BT to find new CEO amid takeover rumours

BT CEO Philip Jansen has revealed his plans to step down from his position, sparking rumours of a possible takeover bid for the telecommunications company. BT stated that Jansen would depart at an “appropriate moment” within the next 12 months.  The news comes as BT intensifies efforts with advisors Robert Warsaw and Goldman Sachs to…

Remembering Joanne Pransky | TechCrunch

A version of this post original appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. It has been updated to include details about a new scholarship fund being raised in her honor.  I didn’t know Joanne Pransky personally, so when news of her death broke late last month, I reached out to my LinkedIn followers, asking if…

Remembering Joanne Pransky | TechCrunch

A version of this post original appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. It has been updated to include details about a new scholarship fund being raised in her honor.  I didn’t know Joanne Pransky personally, so when news of her death broke late last month, I reached out to my LinkedIn followers, asking if…

Threads, a Slack alternative completely unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge

Instagram’s Twitter clone Threads enjoyed a fairly fruitful first week in existence, sailing past 30 million users in the first 24 hours before passing 100 million signups within five days. And just yesterday, numbers from Data.ai indicated that Threads has now hit 150 million downloads. However, another completely unrelated app has been inadvertently thrust into…

New AI Tool Allows Cybercriminals to Launch Sophisticated Cyber Attacks

Jul 15, 2023THNArtificial Intelligence / Cyber Crime With generative artificial intelligence (AI) becoming all the rage these days, it’s perhaps not surprising that the technology has been repurposed by malicious actors to their own advantage, enabling avenues for accelerated cybercrime. According to findings from SlashNext, a new generative AI cybercrime tool called WormGPT has been…

BT to find new CEO amid takeover rumours

BT CEO Philip Jansen has revealed his plans to step down from his position, sparking rumours of a possible takeover bid for the telecommunications company. BT stated that Jansen would depart at an “appropriate moment” within the next 12 months.  The news comes as BT intensifies efforts with advisors Robert Warsaw and Goldman Sachs to…