TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch StoriesNowRobots can make jobs less meaningful for human colleaguesverified_publisherTechCrunch - Brian HeaterMuch has been (and will continue to be) written about automation’s impact on the jobs market. In the short term, many employers have complained of an inability to fill roles and retain workers, further accelerating robotic adoption. The long-term impact these sorts of sweeping changes will have on …
TechCrunchflipped into Startup NewsNowIbotta’s IPO opens sharply higher, hinting at warming public-market interest in tech sharesverified_publisherTechCrunch - Alex WilhelmIbotta began it’s path as a public company on Thursday by opening at $117 per share, a big increase from its IPO price of $88, itself an increase from its proposed range of $76 to $84 per share. And this pop is despite boosting the size of its offering earlier in the week, with existing shareholders …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories1 hour agoWiz is in talks to buy Lacework for $150-200M; security firm was last valued at $8.3Bverified_publisherTechCrunch - Ingrid LundenConsolidation continues apace in the world of security. Sources tell us that Lacework — a cloud security startup that was valued at $8.3 billion post-money in its last funding round — is in talks to be acquired by another security player, Wiz, for a price of just $150 million – $200 million. Sources …
TechCrunchflipped into Cybersecurity2 hours agoHackers are threatening to publish a huge stolen sanctions and financial crimes watchlistverified_publisherTechCrunch - Zack WhittakerA financially motivated criminal hacking group says it has stolen a confidential database containing millions of records that companies use for screening potential customers for links to sanctions and financial crime. The hackers, which call themselves GhostR, said they stole 5.3 million records …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories2 hours agoHow to play Pokémon and other Game Boy games on your iPhoneverified_publisherTechCrunch - Amanda SilberlingApple finally updated its App Store guidelines to allow global developers to host retro game emulators on iOS. Now, you don’t need to jailbreak your iPhone or download any sketchy software — you can get a sophisticated emulator right in the palm of your hand for free on the App Store. No one is more …
TechCrunchflipped into Cybersecurity2 hours agoCape dials up $61M from A16Z + more for mobile service that doesn’t use personal dataverified_publisherTechCrunch - Ingrid LundenAT&T’s recent mega customer data breach — 74 million accounts impacted — laid bare how much data carriers have on their users, and also that the data is there for the hacking. Today, a startup called Cape — based out of Washington DC and founded by a former executive from Palantir — is announcing …