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Selector, which offers an AI platform that promises to simplify network monitoring, raised a $32M Series B led by AVP at a $375M valuation (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE:
Selector, which offers an AI platform that promises to simplify network monitoring, raised a $32M Series B led by AVP at a $375M valuation  —  Network observability provider Selector Software Inc. today announced that it has raised a $32 million funding round at a $375 million valuation.

Meta is reportedly planning to launch a smartwatch this year

Meta is planning to launch a smartwatch with health tracking and AI features later this year, along with an updated version of its Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, The Information reports. The smartwatch would arrive ahead of a pair of mixed reality glasses, code-named Phoenix, that Meta has reportedly delayed until 2027 amidst efforts to […]

Venice, which develops identity security software, emerges from stealth after raising a $25M Series A led by IVP, following an $8M seed round (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech:
Venice, which develops identity security software, emerges from stealth after raising a $25M Series A led by IVP, following an $8M seed round  —  The Israeli company replaces static enterprise permissions with dynamic access control.  —  Startup Venice (formerly Valkyrie) has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round.

Apple’s .car File Format

Ordinal0 (via Hacker News): In this post, I’ll walk through the process of reverse engineering the .car file format, explain its internal structures, and show how to parse these files programmatically. This knowledge could be useful for security research and building developer tools that does not rely on Xcode or Apple’s proprietary tools. As part […]

Searching for Apps With Spotlight

Brent Simmons: Spotlight has recently become terrible for launching apps after being so good for years. Now when I type something like Cal or Calendar or even Calendar.app I have to manually select the actual app in the list, if it even appears. I’ve never used Spotlight for this on macOS (preferring LaunchBar) but have […]