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Signs of life in the technology M&A market

Today we’re looking at where deals are getting done from a geographic perspective.

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Reddit users on mobile can now translate posts into other languages

Reddit is giving users the ability to translate posts into other languages. There will be eight different languages available to start — including English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch and Swedish. To translate a Reddit post, users click on … Continue reading

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How badly will AI-generated images impact elections?

There’s a very high risk that artificial intelligence (AI) will put the integrity of the election process into question.

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7 days left to save on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 is so close we can practically hear the hustle and bustle of 10,000 startup movers, shakers and future unicorns converging on San Francisco’s Moscone West. It all goes down September 19–21, and we can’t wait to see … Continue reading

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Polish senate says use of government spyware is illegal in the country

A special commission within Poland’s Senate concluded that the government’s use of spyware, like the one made by NSO Group, is illegal. The commission announced on Thursday the conclusion of its 18-month-long investigation into allegations that the Polish government used … Continue reading

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Brine Fi challenges Coinbase, Binance with decentralized exchange as it nets Pantera-led $16.5M round

After the collapse of FTX, crypto traders have been looking for decentralized, non-custodial and safer ways to execute orders and store their assets. This explains why some decentralized crypto exchanges (DEXs) like Brine Fi are getting investor interest even as … Continue reading

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Square says it has resolved day-long outage

Fintech giant Square says its services are coming back online after a day-long outage left small business owners unable to process payments. The Block-owned company had, up until Friday morning on the U.S. west coast, been battling a prolonged outage … Continue reading

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Google flips the switch on interest-based ads with ‘Privacy Sandbox’ rollout

Google is now rolling out Privacy Sandbox — its tech to replace third-party cookies — to all Chrome users. The company is touting this as a more privacy-forward feature, which tracks topics of interest based on your browsing habits. Advertisers … Continue reading

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India’s Reliance partners with Nvidia to build large language model

Reliance Industries has partnered with GPU giant Nvidia to work on building a large language model that is trained on India’s diverse languages, the two firms said Friday, as the largest Indian corporate firm expands into the fast-growing but locally … Continue reading

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Dream11-backed NFT startup Rario founders to leave a year after $120M funding

The two founders of Rario, the cricket NFT startup in which India’s Dream11 led a $120 million funding round last year, are leaving the firm, people familiar with the matter said. Ankit Wadhwa, who serves as Rario CEO, and Sunny … Continue reading

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