Day: August 21, 2024

WeTransfer’s expiry dates haven’t gone away, but you can at least extend them

WeTransfer’s expiry dates have been a major paint-point for users — especially creatives. Thing is, if you don’t download the files the moment you get the link or email you can easily forget to do so before the link expires. At which point you’ll have […]

SleekFlow snaps up $7M to tap the conversational AI opportunity across Asia  

SleekFlow, a Singapore- and Hong Kong-headquartered social commerce platform that has built a conversational AI suite for customer engagement targeted to Asian markets, said Wednesday it had secured a further $7 million in funding. The money will be used to continue developing its AI, as […]

How India uses Nvidia accelerated computing to ease tollbooth traffic

Nvidia‘s accelerated computing has helped India manage its tollbooth traffic, which spans four million miles across 1,000 tollbooths. Tne Indian road network is the second-largest in the world, and most of it is run manually. Traditional tollbooths, wherever in the world they’re deployed, can contribute […]

India’s trade minister decries e-commerce growth, Amazon’s ‘predatory’ pricing

India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday expressed concern over the rapid growth of e-commerce in the country, warning of potential disruption to small retailers. Speaking at the launch of a report on the impact of e-commerce on employment and consumer welfare in India, Goyal […]

Microsoft’s latest security update has ruined dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo: Getty Images Microsoft’s latest monthly security update is wreaking havoc on dual-boot Windows and Linux systems. The software giant issued a security patch last week to fix a two-year-old vulnerability in the GRUB open-source boot loader used by […]