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TechCrunch+ roundup: Technical due diligence, web3’s promise, how to hire well

TechCrunch

8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. Outsiders study multiple facets of a startup to determine its value and quality, and codebase health is one of them. After technical due diligence begins, no amount of storytelling can cover the secrets buried in GitHub and Jira.

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Doing Diligence Well In Venture Investing: Going Back To The Future

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By Nicolas Sauvage Due diligence has made a comeback. According to a study of 700 venture capital firms , a typical deal once took 83 days to complete. On an average deal, VCs would spend 118 hours on due diligence and call 10 references. The assumption was often that someone else had already done the diligence.

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Due diligence is ever more critical as the battle for cloud sovereignty intensifies

CIO

IT executives should therefore take this news as a noteworthy case study to fuel the decisions of their cloud choice, as regulatory requirements concerning data sovereignty are much more complex and niche to comply with than GDRP. All these issues and many more are putting U.S. legislation.

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Daily Crunch: After glitch causes a two-hour global outage, WhatsApp restores service

TechCrunch

Emergency response services have had a big boost of data thanks to advances in connected technology, with watches that can detect when their wearers are falling down and are experiencing trauma, cars that can pinpoint where their drivers are located and home systems that can transmit important data about fires when you cannot. .”

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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. Their enthusiasm is justified, with multiple studies finding that AI is delivering strong value and returns on investment. We think so.

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Exposure to new workplace technologies linked to lower quality of life

CIO

Exposure to new technologies such as trackers, robots, and AI software in the workplace work is linked with lower quality of life for workers, a UK study has found. Fewer than 25% of those surveyed frequently used these emerging technologies, with 20.2% using wearables, 20.8% AI software, and 23.7%

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NEWSLETTER: Case Study, AI-Driven Performance Reviews, Right to Disconnect, Starship Technologies

CTO Academy

This week, we explore the new case study, the evolving landscape of HR with ChatGPT's role in performance reviews, the critical right to disconnect in our always-on culture and Starship Technologies' remarkable $90m funding milestone for their autonomous delivery robots.