Portcast gets $3.2M to create more transparent and sustainable supply chains – TechCrunch

Portcast founders Dr. Lingxiao Xia and Nidhi Gupta For many manufacturers and freight forwarders, managing logistics is still a very manual process: tracking shipments with a call or online lookup, and entering that data into an Excel spreadsheet. Portcast, which describes itself as a “next-generation logistics operating system,” makes the process more efficient by gathering…

Federated Wireless, Learning Alliance to train 2,000 CBRS network installers

Federated Wireless is working with Learning Alliance Corporation, offering vocational training with businesses and colleges, to issue more than 2,000 certificates to newly qualified private-network installation engineers working with LTE in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) in the US. They said the move is in response to “workforce demand for CBRS” and “career opportunities…

H2O Hospitality secures $30M Series C to expedite hotel digital transformation – TechCrunch

The pandemic has triggered more demand for contactless and staff-less operations in the hospitality sector, and now H2O Hospitality, the unmanned hotel management company, has closed a $30 million round on the back of that boost. The South Korea and Japan-based startup automates front and backend processes including accommodation reservation, room management and front desk…

ProtonMail Shares Activist’s IP Address With Authorities Despite Its “No Log” Claims

End-to-end encrypted email service provider ProtonMail has drawn criticism after it ceded to a legal request and shared the IP address of anti-gentrification activists with law enforcement authorities, leading to their arrests in France. The Switzerland-based company said it received a “legally binding order from the Swiss Federal Department of Justice” related to a collective…

Qualcomm will reportedly continue helping Huawei to skirt US sanctions with 5G-less chips

A tipster claims that Qualcomm will offer more 5G-less versions of its chips that enable Huawei to skirt US sanctions. Huawei is among the Chinese companies sanctioned by the US. The sanctions predominately stop Huawei from accessing American products relating to 5G and limit the company’s ability to make its own Kirin silicon. Qualcomm’s latest…

Are Software Engineers Burned Out?

Peggy and Junade Ali, consultant, Haystack Analytics, talk about road traffic safety and the potential burnout of software engineers. He shares his journey with road traffic sensor networks and behavioral interventions for drivers—and how he built an engineering team. Below is an excerpt from the interview. To hear the entire interview on The Peggy Smedley…

Best grill sales in September 2021

Some of the best grill sales of the season are underway, and you’ll want to jump on them now if you want to enjoy summer closeout sales. These grill sales will make the coming weeks more enjoyable for get-togethers with family and friends.  We’re rounding up the best grill sales you can get right now.…