Swoop Aero’s drones hit a million items delivered as the company raises for expansion

Out where delivery trucks and full-size cargo planes don’t make a lot of sense, drones proliferating — they may never deliver your burrito, but could soon be indispensable for transporting medicine and emergency supplies. Australian drone logistics company Swoop Aero is celebrating new milestones and funding as it plans its expansion to more markets. Swoop … Read more

Apple’s iPhone 14 Emergency SOS via satellite feature is now live in France, Germany, Ireland and the UK

Apple has expanded its iPhone 14 Emergency SOS satellite feature to France, Germany, Ireland and the U.K. after initially launching it in the U.S. and Canada last month. The service, which was first announced in September, enables users to message with emergency services while outside of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage. Emergency SOS via satellite can … Read more

India’s Paytm to buy back shares

Paytm will spend up to $127 million to repurchase it shares, the company’s board approved on Tuesday, as the Indian financial services firm looks to calm investors after a tumultuous period that has wiped about 60% value from its shares this year. The Noida-headquartered firm made the proposal last week, a move that saw its … Read more

Ah, so SBF’s FTX was all BS

News that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested yesterday in the Bahamas set the technology world alight. After the dramatic implosion of FTX’s crypto empire, which resulted in the loss of hundreds of millions of invested capital and billions of paper wealth, many in the larger crypto community were incensed that he was not … Read more

Common Fate wants to make it easier to manage privileged access for developers

Privileged access management (aka PAM) provides the ability to control access to sensitive parts of your technology environment. Rather than giving everyone access to these resources (or conversely, no one), you should be able to apply permissions granularly. But it is challenging without the right tools. Common Fate, an Australian startup from a couple of … Read more