RiskRecon Completes $25M Series B Round
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, RiskRecon, the fastest-growing company transforming management of third-party cyber risk, today announced it has raised $25 million in Series B financing.
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Shell Ventures backs UK car repair marketplace WhoCanFixMyCar
WhoCanFixMyCar, the U.K. online car repair marketplace, has secured £4 million in new funding. Backing the startup is Shell Ventures — the corporate venture arm of Shell — in addition to chairman Sir Trevor Chinn (who previously chaired the boards ofAA, Kwik Fit and RAC), Active Partners, and Venrex Investment Management. Launched in 2011 by…
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Apple to lawmakers: Siri doesn’t listen until prompted
Apple does not eavesdrop on iPhone users, the company said Tuesday in response to an inquiry by a congressional committee about the company’s privacy practices. Specifically, the company said it does not listen to iPhone users until they say, “Hey Siri.” Apple’s response to that question and others came in a letter by Timothy Powderly,…
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Don’t fear the big company ‘kill zones’
Ed Byrne Contributor Share on Twitter Ed Byrne is an entrepreneur, investor and co-founder of Scaleworks. Do you worry about the so-called “kill zones” of big tech companies? The Economist thinks you should. The theory basically suggests that if your product or service is anyway threatening or accretive to one of these incumbents, they will either…
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Apple voices opposition to Clean Power Plan repeal
The Clean Power Plan is shaping up to be the latest Obama-era legislation on the Trump administration chopping block. In fact, Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt has been quite open in his intentions to kill the plan focused on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Apple is among the first — but likely not the last…
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