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Luxury fashion meets blockchain on Syky, the Seven Seven Six-backed web3 platform

TechCrunch

Alice Delahunt believes the future of fashion is in web3 and created Syky (pronounced “psy-key”) to put the wheels in motion. It felt like there was potential for virtual fashion and digital fashion to really take off,” she told TechCrunch. “I I believe that the luxury fashion houses of tomorrow are being built today.”.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

TechCrunch

Now, The Warehouse is available to the general public, meaning users can download the Genies Studio app to create their own avatars and buy digital fashion items to dress them, Genies CEO and founder Akash Nigam told TechCrunch in an interview. An image of the Genies platform showcasing a fashion collection designed by creator Ian Charms.

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How Zero Trust is supposed to look

CIO

Over the last few years, it has become more and more apparent that the status quo for networking and security is no longer viable. Endlessly extending hub-and-spoke networks to more remote users, branch offices, and cloud apps increases risk, harms the user experience, and is prohibitively complex and expensive.

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Cybersecurity startup Ordr nabs $40M to monitor connected devices for anomalies

TechCrunch

billion internet of things (IoT) devices in use. The challenge was the driving force behind Ordr, a startup focused on network-level device security. In 2015, there were approximately 3.5 Today, the number stands around 35 billion, and is expected to eclipse 75 billion by 2025. hospitals today. . .

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A CIO primer on addressing perceived AI risks

CIO

Personal computers, then the internet, and then smartphones all led to opportunities for computer-augmented humanity. In AI terms, thinking slow is what expert systems, and for that matter, old-fashioned computer programming, do. It’s what neural networks do. Here’s how to go about it. Risks perceived by an average schmo 1.

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Indonesian social commerce app KitaBeli gets $10M led by Go Ventures

TechCrunch

Its new funding will be used to expand KitaBeli’s operations in Java, growing its logistics network and developing its mobile app. It says users spend an average of USD $70 per month on the app and plans to add new categories like beauty, fashion and accessories.

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Zededa lands a cash infusion to expand its edge device management software

TechCrunch

The company raised $26 million in Series B funding, Zededa today announced, contributed by a range of investors including Coast Range Capital, Lux Capital, Energize Ventures, Almaz Capital, Porsche Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, Juniper Networks, Rockwell Automation, Samsung Next and EDF North America Ventures.

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