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VCs see fertile ground in agtech

May 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Agriculture startups that raised seed rounds in recent years are blossoming into businesses sought after by later-stage investors. Investment in the agtech space is up sharply this year, driven by a spike of rounds at Series B and [...]

Trump’s cybersecurity executive order is a good first step

May 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

A significant piece of cybersecurity news erupted last week, although it was nearly drowned out by the growing flap over President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey. There are two overriding points regarding President Trump’s executive order [...]

That global ransomware attack was halted apparently by accident

May 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Yesterday’s global ransomware attack was scary for several reasons, but quick action by a security researcher at MalwareTech at least put an end to its spreading — although the researcher didn’t realize it at the time. Read More [...]

Amazon made landline phones trendy again

May 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

When is the last time you used your landline phone? Chances are that your smartphone is the one and only device you need. Old-fashioned phones have been fading away from most living rooms. But it doesn’t mean that [...]

Brazil’s fintech boom offers new vertical opportunities for investors

May 13th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Fintech is booming around the world. Global investments in fintech companies have continued to rise during the last two years. After international financing for fintech startups hit $19 billion in new funding rounds at the end of 2015, [...]

eMusic’s new owners believe they can convince users to start buying songs again

May 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Take a moment to consider all that has transpired in your life and the world since the last time you logged into eMusic. For me, it’s been roughly five years, I think, and among a few other slightly [...]

Las Vegas taps AI for cybersecurity help

May 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Hundreds of thousands of people live in the city of Las Vegas. But the city’s information security team is made up of just three employees and one intern, so the chief information officer of Las Vegas relies on [...]

BuzzFeed hires Twitter’s Jinen Kamdar as its new VP of Product

May 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Jinen Kamdar has spent more than seven years as Twitter, most recently serving as the director of product for Twitter’s media tools. Now he’s joining an actual media company — namely, BuzzFeed, where he’ll be the new vice [...]

Time is running out to exhibit at Disrupt’s Hardware Alley

May 12th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

We want to see you in New York for Disrupt NY 2017, our annual celebration of all things startup. It’s a great time. You get to meet great founders and VCs and I’d love to meet you personally [...]