More top reads Biting more into the Apple: The Apple Vision Pro headset is still set for sale on February 2. It will include features such as 150 3D movies, immersive films and series, a Travel Mode feature, streaming services like Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video and more. In particular, Travel Mode makes it so you can use the headset on an airplane. If you're nice, your seatmate might share with you. Meanwhile, over on TechCrunch+, some things are going to have to change for Apple to stay on its long-term growth trajectory. Pinecone goes serverless: Pinecone launches Pinecone Serverless, a new and significantly enhanced serverless architecture to power its service. Enhancements are in the way of cost reduction, says the company. That's because Pinecone Serverless now separates reads, writes and storage, which means it can handle a massive amount of data. OpenAI wants you: That's right, you could be one of the lucky ones that OpenAI turns to for ideas on how to ensure its future AI models "align to the values of humanity." First, the AI startup is forming a Collective Alignment team made up of researchers and engineers that will create a system to collect and analyze all of the ideas. Another VC source: Thomvest Ventures has a fresh fund of $250 million in capital commitments that it intends to deploy into the areas of financial and real estate technology, cybersecurity, cloud and AI/data infrastructure. The venture capital firm, under the helm of Peter Thomson, has already invested in companies such as Cohere, Kabbage and LendingClub, so it knows what it's looking for. That could be your startup. Ivanti is hacked: Cybersecurity company Volexity said that China state-backed hackers infiltrated Ivanti's widely used corporate VPN appliance. And now they have begun mass-exploiting two critical zero-day vulnerabilities. Over 1,700 of the appliances are said to have been hit, affecting its customers in the aerospace, banking, defense, government and telecommunications industries. Snyk acquires Helios: Snyk, a developer-focused security company, has acquired Helios, a Tel Aviv–based startup that helps developers troubleshoot and understand their microservices in production. This is Snyk's second acquisition in this sector after acquiring Enso Security back in June 2023. It also shows that smaller startups have made inroads in solving certain security pain points being felt by enterprises. |
