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The latest generation startups aimed at solving payments over the borders focus on stubcoin. Cryptocurrency coins are often used to maintain stable prices by fixing them into actual currency or other products. This trend is increasing the interest of investors in FinTech. The latest development is Cedar, a US -based US, which has recently closed $ 9.9 million in seed funds led by a global Fintech investor QED investor with the participation from lattice, NIV, Stellar, and Wischoff Ventures. Money. Cedar Money works as a bridge, as well as a payment platform that crosses many borders using StableCoins. Companies and…

The Chinese AI company Deepseek has revised an exposed back -end database that has leaked confidential information such as user chat history and API key to the open Internet. The DeepSeek database is not protected by password, and anyone on the Internet can access more than 1 million encrypted logs. CLOUD GIANT WIZ security researchers said they found an exposed database and warned DeepSeek. According to WIRED, Wiz researchers said that the exposed chat logs were Chinese but easily translated. It is not yet known whether someone other than Wiz has found a database before the database is fixed, or…

JARED ZHAO was originally interested in data analysis while enrolled in UC Berkeley. Because he was attracted to how to turn raw data into a story. ZHAO established the first data analysis startup polygine in 2021. However, a year later, due to the progress of the generated AI, Zhao recognizes that what Polyture was built was too complicated to what users were looking for in the world after the chat grit, and decided to change the course. I did it. As a result, ATHENIC AI was born, which uses AI to perform data analysis for companies in all data sources.…

The New York Brad Center (NYBC), one of the largest non -profit organization in the United States, has been confusing services after being attacked by ransomware. NYBC stated in a statement on Wednesday that the organization had detected suspicious activities on the IT system on January 26, but it was confirmed that it was a ransnware attack. “We have taken measures immediately to reduce threats, such as turning specific systems offline,” NYBC stated in a statement. NYBC warns more than 200 hospitals in the northeast of the United States, and warn over 500 hospitals nationwide warning that blood transfusion -related…

The French Startup Swan has also raised a 42 million euros (about $ 44 million at the current exchange rate). The company considers the round to be the second part of the Series B -Round, which was first announced in September 2023. Swan supports other companies to provide large -scale financial products. The company can generate both virtual cards and physical cards operating on Apple Pay and Google Pay. Cards can be configured by a SWAN corporate client with expenditures and certified merchants. You can also create a payment account with individual IBAN. In this way, the account will be…

Threads, a meta microblog service, are growing at a faster pace as the user is drawn to an app rather than a rival like X. , It increased from 300 million last month. The app had 275 million active users in November. The increase in MAUS is modest, but in a crowded landcape of social media apps, including Bluesky, Mastodon, and X, as an indicator indicating that threads maintain the status as a priority platform for many users. It works. In comparison, Bluesky has experienced a deceleration of growth, and according to Analytics Firm Simaryweb, it has increased less than…

Security researchers have discovered that hackers have changed their websites to deceive visitors, download and install them by using the old version of the WordPress and plugin. Simon Wijckmans, the founder and CEO of the Web Security Company C/Side, told TechCrunch on Tuesday that the hacking campaign was still “very many live.” Hacker's goal is to spread malware that can steal passwords and other personal information from both Windows and Mac users. According to C/Side, some of the hacked websites are ranked on the most popular site on the Internet. “This is a wide and very commercialized attack,” said Himanshu…

According to regulatory authorities, the 8VC, a venture company led by Palantir founder Joe Lonsdale, is seeking nearly $ 1 billion funds for the sixth fund. Austin -based company's latest funds are aiming to increase by nearly 14 % of the 880 million dollar flagships closed in February 2023. Techcrunch contacted the company for comments. According to PitchBook data, 8VC has been invested in more than 600 companies, including ASANA, Flexport, HERS, and Elon Musk's The Borring Company since its establishment 10 years ago. However, considering the roots of Lonsdale's defense, the investment in the sector has attracted the most…

China's AI company Deepseek has been charged with IP theft, facing inquiries about privacy in Europe, and is a target of a huge cyber attack. Now, the company seems to have a new headache in his hands. It is a US trademark dispute. On Tuesday, DeepSeek has filed an application to the US Patent Trading Agency (USPTO) in search of trademarks of AI chatbot applications, products and tools. But it was too late hair. 36 hours ago, another company applied to the trademark “Deepseek”. A company named Delson Group Inc. based in Delaware DELSON Group claims that it has sold…

The climate change has increased the potential of recent Southern California's mountain fire, according to a new study published by World Weather Atrivation, a 10 -year -old climate scientist and other experts, 10 years ago. This study happens when Los Angeles residents begin to rebuild their lives in the wake of the catastrophic fire that broke out earlier this month. The fire was caused by almost complete situations. The two years before the two years were unusually wet, boosting the growth of vegetation adapted to wild fire. This year, the climate change gave two big hits to the region. The…