Unauthorized data sharing is a challenge, but so is sharing data on purpose. Unito eases data sharing between Software-as-a-Service systems with two-way synchronization technology. They claim more than 50,000 users and just raised a $20 million Series B, bringing total funding to $33 million
No one needs reminding that cybersecurity is a problem , although consumers are still distressingly lax in protecting themselves. The U.S. government is trying to help by publishing security ratings for IoT devices, which offer especially juicy targets. Private companies are also making progress with replacing passwords for corporate systems and Paypal just enabled passwordless access using Apple facial and touch recognition.
Amid a surge in payments volume in the country, payments giant PhonePe said that it is on its way to invest up to $200 million in building data centres across the country. The company said the startup’s investments were primarily driven by the regulatory insistence on data localisation, among other factors. It was beneficial for the company to invest in captive data centres given the data localisation mandate from the regulators.
“Ask Meta AI anything” is what you now see instead of the traditional search bar across Meta apps such as Facebook and Instagram. Meta AI will still perform the basic search function but will also answer questions and chat with you. It should hardly be a surprise when a tech company launches a genAI solution these days but this is a bold challenge to Google and Open.ai (it’s also available as a standalone tool at Meta.ai).