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Five of the most important fintech VCs investing heavily in the sector
Global investing in fintech startups is starting to see an uptick. Just this week, KPMG issued its Pulse of Fintech report for the second half of 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2024, investment climbed to $25.9 billion from $18 billion in the third qua…
Report: AI coding assistants aren’t a panacea
As they gain in popularity, AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot may appear to be boosting productivity. But in reality, they could be causing overall code quality to decline. That’s the top-line finding from a new report released by softw…
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Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature for UK users after government demanded backdoor
In an unprecedented step, Apple caved to a reported U.K. government’s demand to prevent users from using end-to-end encryption in iCloud.
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DeepSeek to open-source parts of online services code
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek plans to open-source portions of its online services’ code as part of an “open source week” event next week. DeepSeek will open-source five code repositories that have been “documented, deployed and battl…
A huge trove of leaked Black Basta chat logs expose the ransomware gang’s key members and victims
A leaker allegedly published the leaked internal messages after the group allegedly targeted Russian banks
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A huge trove of leaked Black Basta chat logs expose the ransomware gang’s key members and victims
A leaker allegedly published the leaked internal messages after the group allegedly targeted Russian banks
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