Thursday, December 12

What you missed today

Good evening!

Is your website hosted on WordPress? If so, you’ll want to keep reading.

Here are the 7 things you missed today:

1. 🤑 ServiceTitan Went Public at Over $100/Share

Congrats to the ServiceTitan team today! The financial and customer management software went public today with an IPO sales price of $71M to $105/share and was still maintaining an above $100 price at market close. (TechCrunch)

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3. 📱 ChatGPT Understands Real-Time Video

After demoing the feature nearly seven months ago, OpenAI has finally released the real-time video capabilities for ChatGPT. ChatGPT Plus, Team, or Pro users can point their phones at objects or enable screen sharing and have ChatGPT respond via app in near real-time. (TechCrunch)

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5. 😬 Got a WordPress Site? You May Have a Critical Security Flaw

Thousands of sites running WordPress are still unpatched against a critical security flaw in Hunk Companion, a widely used plugin, that was being actively exploited in cyberattacks including unauthenticated execution of malicious code. (ArsTechnica)

6. 🛒 US Online Grocery Sales Surged to $9.6Bn in November

The US online grocery market hit $9.6 billion in sales in November, a 17.8% increase over the previous year. The growth was driven by a surge in monthly active users with 77.8 million households shopping for groceries online. (Quartz)

7. 🇦🇺 Meta & Google Will Be Forced to Pay For Australian News

Australia is making waves with its “News Bargaining Initiative” to put pressure on global tech giants like Meta and Google. The financial incentive program will require these major tech companies to pay Australian publishers for content or face the risk of paying millions to continue operations in Australia. (CNN)

Bonus. CEO Tip Of The Day

Planning to hire in 2025? Here’s what you should be considering so you don’t make the most costly mistake you can make.

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