Bfree, a tech-enabled debt collection startup based in Nigeria, was founded to automate and introduce ethical debt recovery processes after its founders witnessed the use and adverse effects of aggressive retrieval techniques,…
Tech Crunch – Mastodon users can now share their profile via QR code on Android
Decentralized social network Mastodon has updated its official app for Android to let users easily share their profiles with QR Codes. This could be useful in loud places like event and hotel…
Tech Crunch – Meta’s ‘consent or pay’ data grab in EU faces fresh charges of privacy coercion
A controversial move by Meta last year, when it switched to charging users in the Europe Union for an ad-free subscription for access Facebook and/or Instagram unless they agreed to be tracked…
Border Report – Canada will reimpose some visa requirements on Mexicans, official says
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government is reimposing some visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada, an official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Quebec’s premier has been urging…
Tech Crunch – Reliance-Disney India media merger to control 85% of streaming, half of TV audience
The merger of Indian media assets of Reliance, its portfolio Viacom18 and Disney will create an entity that captures 85% of the country’s on-demand streaming service audience and about half of the…
Tech Crunch – OpenCTI maker Filigran raises $16 million for its cybersecurity threat management suite
Paris-based cybersecurity startup Filigran is capitalizing on the success of OpenCTI to build a suite of open-source threat management products. The company has already found some early traction with OpenCTI, its open-source…
Yard Barker – Dabo Swinney expresses love for both Clemson and Alabama
Dabo Swinney is holding both Clemson and Alabama in his heart. Read: Read More
Yard Barker – Report reveals Caleb Williams’ eye-popping NIL earnings while at USC
Caleb Williams will soon be an even bigger multimillionaire than he already is. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Smoke from Texas wildfire blows into the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — People in the Borderland region woke up Wednesday morning to hazy skies and the smell of smoke. The air conditions confirmed by the National Weather Service to…
Tech Crunch – ‘Taiwan needs to find its own groove’: what startups want from the next president
Once Lai Ching-te is inaugurated as Taiwan’s president in May, his administration will mark an unprecedented three terms of Democratic Progressive Party rule. His victory underscored the desire of voters to maintain…