Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. You…
KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom, flush from an injection of new funds from Hitachi and Sony Group, has launched a new platform to allow IoT developers to connect devices using Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and satellite connectivity, as well as low-power wide-area (LPWA) cellular technologies, including NB-IoT and LTE-M, as well as the non-cellular LPWA standard Sigfox.…
Blackstone is acquiring a majority stake in Bangalore and San Francisco-headquartered edtech startup Simplilearn for $250 million. Simplilearn operates an eponymous online bootcamp to help people learn data science, AI, machine learning, cloud computing and other skills that are in demand in the market. The startup has partnerships with several universities and colleges including IIT…
Merely days after Microsoft sounded the alarm on an unpatched security vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler service, possibly yet another zero-day flaw in the same component has come to light, making it the fourth printer-related shortcoming to be discovered in recent weeks. “Microsoft Windows allows for non-admin users to be able to install printer…
Enea claims to have created the first virtualised data schema to extend 5G Core to manage 4G network data. The schema enables mobile operators to map 4G and 5G data models into a single customisable view from the 5G Core to the edge. Roland Steiner, Senior Vice President for Telecoms at Enea, said: “Data is…
Enea claims to have created the first virtualised data schema to extend 5G Core to manage 4G network data. The schema enables mobile operators to map 4G and 5G data models into a single customisable view from the 5G Core to the edge. Roland Steiner, Senior Vice President for Telecoms at Enea, said: “Data is…
Enea claims to have created the first virtualised data schema to extend 5G Core to manage 4G network data. The schema enables mobile operators to map 4G and 5G data models into a single customisable view from the 5G Core to the edge. Roland Steiner, Senior Vice President for Telecoms at Enea, said: “Data is…
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our workforce—in many ways. For one, we have seen women leave the workforce in droves, with some experts suggesting it could be one of the steepest declines in history. Still, this goes deeper than the pandemic. This is only part of a perfect storm that has been brewing in the…
The best 13-inch laptops give you enough power to handle all your daily tasks in a slim, lightweight package that’s small enough to slip into a small backpack or large purse. They also have enough staying power to carry all day without worrying about charging up, and ideally they have a great screen or great…
Shav Bird/Creative Commons It’s the kind of selfie that you really wouldn’t want to take, but it has to be said that the resulting photo (below) is rather extraordinary. The bizarre incident occurred when siblings Rachel, Isobel, and Andrew Jobson decided to take a break while out cycling during a recent ride through south-west London,…
