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It’s beginning to feel a bit like early 2021. Investor enthusiasm for AI startups has surged again, after a brief respite, as we reported today. One great example from our story: Perplexity AI has received unsolicited offers valuing the firm at more than $1 billion—just a month after its last funding round valued it at half that. Meanwhile, according to Bloomberg, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is looking to raise $100 billion to fund an artificial intelligence chip venture to compete with Nvidia. That’s separa
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Never short of a slang word or three, Australians now have ‘enshittification,’ which has become their national dictionary’s Word of the Year. The Macquarie Dictionary’s previous winners of the accolade include ‘cancel culture’ (2019) and ‘milkshake duck’ (2017), the latter being a popular social media personality who’s later found to have a dark and reputation-damaging... Read more » Read more ›
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I bought Forspoken on PS5 for £5. I didn't want to play Forspoken at all, but I had £5. Forspoken on PS5 has sat on my desk (complete with character cards) sealed since November 17, 2023. Yes, this was a waste of £5. I'm an idiot who does stuff like this (glances over at a shelf full of Mega Drive games I can't play as I don't own a Mega... Read more ›
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The crew showed a container of food which they said had smoked turkey, Brussels sprouts, and butternut squash. Read more ›
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Jeana Whitaker had taught in the US for over 20 years but the culture had changed and she no longer enjoyed it. She sold everything and moved abroad. Read more ›
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Use these strategies to get good results from the new Apple Intelligence tool in the Photos app on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Read more ›
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Michaella Solar-March is a CMO for a real estate developer and management company. Her husband stays home and watches their two children. Read more ›
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Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been locked up at at a Brooklyn jail since his September arrest on federal sex trafficking charges. Read more ›
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The 57-year-old has been praised for her performance as a Las Vegas dancer in Gia Coppola's new film, "The Last Showgirl." Read more ›
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A Nvidia sales lead said in an email to colleagues that Musk's demand for chips was straining the company's supply chain, per The Wall Street Journal. Read more ›
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Looking for discounted Apple gear? Black Friday is one of the best times to shop and save on Apple's top products, but these deals won't last. Read more ›
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Steve Schwarzman, founder and CEO of Blackstone, describes his experience advising Trump on trade tariffs in his 2019 book, "What It Takes." Read more ›
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Following its announcement in China last month, the iQOO 13 is now making its global debut in Indonesia. The device is available locally, starting at IDR 9,999,000 ($630) for the 12/256GB trim and IDR 11,999,000 ($755) for the 16/512GB variant. Both trims are listed on iQOO Indonesia’s official website. The device is available in Alpha Black and Legend White colors. iQOO 13 in Alpha Black and Legend White iQOO 13... Read more ›
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I've always told my son I'd never let him play tackle football. But I realized how good he is at it, so we're compromising on flag football for now. Read more ›
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Insight Partners, a prominent venture capital firm, advises companies to take a "crawl, walk, run" approach to incorporating generative AI. Read more ›
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Doro, the European technology leader for seniors, today announces the launch of three new 4G feature phones, the Doro Leva L10, Doro Leva L20 and Doro Leva L30. The devices are rolling out in select retailers nationwide, starting November. The phones have been developed to meet the evolving needs of users, futureproofing Doro’s user-friendly offering. They combine […] Read more ›
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Brightcove, which makes software to help companies create and make money from videos, agreed to be taken private by Italian mobile app operator Bending Spoons for $233 million in cash in a deal expected to close early next year, the companies announced on Monday. The purchase price Bending ... Read more ›
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Last year, the board of now-collapsed fintech startup Synapse Financial Technologies discussed whether to remove the company’s CEO, Sankaet Pathak. At the time, discrepancies in Synapse’s ledgers were piling up, which the board was aware of. Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Angela Strange argued in favor of keeping Pathak in the role based on the belief that founders were best placed to run their companies, according to a person close to... Read more ›
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Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, announced on Monday that he would reinstate a tax credit for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump Administration removes federal EV tax credits. But the state may not extend the credits to Tesla because of the company’s large market ... Read more ›
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OpenAI is preparing to launch a frontal assault on Google. The ChatGPT owner recently considered developing a web browser that it would combine with its chatbot, and it has separately discussed or struck deals to power search features for travel, food, real estate and retail websites, according to people who have seen prototypes or designs of the products. OpenAI has spoken about the search product with website and app developers... Read more ›
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There’s a lot of excitement around artificial intelligence disrupting search. Consumers and businesses increasingly use AI tools in lieu of traditional search engines such as Google. OpenAI has added search features to ChatGPT, Meta Platforms is crawling and indexing the web for its Meta AI chatbot and the AI search startup Perplexity is nearing a $9 billion valuation. A host of other AI companies provide information about current events in... Read more ›
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If Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. had its way, the chip manufacturing powerhouse would be a neutral party in the battle between the U.S. and China for technological supremacy—a semiconductor version of Switzerland, one TSMC executive told The Information. Unfortunately, the company may find it increasingly tough to avoid picking a side. Last month, the U.S. Commerce Department launched an investigation into whether TSMC was still producing chips for Chinese tech... Read more ›
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OpenAI has discussed powering artificial intelligence in Samsung devices, similar to a deal the AI developer has with Apple, The Information reported. The discussions are part of a multipronged attack by OpenAI on Google, which is Samsung’s most important partner in using the Android ... Read more ›
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Last week, YouTube began introducing jewels, virtual tips that fans can buy to send creators during livestreams. YouTubers can exchange these tips for cash, a penny per jewel. The Google-owned video site is the latest to get into live tipping, which has been popular for years on Twitch. As the chart below shows, most major social apps are now offering digital tips for live streamers which generally cost about a... Read more ›
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Amazon on Thursday added a temporary 50% discount to all orders made through its new Temu competitor, Amazon Haul. The aggressive discounting coincides with the holiday shopping season and comes one week after Amazon launched Haul, which features a Temu-like assortment of cheap products like $3 ... Read more ›
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Uber announced a new service on Tuesday to help companies label their data and train artificial intelligence models. Through the new service, Scaled Solutions, Uber will hire data labelers on contract to provide companies with human-written annotations, such as descriptions of images or rankings ... Read more ›
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