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Online learning app maker Vedantu just raised $100 million in a Series E financing round that values the Indian start-up at a whopping $1 billion. The round was led by ABC World Asia with participation from existing investors. The Vedantu app offers courses for grade six to grade 12 students via interactive smartphone or desktop sessions. To date, the group has amassed over 35 million monthly active users and had 200,000 paying customers last year. Revenues grew 4x last year alone and the annual run rate is
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Around 800 artists, writers, actors, and musicians signed on to a new campaign against what they call "theft at a grand scale" by AI companies. The signatories of the campaign - called "Stealing Isn't Innovation" - include authors George Saunders and Jodi Picoult, actors Cate Blanchett and Scarlett Johansson, and musicians like the band R.E.M., […] Read more ›
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses AI's wider impact and what it needs to do to not be a bubble. Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump is once again moving markets — and being moved by them in turn. What happened? On Wednesday afternoon, the president said in a […] Read more ›
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X is rolling out a new feature called “Starterpacks” to all users in the coming weeks, the company’s head of product has announced. It’s made up of compilations of accounts new users can follow based on their interests. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Bluesky launched a very similar feature that’s also called “starter packs” back in 2024. Bluesky allows ordinary users to curate their own packs as long as... Read more ›
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The Supreme Court’s Republican majority ordinarily believe that President Donald Trump is allowed to fire virtually anyone who works for a federal agency. Last July, for example, they permitted the Trump administration to fire nearly half of the Department of Education’s employees. In May, however, the Court also signaled that the Federal Reserve is special. […] Read more ›
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