A travel hack that went viral on TikTok teaches users how to save money on hotels and Airbnbs by booking directly with the properties themselves. Now, a new startup, Directo, will help…
Tech Crunch – Illumex is using GenAI to ease pain of getting good data into LLMs
By now we know how crucial it is to have quality data for use by large language models (LLMs), but getting data ready for the models has been an early challenge for…
KTSM News – Thursday 9-hour forecast: Scattered showers and thunderstorms expected for tonight
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Happy Friday Eve! We’re forecasting a high of 103-degrees with partly cloudy skies, but we may be under triple digits at noon. While we experienced showers and…
KTSM News – Watch Live: Trump and Biden to face off in presidential debate rematch
(NEXSTAR) – Four years after clashing in a raucous debate, President Biden and former President Trump are once again set to face off on national television, with CNN veteran anchors Jake Tapper…
Tech Crunch – Orby is building AI agents for the enterprise
Orby AI, is building a generative AI platform that attempts to automate a range of different business workflows, including workflows that involve data entry, documents processing and forms validation. © 2024 TechCrunch….
Tech Crunch – PortSwigger, the company behind the Burp Suite of security testing tools, swallows $112M
Sometimes the most successful startup ideas come from people building tools to solve their own needs. Such was the case with Dafydd Stuttard, a security expert who goes by Daf. Nearly two…
Tech Crunch – Amazon hit with fresh class action-style suit in UK — $3.4BN in competition damages sought for 200,000+ sellers
Amazon is facing another competition lawsuit in the UK. The latest claim, which was filed Thursday, is seeking more than £2.7BN in damages — or around $3.4BN at current exchange rates —…
Tech Crunch – Odaseva raises $54M to secure Salesforce users
Cloud services continue to be a weak point for enterprises when it comes to security, so companies providing effective solutions to address this continue to see a lot of interest in the…
Texas Monthly – Medicaid management system in Texas and other states is plagued by errors
Deloitte-run systems have generated incorrect notices to Medicaid beneficiaries, sent paperwork to the wrong addresses, and been frozen for hours at a time, a KFF Health News investigation has found. Read: Read…
Tech Crunch – Austin-based Ironspring Ventures raised $100m to invest in industrial revolution
When Ironspring Ventures launched in 2020 to back startups in industrial sectors like construction and manufacturing, it was one of very few early-stage venture firms paying attention to those capital-intensive sectors. Now,…