Fake WordPress security alerts are being used to send malware

If you are a WordPress site admin, be wary of incoming emails – one could be a phishing message looking to infect your site with malicious plugins. This is the warning given out by WordPress security experts Wordfence and PatchStack, which have found WordPress site admins receiving emails impersonating the legitimate wordpress.com site.  In the … Read more

Goldman Sachs-backed ZestMoney, once valued at $450M, to shut down

ZestMoney, a buy now pay later startup whose ability to underwrite small ticket loans to first-time internet customers attracted many high-profile investors including Goldman Sachs, is shutting down following unsuccessful efforts to find a buyer. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup — which also identified PayU, Quona, Zip, Omidyar Network and Ribbit Capital among its backers — employed about … Read more

AssemblyAI lands $50M to build and serve AI speech models

Companies are betting big on generative AI to gain a competitive edge. But adoption challenges remain. According to a recent survey from EY, a significant portion of businesses looking to embrace generative AI say that the field’s rapid progress — and the surge in vendors claiming to have AI expertise — is complicating their deployment … Read more