Purple Elephant Ventures, Kenya’s tourism-focused startup studio, raises $1M pre-seed funding • TechCrunch

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A Kenya-based venture studio with a focus on tourism, Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), has raised $1 million pre-seed funding to build the next generation of startups that use technology to modernize the tourism sector. Investors participating in this round include Klister Credit Corp., a Canadian investment firm, The Untours Foundation, and a number of angel…

BlackByte Ransomware Abuses Vulnerable Windows Driver to Disable Security Solutions

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In yet another case of bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) attack, the operators of the BlackByte ransomware are leveraging a flaw in a legitimate Windows driver to bypass security solutions. “The evasion technique supports disabling a whopping list of over 1,000 drivers on which security products rely to provide protection,” Sophos threat researcher Andreas…

Small Business IoT | Sierra Wireless

Internet of Things

While the Internet of Things (IoT) is often thought to be something for large enterprises, small/medium businesses (SMBs) can also benefit from deploying IoT networks. There are already millions of IoT devices in use for applications as diverse as fleet tracking, EV charging, vending, smart lockers, energy delivery, video surveillance, environmental control, customer traffic analysis,…

Apple Music review: Better value than Spotify

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Apple Music: Specifications Starting price (p/m): $9.99 Student price (p/m): $5.99 Family price (p/m): $14.99 (up to 6 accounts) Annual price: $99 Library: 100 million tracks Type: Web browser and mobile app Format: 16-bit/44.1kHz to 24-bit/192kHz ALAC Apple Music is a subscription service that’s currently rivaling Spotify in the competitive world of the best music streaming services. Just recently…