Simultaneously, developers and the wider DevSecOps community must prepare to address four global trends in AI: the increased use of AI in code testing, ongoing threats to IP ownership and privacy, a rise in AI bias, and — despite all of these challenges — an increased reliance on AI technologies.
Successfully aligning with these trends will position organizations and DevSecOps teams for success.
From luxury to standard: Organizations will embrace AI across the boardIntegrating AI will become standard, not a luxury, across all industries of products and services, leveraging DevSecOps to build AI functionality alongside the software that will leverage it.
To prepare, organizations must invest in revising software development governance and emphasizing continuous learning and adaptation in AI technologies.
In our latest Global DevSecOps Report, 81% of respondents said they would like more training on how to use AI effectively.
TikTok is looking to grow the size of its TikTok Shop U.S. business tenfold to as much as $17.5 billion this year, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
As Bloomberg previously reported, TikTok was on track to amass around $20 billion in global gross merchandise value last year.
In addition, the report says the company is planning to launch TikTok Shop in Latin America in the coming months.
The report indicates that during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday season in November, more than 5 million new U.S. customers purchased something via TikTok Shop.
TikTok Shop has also started to reduce some subsidies for merchants.
It’s becoming increasingly clear that businesses of all sizes and across all sectors can benefit from generative AI.
McKinsey estimates generative AI will add $2.6 trillion to $4.4 trillion annually across numerous industries.
That’s just one reason why over 80% of enterprises will be working with generative AI models, APIs, or applications by 2026.
However, simply adopting generative AI doesn’t guarantee success.
However, only 17% of businesses are addressing generative AI risks, which leaves them vulnerable.
The cybersecurity sector was once largely untouched by the vast headcount reductions taking place across the wider industry, but 2023 shows no sector is immune.
But it’s clear that cybersecurity firms are no longer exempt from layoffs, despite a strong workforce and an ever-increasing number of cyberattacks and breaches.
According to data from layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi, more than 110 cybersecurity companies have made cuts since the beginning of 2023.
The layoffs came almost exactly a year after Malwarebytes eliminated 14% of its global workforce.
While many cybersecurity firms blamed economic headwinds for reductions in headcount, Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski told TechCrunch that the layoffs were an exercise in rationalizing expenditures.
Canva has crafted a wildly successful business model on the idea that graphic design should be accessible to everyone.
Canva is in 190 countries and over 100 languages, and has signed on more than 170 million active users.
“We’ve concentrated a huge amount on having really international, localized, authentic content,” Adams said.
All of that authentic local experience has been crucial to our international growth.
And international growth has been the story of Canva.”Canva’s top market is the U.S., and Adams said that’s closely followed by Brazil and India.
Product design makes innovation less daunting and increases chances for success because it is a multidisciplinary process with structures and frameworks to catalyze innovation.
Before discussing the nontraditional ways technologists participate in product innovation, let’s conceptually examine innovation and product design.
A progressive role for technologistsTechnologists play a strategic role in product innovation and should bring a metaphysical perspective in addition to being punctilious.
Product innovation is experimental and should not always be expected to yield productive results.
Technologists add value to the product design process by sharing their expertise on a technology’s characteristics.
He said there are around 350 shows published weekly, with only around “a handful” of creators making multiple shows, meaning it has around 350 creators using the platform today.
The Danish Export and Investment Fund (EIFO) is leading the round, with HighlandX and Augustinus Fabrikker also participating.
Strunge said that prior to this round, the company had raised just over €200 million.
Podimo’s funding and traction are coming at a tricky time for the podcasting industry.
The plan will be to take this model further, Strunge said, with a focus on ever-more “hyper local” content.
Micromobility.com, formerly Helbiz, was delisted from the Nasdaq on Monday as a result of the company’s noncompliance with the stock exchange’s listing rules, according to a regulatory filing.
Competitor Bird — the only other shared micromobility company to brave the public markets — was also delisted from the stock exchange in September.
The company’s stock has struggled to remain in compliance since going public via special purpose acquisition merger in 2021.
In March, the company issued a reverse stock split to bring the price back into compliance, the gains from which didn’t last long.
The company’s stock closed Monday at $0.44.
Last week, pan-African e-commerce platform Jumia said it was discontinuing its food delivery service, Jumia Food.
However, of all the streamlining efforts, its exit from the food delivery business across seven markets was the most unexpected.
This trend might persist with its exit from the food delivery business.
Jumia’s statement last week said that the company’s food delivery business wasn’t suitable to its market’s operating environment and macroeconomic conditions.
Also, how fast will the company grow the physical goods business to make up for this food delivery exit?
Superpedestrian, the e-scooter startup known for its self-diagnostic software, is shutting down its U.S.-based shared scooter operation and exploring a sale of its European business, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
The company’s director of US operations, Alexander Berg, confirmed the news to his team Friday afternoon on a Zoom call.
Superpedestrian itself has gone through a series of layoffs, including one just months after closing its Series C round.
Superpedestrian used technology, and specifically diagnostic and safety software, to differentiate it from rivals like Bird and Tier.
Superpedestrian had planned to build and roll out new scooters equipped with its branded Pedestrian Defense to 25 cities across the United States and Europe in 2022.
