The Bank of Japan has been raising rates from near-zero since 2024.
Kuala Lumpur-based Respond.io, which uses AI agents to manage customer conversations, raised a $62.5M Series B led by Camber, following a $7M Series A in 2022 (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
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Kuala Lumpur-based Respond.io, which uses AI agents to manage customer conversations, raised a $62.5M Series B led by Camber, following a $7M Series A in 2022 — In 2017, Respond.io set out to solve a simple p…
Girl, 15, who wanted to be ‘TikTok famous’ is left brain dead after attempting dangerous viral social media challenge
A 15-YEAR-OLD girl who “always wanted to be TikTok famous” has been left brain dead after attempting a dangerous social media challenge. Leah Presson took part in a deadly trend where teens record themselves taking overdoses of allergy medication Benad…
Palestine weekly wrap: World sanctions settlers, Israel funds settlements
Amnesty calls West Bank ethnic cleansing ‘state-sponsored’ and international allies bar Finance Minister Smotrich.
flyingpenguin.com reaches 7,000 posts
We have reached 7,000 posts since 1995, which got me thinking… I may forever remain unpopular, unwelcome to EFF slush parties in their mansion, or unable to win a coveted Forbes 100 under 100, but I hope my history professors will be proud and my…
Zelenskyy thanks G7 leaders for ‘strong ideas on how to force Russia into peace’ – Europe live
Ukrainian president praises successful talks after Trump’s comments tha ‘Russia should make a deal’ following G7 meeting… and given the delay this morning, the meeting may or may not have happened already – guess we will find out at some point during t…
Israel uses ‘battlefield evidence’ to prosecute Palestinians abroad
Palestinian activists are being put on trial in Europe for supporting Hamas on the basis of Israeli evidence.
OptinMonster Plugin Vulnerability Exposes 1.2 Million WordPress Sites to Cyberattacks
A large-scale supply chain attack targeting the popular OptinMonster WordPress plugin has exposed more than 1.2 million websites to active compromise. The campaign also affects the TrustPulse and PushEngage plugins, both developed by Awesome Motive, si…
FBI Warns Courier Cash Pickups Are Driving Crypto Scams
The FBI claims couriers are being used to circumvent bank transfers in crypto investment schemes
Fake Microsoft Alerts Used to Deploy North Korean NarwhalRAT Malware
The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as ScarCruft (aka APT37) has been observed using spear-phishing messages impersonating Microsoft Account security notifications to deliver malware called NarwhalRAT.
“The attack email contained a me…