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New botnet Torii showcases next stage of IoT abuse, researchers say

The Parallax

Security researchers have caught hackers lashing together Internet-connected devices in a botnet they’re calling Torii, which uses techniques not seen in an IoT botnet before—including intercepting and stealing data, and using the Tor Project network to hide its network traffic. 5 questions to ask before buying an IOT device.

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Gen AI without the risks

CIO

Here are six tips for developing and deploying AI without huge investments in expert staff or exotic hardware. The new banking assistant would have a smaller model that could run on general-purpose (existing) hardware and still deliver excellent, highly accurate services. Not at all. Learn more.

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Okra Solar is bringing renewable energy to underserved markets

TechCrunch

Okra Solar walked away with the trophy and a giant check at our 2019 Shenzhen Hardware Battlefield event. The Sydney-based company creates hardware and software solutions designed to bring solar-based power to developing markets. It’s a moment happily eternalized in a new press release announcing the renewable energy startup’s $2.1

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What chip shortage? MagicCube raises $15M to ‘replace all chips,’ starting with POS terminals

TechCrunch

Bold Capital, Epic Ventures, card-reader/POS hardware maker ID Tech and unnamed individual investors in the fintech space also participated in the financing, which brings the Santa Clara-based startup’s total funding raised to $30 million since its 2014 inception. MagicCube’s first application centers on software POS, or softPOS for short.

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We’re disrupting TechCrunch Disrupt: 8 stages, 3 days, 1 city

TechCrunch

Fintech Stage: Digs into the evolution of monetary exchanges across DeFi, challenger banks, blockchain, NFTs and web3. Sessions will include Plaid, Andreessen Horowitz, and Starling Bank. Security Stage: Puts on its white hat to share best practices for data protection, privacy regulations, information sharing, risk management.

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Super early-bird savings to TC Disrupt ending soon

TechCrunch

Check out the stages and the tech they cover.

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Disrupt 2023 — we’re shipping a big new release

TechCrunch

Featuring topics like blockchain, challenger/neo banks, DeFi, fintech, NFTs and web3 The Hardware Stage: Uncover the mechanics and code behind the machines that enable us to get things done faster, smarter and more efficiently at work and at home.