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FinSMEs: Philadelphia-based ZeroEyes, which uses AI to detect guns, raises $20.9M Series A led by Octave Ventures  —  ZeroEyes, a Philadelphia PA-based provider of an AI powered weapons detection solution, raised $20.9M in Series A funding.  —  The round, which brought the total amount raised to date to $26.1m …

People might have moved indoors during the 2020 pandemic, but they didn’t stop shopping. In a wave that caused a reported 10-year jump in online buying technologies, e-commerce became de rigueur. Businesses that kept up were able to stay afloat and ride unprecedented Black Friday weekend waves. Companies Helping E-Commerce […]

Two years after a damning cybersecurity report, auditors find little has improved.

In the middle of the night on May 24, TikTok changed its voice. The ubiquitous woman’s voice that could read your video’s text out loud in a slightly stilted, robotic cadence was suddenly replaced by one with an almost smirky, upbeat tone. Many users started calling the new one the […]

The main takeaways? “Buy now, pay later” may be effective at driving retail conversion, but scale matters and long-term margins look slim for BNPL startups.

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India-based BharatPe, which helps offline merchants accept digital payments, raises $370M Series E led by Tiger Global at a $2.85B post-money valuation  —  Indian fintech startup BharatPe has raised $370 million in a new round of financing as it looks to aggressively scale its business in […]

The Naim Uniti Atom Headphone Edition is the aspirational “end game” for headphone and digital music enthusiasts.

One of the biggest concerns I hear from people considering launching a search engine optimization (SEO) strategy is the length of time it takes to see results. Depending on when you start, the competitiveness of your industry, how much you invest, and a handful of other variables, it will likely […]

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