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Elemind: Wearable AI offers ‘electric medicine’ via brain stimulation

A group of scientists, doctors, and entrepreneurs have pulled in $12 million in seed investment for a new noninvasive health wearable powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Created by health tech company Elemind, the wearable neurotechnology platform uses proprietary algorithms and AI … Continue reading

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Arm shares soar after reporting strong earnings and forecast

Shares of Arm climbed almost 30% in extended trading Thursday morning after the company reported better than expected earnings and a strong forecast.

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GM hires ex-Tesla battery guru Kurt Kelty to help with its Ultium problems

General Motors has hired battery expert and ex-Tesla executive Kurt Kelty to be the automaker’s new vice president of batteries — a brand new role for the company. His first day will be February 19. Kelty will join GM at … Continue reading

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AR glasses with multimodal AI nets funding from Pokémon Go creator

In the week when gadget lovers around the world are enchanted by Vision Pro, a young, brave startup is trying to carve out a space for its augmented reality device that features a form factor starkly different from Apple’s device. … Continue reading

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Google rebrands Bard AI to Gemini and launches a new app and subscription

Google Bard, a chief competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is now called Gemini, the same name as the suite of AI models that power it.

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Closinglock, now with $12M, wants to prevent the 1 in 10 real estate transactions targeted for fraud

Users log into Closinglock’s portal where real estate transaction wiring instructions are accessed instead of provided via email. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google goes all in on its Gemini model, launches $20 paid tier for Gemini Ultra

Google Bard is no more. Almost exactly a year after first introducing its (rushed) efforts to challenge OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the company is retiring the name and rebranding Bard as Gemini, the name of its family of foundation models. More importantly, … Continue reading

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Thea Energy raises $20M Series A for pixel-inspired fusion power plants

The startup is betting that software can supplant manufacturing precision in its quest to deliver reliable, inexpensive fusion power. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple launches a redesigned iCloud app for Windows

Apple has launched a redesigned iCloud app for Windows to offer a better onboarding and content syncing experience for iPhone or iPad users who don’t own a Mac. The new app, available for Windows 10 and 11, has a new … Continue reading

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Stripe rival Adyen’s shares soar 22% as European payments giant posts profit beat, slows hiring

Shares of European online payments giant Adyen popped after the firm reported strong sales growth and better-than-expected profit numbers for 2023.

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