Monthly Archives: July 2023

TikTok tests music-streaming service in Australia, Mexico and Singapore

The expansion comes after the popular short video app launched TikTok Music in Indonesia and Brazil earlier this month.

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Amazon and Apple Just Got Hit With a $218 Million Fine. Here’s Why

Apple and Amazon were fined a combined $218 million by Spain’s antitrust watchdog for anti-competitive practices. The penalty for Apple was $161 million, while Amazon’s was $56.7 million. The two tech giants have been accused of stifling competition for smaller … Continue reading

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Google restricting internet access to some employees to reduce cyberattack risk

Some workers who need the internet to do their job will get exceptions, the company stated in materials.

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Shark Tank India investors fall short on pledges

Over a year following the inaugural season of the Indian edition of Shark Tank, the seven esteemed investors made good on less than half of their investment pledges, according to a new analysis, the latest in a series of criticisms … Continue reading

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Former NHTSA head blasts Cruise’s ‘Humans are terrible drivers’ ad

A former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has responded to a full-page ad taken out in several major newspapers by Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary, that calls humans terrible drivers. The ad points to the nearly … Continue reading

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Meta Launches Commercial Version of Open-Source AI Model Llama

Meta has announced the launch of Llama 2, the commercial version of its free and open-source AI framework. Freely accessible through Microsoft’s Azure cloud service and other providers, the model was previously provided only to select academics for research purposes. … Continue reading

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Forerunner Ventures sees a future full of “digitally native franchises”

Forerunner Ventures made its name in the venture world by betting on once-nascent startups like Jet, Bonobos and Glossier when it was far easier to build a digitally native brand than today. But as commerce has evolved, so has the … Continue reading

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Basecamp introduces special reduced pricing in India

Basecamp, one of the widely used project management tools first released in 2004, is now available to users in India with special reduced pricing that is as low as about $4 a month. On Tuesday, 37signals co-founder and CEO Jason … Continue reading

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Cognaize Just Raised $18M to Build the Future of Financial AI

The New York-based startup Cognaize has raised $18 million to develop its unstructured data processing platform for use in financial artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The company takes a hybrid approach, utilizing both deep learning technology that has been trained on … Continue reading

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Microsoft Inspire 2023: Keynote Highlights and Top News

Discover the innovations, investments, programs and partner opportunities in new forms of AI such as ChatGPT, Copilot and more from Microsoft Inspire 2023.

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