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The question of whether or not Uber would be able to self-support was at least partially answered Tuesday with the company’s second quarter earnings report. In its Q2 digest, the American ride-hailing and food delivery giant reported positive free cash flow, indicating that it can now self-fund, putting to rest — at least in today’s…
I’m sick and tired of being surveyed after every interaction with anyone these days, whether it’s my dentist, an airline or Home Depot. A few weeks ago, I bought a spray nozzle for $5. I got an email survey from Home Depot asking how my experience was. It was life-changing: I went into my local…
I’m sick and tired of being surveyed after every interaction with anyone these days, whether it’s my dentist, an airline or Home Depot. A few weeks ago, I bought a spray nozzle for $5. I got an email survey from Home Depot asking how my experience was. It was life-changing: I went into my local…
Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) has said it will invest a further $100 million in 5G, AI, and IoT startups via its Singtel Innov8 corporate venture arm. The new funds will take its total capital commitment to $350 million. New investments will be focused on early- and growth-stage companies in Southeast Asia, the US, China, Israel, and…
This past month has seen several African fintechs such as Flutterwave and Union54 make headlines for compliance checks and fraud issues. Both unlinked events re-emphasize the importance of know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) checks and why regulators enforce strict policies that financial institutions need to be held accountable to while operating across…
A threat actor associated with the LockBit 3.0 ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has been observed abusing the Windows Defender command-line tool to decrypt and load Cobalt Strike payloads. According to a report published by SentinelOne last week, the incident occurred after obtaining initial access via the Log4Shell vulnerability against an unpatched VMware Horizon Server. “Once initial…
Mobile network performance measurement firm RootMetrics has named EE the UK’s leader for the ninth year running. Overall, EE came out on top for all UK-wide RootScore categories (‘Reliability’, ‘Accessibility’, ‘Speed’, ‘Data’, ‘Call’, and ‘Text’). Marc Allera, CEO of the consumer division at EE-owner BT, said: “We are proud to be named the UK’s best…
Mobile network performance measurement firm RootMetrics has named EE the UK’s leader for the ninth year running. Overall, EE came out on top for all UK-wide RootScore categories (‘Reliability’, ‘Accessibility’, ‘Speed’, ‘Data’, ‘Call’, and ‘Text’). Marc Allera, CEO of the consumer division at EE-owner BT, said: “We are proud to be named the UK’s best…
Mobile network performance measurement firm RootMetrics has named EE the UK’s leader for the ninth year running. Overall, EE came out on top for all UK-wide RootScore categories (‘Reliability’, ‘Accessibility’, ‘Speed’, ‘Data’, ‘Call’, and ‘Text’). Marc Allera, CEO of the consumer division at EE-owner BT, said: “We are proud to be named the UK’s best…
