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On Thursday, the U.S. government announced that it had seized a website used to sell malware designed to spy on computers and cellphones. The malware is called NetWire, and for years several cybersecurity companies, and at least one government agency, have written reports detailing how hackers were using the malware. While NetWire was also reportedly […] How the FBI proved a remote admin tool was actually malware by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google Trends launched a new design with links to publishers. Bing Chat can show answer cards...... →

VCs are advising startups to generally keep no more than $250,000 in SVB checking accounts. Venture firms are advising portfolio companies to move money out of SVB by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Forgive the scattered nature of this week’s Actuator. No big, overarching monologs this week — just a handful of things I’ve been thinking about lately that I’d like to get down on paper. I suppose that’s one of the perks of doing a weekly newsletter— it forces you to flesh out some bigger ideas. Point […] Mistakes were made (and that’s fine) by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Shares of Silicon Valley Bank are down sharply Thursday in the wake of the company’s announcement that it is raising additional capital by selling stock, taking a charge to roll over an asset portfolio to higher-yielding assets and extending its term borrowing capacity. It turns out burn reduction at startups is more aspiration than reality […] Silicon Valley Bank’s shares are tanking, as a mess unfolds by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

On Wednesday, Silvergate Capital, a publicly traded crypto bank, shared that it would “wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate” its bank division. Silvergate’s shiny hinges have rusted as the crypto bank plans to shut down by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s viral, AI-powered chatbot tech, is now available in a more enterprise-friendly package. Microsoft today announced that ChatGPT is generally available through the Azure OpenAI Service, the company’s fully managed, corporate-focused offering designed to give businesses access to OpenAI’s technologies with added governance and compliance features. Customers, who must already be “Microsoft managed customers […] ChatGPT comes to Microsoft’s enterprise-focused, Azure-powered managed service by K... →

Так они надеются выйти из-под западных санкций, но гарантий на это у них нет.... →

MiO Marketplace, a platform for media publishers and buyers, shared the deck it used to raise an angel round of $550,000 at a $3.6 million pre-money valuation. Pitch Deck Teardown: MiO Marketplace’s $550K angel deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Startups are facing a moment of reckoning in the current economic climate, and today one of the more promising in the world of fintech has cracked under the pressure. Railsr, the London, UK embedded finance startup formerly known as Railsbank and once worth nearly $1 billion, announced today that it has been acquired by a […] Railsr, the UK embedded fintech once valued at nearly $1B, goes into bankruptcy protection under new consortium owner by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

The high-cost of trying to develop and produce vehicles, a business pivot and three restructurings has taken a toll on commercial EV maker Arrival. And it doesn’t look like it’s going to get any easier for the company. Arrival, which went public in 2021 via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, posted preliminary fourth-quarter and […] Arrival is running out of cash — and fast by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Loft Labs helps developers — and the businesses that employ them — more efficiently use their Kubernetes clusters by virtualizing Kubernetes itself. This makes it easier to share a single Kubernetes cluster with multiple developers working on different projects instead of spinning up a new cluster for every use case, which is what often happens. […] Loft makes working with virtualized Kubernetes clusters easier by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Приложение, позволяющее отслеживать прослушанную музыку с помощью плагинов для медиаплееров и стримингов, теперь недоступно без VPN.... →

GitHub is set to require two-factor authentication (2FA) for all developers who contribute code to any project on the platform, a move designed to bolster the software supply chain. The Microsoft-owned code-hosting platform announced last May that it intended to make 2FA mandatory by the end of 2023, though it had started the process earlier […] GitHub to require 2FA for all contributors starting from March 13 by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Crypto bank Silvergate bit the dust this week, leading some analysts to forecast bigger problems for the overall ecosystem. Crypto bank Silvergate’s ‘collywobbles’ could add to industry’s woes by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Discord is the latest company to get in on the AI frenzy. The company announced today that it’s launching a set of new AI experiences to a number of servers. Most notably, Discord is is updating its Clyde bot with OpenAI ChatGPT technology that will allow users to have extended conversations with the bot. You […] Discord updates its bot with ChatGPT-like features, rolls out AI-generated conversation summaries and more by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Silicon Valle Bank expected that with fewer dollars flowing into their coffers, US startups would cut their burn rates. That hasn't really happened. It turns out burn reduction at startups is more aspiration than reality by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Mythic, an AI chip startup that last November reportedly ran out of capital, rose from the ashes today with an unexpected injection of fresh funds. Mythic this morning announced that it closed a $13 million financing round led by existing investors Atreides Management, DCVC and Lux Capital alongside new investors Catapult Ventures and Hermann Hauser […] AI chip startup Mythic rises from the ashes with $13M, new CEO by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

India is proposing to replace its over two decades old IT law as the world’s second-largest internet market pushes for new guidelines to seek broader accountability from tech firms, revaluate who all gets protection from safe harbor, better oversee new technologies and serve “every” connected user in the South Asian market. Details are scant about […] India proposes to replace its two decades old IT law by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →