Cape Secures $61 Million in Funding for Privacy-Centric Mobile Services Amid growing concerns about data privacy in the wake of AT&T’s massive data breach affecting 74 million accounts, Washington, D.C.-based startup Cape has announced a sizeable $61 million in funding. 04/20/2024 - 3:34 am | View Link
Secure Technology Alliance launches template for using mobile driver’s licenses Get used to the idea of your phone as your driver’s license. The ecosystem for mobile driver’s licenses (mDL) continues to expand globally. 04/18/2024 - 11:24 am | View Link
Cape dials up $61M from A16Z + more for mobile service that doesn't use personal data AT&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 ... 04/18/2024 - 5:53 am | View Link
Cape dials up $61M from a16z and more for mobile service that doesn’t use personal data Nor will the company provide encryption services around apps, voice calls and mobile data, at least not initially. “We’re not focused on securing the content of communications. There’s a whole host of ... 04/18/2024 - 5:53 am | View Link
The Ultimate Guide to Secure Website Design in 2024: Best Practices for SEO and Cybersecurity A website is your company’s online storefront in the digital age, thus its security and design are crucial. As we move into 2024, enlisting a Shanghai web developer who is adept at weaving ... 04/18/2024 - 3:37 am | View Link
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
Enlarge / A meeting of the UN Security Council on April 14. (credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that would have reaffirmed a nearly 50-year-old ban on placing weapons of mass destruction into orbit, two months after reports Russia has plans to do just that.
Russia's vote against the resolution was no surprise.
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Logitech announced a new mouse last week. A company rep reached out to inform Ars of Logitech’s “newest wireless mouse.” The gadget’s product page reads the same as of this writing.
I’ve had good experience with Logitech mice, especially wireless ones, one of which I'm using now.
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Trendy, unproven "vampire facials" performed at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico left at least three women with HIV infections. This marks the first time that cosmetic procedures have been associated with an HIV outbreak, according to a detailed report of the outbreak investigation published today.
Ars reported on the cluster last year when state health officials announced they were still identifying cases linked to the spa despite it being shut down in September 2018.
The HMD Pulse base model. [credit:
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HMD has been known as the manufacturer of Nokia-branded phones for years now, but now the company wants to start selling phones under its own brand. The first is the "HMD Pulse" line, a series of three low-end phones that are headed for Europe.
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In the world of AI, what might be called "small language models" have been growing in popularity recently because they can be run on a local device instead of requiring data center-grade computers in the cloud. On Wednesday, Apple introduced a set of tiny source-available AI language models called OpenELM that are small enough to run directly on a smartphone.