Source: TechCrunch

AWS brings OpenSearch under the Linux Foundation umbrella

AWS today announced that it is transitioning OpenSearch, its open source fork of the popular Elasticsearch search and analytics engine, to the Linux Foundation with the launch of the very…
Frederic Lardinois
Sept. 16, 2024, 7:50 a.m.
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Source: TechCrunch

Insight Partners is closing in on a whopping $10B+ new fund

Insight Partners is reportedly on the cusp of on more than $10 billion in capital commitments for its 13th fund, per the FT.  The FT report notes that two of…
Connie Loizos
Sept. 16, 2024, 4:20 a.m.
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Source: TechCrunch

Port of Seattle shares ransomware attack details

The Port of Seattle released a statement Friday confirming that it was targeted by a ransomware attack. The attack occurred on August 24, with the Port (which also operates the…
Anthony Ha
Sept. 15, 2024, 6:50 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Flappy Bird’s creator disavows ‘official’ new version of the game

A decade after the wildly popular game Flappy Bird disappeared, an organization calling itself The Flappy Bird Foundation announced plans to “re-hatch the official Flappy Bird® game.” But this morning,…
Anthony Ha
Sept. 15, 2024, 5:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

DryMerge promises to connect apps that normally don’t talk to each other — and when it works, it’s great

Platforms to connect apps that wouldn’t normally talk to each other have been around for a minute (see: Zapier). But they have not gotten dramatically simpler to use if you’re…
Kyle Wiggers
Sept. 15, 2024, 4:50 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst’s indie band, Good Kid, is almost as successful as his AI company

Nick Frosst, the co-founder of $5.5 billion Canadian AI startup Cohere, has been a musician his whole life. He told TechCrunch that once he started singing, he never shut up. That’s still true today. In addition to his full-time job at Cohere, Frosst is also the front man of Good…
Rebecca Szkutak
Sept. 15, 2024, 1:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

A walk through the crypto jungle at Korea Blockchain Week

Blockchain technology is all about decentralization and virtualization. So it’s a little ironic that humans love to come together in person at big blockchain events. Such was the case last…
Kate Park
Sept. 15, 2024, 11:20 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

The LinkedIn games are fun, actually

I have a guilty pleasure, and it’s not that I just rewatched “Glee” in its entirety (yes, even the awful later seasons), or that I have read an ungodly amount…
Amanda Silberling
Sept. 14, 2024, 9:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Every fusion startup that has raised over $300M

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
Tim De Chant
Sept. 14, 2024, 8:20 p.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

OpenAI could shake up its nonprofit structure next year

It’s looking increasingly likely that OpenAI will soon alter its complex corporate structure. Reports earlier this week suggested that the AI company was in talks to raise $6.5 billion at…
Anthony Ha
Sept. 14, 2024, 8:20 p.m.
5 min read
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