 million, according to people familiar with the deal. Co-founded in 2020 by Oz Golan and Shay Levi, Noname is headquartered in Palo Alto but has roots in Israel. The startup has raised $220 million from venture investors and was last valued at $1 billion when it raised $135 million in Series C led by Georgian and Lightspeed in December 2021. Ta. The sale price is a significant discount to its appraised value, but the current transaction will be done in cash,…

Welcome to Startups Weekly — a weekly roundup of must-sees from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Friday. In the corporate tug-of-war over remote work, CEOs like Andy Jassy and Elon Musk are old-school gym teachers insisting that everyone return to the field, even though the bleachers are perfectly fine. They claim remote work is akin to slacking off, but research and employee sentiment suggest otherwise, and flexibility may be the secret sauce to productivity and satisfaction. It is emphasized that there is. Meanwhile, the rest of us are watching this…

Spotify is working on a mixing tool that will allow users to remix songs on the streaming service, according to a screenshot taken by tech veteran and app researcher Chris Messina. Music lovers use software like Adobe Audition and Ableton Live to create mixes of their favorite songs, but a new feature will now allow them to create mixes directly in Spotify. The screenshot shows that the mixing tool is available in the new “Music Pro” premium subscription tier. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, but sources said discussions about the tool are in the early…

Meta is working to make products powered by generative AI available to more users. Apart from testing the Meta AI chatbot on WhatsApp with users in countries such as India, the company is also experimenting with putting Meta AI in his Instagram search bar for both chatting with his AI and content discovery. going. A search query in the search bar allows you to have a DM conversation with Meta AI, where you can ask a question or use one of the preloaded prompts. Looking at the design of the prompt screen, Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas pointed out that…

Xpanceo is betting big on turning us all into cyborgs with smart contact lenses, and has secured a whopping $40 million in funding to make our sci-fi dreams a reality. Co-founders Roman Axelrod and Valentin S. Volkov are on a mission to do away with traditional gadgets and replace everyone's eyes with new screens. Who needs a smartphone when you can browse with just a blink of an eye? As optoelectronics and new materials push the boundaries of what's possible, we're in a future where losing a contact might mean missing your next Zoom meeting. I can't help but wonder…

Shakib Ahmed, a cybersecurity engineer convicted of stealing approximately $12 million in cryptocurrency, was sentenced Friday to three years in prison. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the ruling in a press release. According to prosecutors, Ahmed is accused of hacking two cryptocurrency exchanges and stealing approximately $12 million in cryptocurrencies. Attorneys representing Ahmed, Adam Schwartz and Bradley Bondi, did not respond to requests for comment. When Mr. Ahmed was arrested last year, authorities described him as a “senior security engineer at an international technology company.” His Linkedin profile states that he previously worked at…

It's tough outside, but having a semi-regular job always gives me hope. It seems like the number increases every time I post. At 75 companies, this is definitely the largest list we've created by a wide margin. This means it will take more effort for me to put this post together, but if it helps a few people find jobs, it's definitely worth it. I love hearing from people who have been hired by clicking on the links in this post, so if this applies to you, please drop me a note on LinkedIn. As always, good luck. you got…

Streaming giant Roku has confirmed its second security incident in recent months, this time allowing hackers to compromise more than 500,000 Roku user accounts. The company said in a statement Friday that malicious hackers are using usernames and passwords stolen from other data breaches and reusing the login information on other sites, a technique called “credential stuffing.” It was announced that approximately 576,000 user accounts were accessed. Roku says there were fewer than 400 account breaches in which malicious hackers used payment data stored in users' accounts to fraudulently purchase Roku hardware and streaming subscriptions. Roku said it has issued…