Confido raises USD $55 million in Insight-led Series B
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Upfluence launches AI platform for creator marketing
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US consumers demand flexible bill payments as strain grows
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Glassbox earns Microsoft designation for financial AI
The designation could help Glassbox win more bank and insurer deals by signalling its AI tools fit Microsoft cloud and compliance standards.
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Gaming Contributor
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Darren Price
Consumer & Gaming Writer
Darren Price has been playing video games and messing with technology for 45 years. For the last fifteen years he’s been writing about games and tech, as well. He hates sport, but loves sports video games - which he puts down to a mixture of being annoyingly contrary and extremely lazy. Whilst he is completely tone deaf, he considers Rock Band to be his guilty pleasure. A geek from way back, Darren builds his own computers, collects comic books, owns several lightsabers and is a sucker for video-gaming merchandise.
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Fascinated by the technology industry after a visit to a Computer Faire in 1998, Donovan Jackson first worked as a public relations consultant for enterprise software and hardware distribution companies in 2000, then as a journalist for IDG-affiliated channel and trade publications, and as a producer of commercial content as an agency owner through the 2000s and 2010s. He has served as ITBrief editor in the last days of the printed magazine, and has a long association with TechDay as a contributor to special projects. Donovan has wide interests spanning technology, philosophy, bicycles, literature, psychology, motorcycles, travel, geography, history, general knowledge, and various combinations of these and other subjects.
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Security Journey launches AI training for wider workforce
Widening AI use across office teams is leaving many firms exposed to security and governance risks, the company says.
Yesterday
Avalara named Leader in IDC MarketScape e-invoicing
Businesses facing fast-changing e-invoicing rules may gain a simpler route to compliance as Avalara's single API lets them activate mandates by configuration.
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UiPath named Gartner IDP leader for second year running
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