London-based 9fin, which offers AI-powered data analytics for debt markets, raised a $23M Series A+ led by Spark Capital, bringing its total funding to $37.2M (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:London-based 9fin, which offers AI-powered data analytics for debt markets, raised a $23M Series A+ led by Spark Capital, bringing its total funding to $37.2M  —  UK startup establishes US presence and aims to become the leading global provider of data and analytics in debt markets

The Download: ancient DNA, and offshore wind

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. DNA that was frozen for two million years has been sequenced What’s happened: After an eight-year effort to recover DNA from Greenland’s frozen interior, researchers say they’ve managed […]

NordVPN: stolen data of 5 million people globally, including 600,000 Indians, have been sold on the Genesis, Russian, and 2easy bot markets for ~$6 on average (Anuran Sadhu/Reuters)

Anuran Sadhu / Reuters:NordVPN: stolen data of 5 million people globally, including 600,000 Indians, have been sold on the Genesis, Russian, and 2easy bot markets for ~$6 on average  —  Around five million people globally have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market till date, of which […]

New year’s resolutions for CIOs

From security to quantum, AI and edge to cloud, our digital world is evolving and expanding more quickly than ever. With so much “noise,” it can be hard to concentrate, let alone figure out where to start beyond the bits and bytes, speeds and feeds. I hear this from everyone […]

Google plans to merge Waze’s 500+ employees with the group overseeing Maps, starting on Dec. 9; Waze to remain a stand-alone service and its CEO to exit role (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:Google plans to merge Waze’s 500+ employees with the group overseeing Maps, starting on Dec. 9; Waze to remain a stand-alone service and its CEO to exit role  —  Search giant to keep navigation apps separate  —  Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -2.22%decrease; red down pointing triangle […]