Month: September 2021
Talking shop with Twitter’s recent head of corp dev — and now VC — Seksom Suriyapa
Seksom Suriyapa was seemingly destined to land at a venture firm. A Stanford Law graduate, he worked at two blue-chip investment banks before joining the cybersecurity company McAfee as a senior corp dev employee, later logging six years at the human resources software company SuccessFactors and, in 2018, landing at…
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This device could stop USB cyberattacks for good USB Drive
Although USB devices such as flash drives are convenient and make moving data between devices easier, they can also be abused by cybercriminals to infect computers with malware and other viruses. This is why a team of scientists and professors from Liverpool Hope University in the UK have created a…
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Watch PlayerUnknown describe Prologue, a post-PUBG project all his own
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, more commonly known as PUBG (or Game for Peace in China) is already one of the most successful and influential games ever made just four years after release. Its director Brendan Greene, a former DJ and web designer from Ireland, is credited with launching the entire battle royale…
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Daily Crunch: Fintech startup Jeeves snags $500M valuation after $57M Series B
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for September 3, 2021. As noted yesterday, most of TechCrunch has the day off so today’s newsletter is a little bit…
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Lyft and Uber to cover legal fees of drivers sued under Texas anti-abortion law
Lyft and Uber are committing to pay legal fees for any driver on their respective platforms who get sued under Texas’ controversial anti-abortion law. The new law, which was signed this week by Texas governor Greg Abbott, bans abortions of fetuses after six weeks (which is before many women even…
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Connectivity is now a top priority for new home buyers smart home
The transition to working from home during the pandemic has led prospective home buyers and renters to prioritize connectivity in their new living spaces according to a new report from Samsung SmartThings. To learn more about the current trends among home buyers and renters as well as what they mean…
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