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6 most underhyped technologies in IT — plus one that’s not dead yet

CIO

Generative AI and, more specifically, ChatGPT captivated the corporate world in 2023, with board directors, CEOs, and other executives fawning (and sometimes fearing) the technology. But with all due respect, AI is hardly the only critical tech in town. But with all due respect, AI is hardly the only critical tech in town.

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Reports say African startups raised record-smashing $4.3B to $5B in 2021

TechCrunch

This year, we’ll be looking at figures from data-tracking publications: Briter Bridges , Partech and The Big Deal , and not media ones, for the sake of cohesiveness. From the type of deals reviewed to the definition of an African startup, each factor contributes to the disparities in numbers. African tech took center stage in 2021.

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The 2021 edtech avalanche has just begun

TechCrunch

Edtech deal flow in 2021 looks set to match or even outpace 2020 levels, per the report: At $9.4 It seems generalist investors are recognizing that edtech investments can reap outsized returns, similar to sectors like deep tech, health tech and fintech. Edtech spending is growing like media spending did in the 2010s.

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6 Tech Trends that will reshape Media & Entertainment in 2021

Trigent

By 2024, Over-the-top (OTT) media revenue is predicted to touch $158.84B that’s more than double the $67.8B The number of OTT service users in the United States is expected to reach 198 million by 2021. Here’s our take on 6 technology trends that will influence the media and entertainment world this year.

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Elon guts Twitter, Google shutters Hangouts, and the tech layoffs continue

TechCrunch

Hey, all — welcome back to Week in Review , the newsletter where we sum up the most read TechCrunch stories from the past week. Layoffs everywhere : Meanwhile, news of tech industry layoffs continues to pour in. And oof, what a week it was. Want this newsletter in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Let’s just dive right in.

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Daily Crunch: Japanese marketing tech firm Geniee acquires Zelto for $70M

TechCrunch

wants to help recruiters find technical talent by inferring skills from GitHub code, Paul reports. million of funding for its AI-powered customer video review tool , Kate reports. Today, wind power and wave action are just two technologies leading investors to take a closer look at ocean conservation technology, reports Tim De Chant.

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Okendo wants to turn your shoppers into buyers through better customer reviews

TechCrunch

No merchant likes a bad customer review and Okendo , a customer marketing platform, announced $26 million in Series A funding today to continue developing its customer review tools for e-commerce brands. The company also expanded to North America in early 2021, so the capital infusion will help with expansion.