Monthly Archives: February 2024

MWC 2024: Everything announced so far, including Nothing Phone (2a), 4FYN pitch finalists

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The five finalists to emerge from the Four Years From Now 2024 pitch competition

Long ago Mobile World Congress, which we’ve been covering all week, absorbed a side event for startups, the idiosyncratically named “Four Years From Now”. The event is now well and truly inside the Borg Starship that is MWC, and every … Continue reading

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Bitcoin jumps above $60,000 for the first time since November 2021

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Cash Basis Accounting vs. Accrual Basis Accounting

Cash basis accounting is often better for simpler accounting situations, while accrual basis accounting is usually better for more complex finances. Discover which one is your perfect fit.

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Diffusion transformers are the key behind OpenAI’s Sora — and they’re set to upend GenAI

OpenAI’s Sora, which can generate videos and interactive 3D environments on the fly, is a remarkable demonstration of the cutting edge in GenAI — a bonafide milestone. But curiously, one of the innovations that led to it, an AI model … Continue reading

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Reliance and Disney merge their India media businesses

Reliance, its portfolio Viacom18 and Disney are merging their media businesses in India, creating the largest media entity in the South Asian market. Reliance will control and own 16.34% of the joint venture, which it has valued at $8.5 billion. … Continue reading

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Deel, the $12B HR startup, acquires Zavvy to step up consolidation play

Consolidation is afoot in the world of HR services, with larger players snapping up interesting, smaller startups en route to more robust unit economics and providing one-stop shops for customers looking to cut down on suppliers. In the latest development, … Continue reading

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RIP Apple Car. This Is Why It Died

Any tech company moving into the auto space needs a manufacturing partner. But the Apple’s EV died as it lived: alone.

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Nintendo sues Switch emulator Yuzu and wants to wipe it from existence

Nintendo, a company that is certainly not afraid of a legal bill, is going after the popular Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu in a bid to eradicate all traces of the emulator from existence. This was always going to happen after … Continue reading

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Biden to issue executive order aimed at protecting Americans’ sensitive data from China, other ‘hostile countries’

U.S. President Joe Biden will issue a new executive order intended to safeguard the personal data of American citizens from countries deemed hostile.

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