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‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ will debut on Disney+ on August 23

Disney+ revealed Wednesday the premiere date for the upcoming live-action series, “Star Wars: Ahsoka,” which is set to debut on August 23. “Star Wars: Ahsoka” takes place after the fall of the Empire and sees Rosario Dawson reprise her role … Continue reading

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NASA spends $45M to seed tech from hundreds of space businesses

Hundreds of small aerospace businesses will receive grant funding from NASA to accelerate their technologies, as part of a wider government program to seed cutting-edge American enterprises. A total of 249 small businesses and 39 research institutions received Phase I … Continue reading

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Businesses will be able to accept IDs in Apple Wallet with iOS 17, among other changes

Apple this morning announced two significant changes to Apple Wallet among a handful of other updates that didn’t make the keynote address on Monday which kicked off the start of its Worldwide Developer Conference. With the launch of iOS 17 … Continue reading

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Contextual AI launches from stealth to build enterprise-focused language models

Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4 are powerful, paradigm-shifting tools that promise to upend industries. But they suffer from limitations that make them less attractive to enterprise organizations with strict compliance and governance requirements. For example, LLMs have a … Continue reading

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Apple’s new toolkit makes it easier for developers to bring Windows games to Mac

Apple has unveiled a new toolkit that is designed to make it easier and faster for developers to bring their PC games to macOS. The tech giant unveiled the Game Porting Toolkit this week at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference … Continue reading

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Cava’s sensible IPO ambitions could spur more companies to go public

Even as the technology industry and investors wait for heavily venture-backed companies like Turo, Reddit and Instacart to go public, Cava is heading out and powering its own debut. The company set an initial IPO price range this week, indicating … Continue reading

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Meta Verified arrives in India, now honors ‘legacy’ verified badges

Meta Verified, the Facebook and Instagram owner’s recently launched paid verification system, is expanding to India, the company announced today via post from CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his Instagram Broadcasts channel. In addition to its recent expansion to the U.K. … Continue reading

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TikTok expands its ‘Series’ paywall feature to more creators

Previously only available to select content creators, TikTok’s Series feature is now available to users in 94 countries. The feature allows creators to lock a “series” of exclusive content behind a paywall. Series was first announced back in March, letting … Continue reading

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OpenAI still not training GPT-5, says Sam Altman

OpenAI is still not training GPT-5, months after the Microsoft-backed startup pledged to not work on the successor to GPT-4 “for some time” after many industry executives and academics expressed concerns about the fast-rate of advancements by Sam Altman’s large language … Continue reading

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Apple updates its App Store rules to crackdown on clones

On the sidelines of the ongoing Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple has updated its App Store Review Guidelines to crack down on app clones and copycats. In a blog post, the company said impersonating an app is now considered a … Continue reading

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