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Apple launches its online store in Vietnam

Apple launched its online Apple Store in Vietnam on Thursday, expanding its business in what is quickly becoming a key overseas market for the iPhone-maker. People in the country can now shop Apple products directly from the site and have … Continue reading

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Climate risk startup Mitiga gets $14.4M to help businesses face an uncertain future

One pretty obvious aspect of the climate emergency which may have flown under your radar is that human-driven global heating is disrupting traditional approaches to risk modelling around natural disasters since probabilistic models based on stuff that happened in the … Continue reading

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Pale Blue Dot backs Amini, an African climate tech startup solving environmental data scarcity

Amini, a Nairobi-based climate tech startup focused on solving Africa’s environmental data gap through artificial intelligence and satellite technology, has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round. Pale Blue Dot, the European climate-focused venture capital firm that announced a … Continue reading

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AWS to invest $12.7 billion in India

Amazon plans to invest $12.7 billion into its cloud infrastructure in India by 2030, the e-commerce group said Thursday, as it scales up its AWS business in the key overseas market. The company, which has earlier invested $3.7 billion for … Continue reading

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Elon Musk used to say he put $100M in OpenAI, but now it’s $50M: Here are the receipts

It’s no secret that Elon Musk has been deeply frustrated with OpenAI since stepping down from its board in February 2018, culminating in an open letter calling for the organization to pause work on more powerful systems. “It does seem … Continue reading

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Montana just banned TikTok

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte just signed the nation’s strongest restrictions on Chinese-owned social media app TikTok into law. TikTok has faced mounting pressure in the U.S. from Congress and state legislatures alike in recent months, but Montana’s actions escalate those … Continue reading

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Netflix touts nearly 5M monthly active users for ad-supported tier

During Netflix’s first Upfront presentation on Wednesday, Netflix revealed that its ad plan has nearly five million global monthly active users. This is the first time the company has disclosed figures for the new tier — which only launched six … Continue reading

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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom early impressions – a feast fit for a short king

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has only been out in the wild for a few days at this point, marking a mere sliver of the time players will spend unfolding Hyrule’s fresh secrets in the coming months … Continue reading

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Your first look at Alliance DAO’s latest cohort of web3 startups

The crypto industry continues to face myriad headwinds, but there’s no shortage of startups and founders diving into the space. Alliance DAO, a web3 accelerator and builder community, had its most recent cohort, also known as ALL10, present their ideas … Continue reading

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5 investors discuss what’s in store for venture debt following SVB’s collapse

There are many questions around the implications of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse that won’t be answered for a long time. But there’s one question that many startups and investors are hoping will get answered sooner rather than later: What … Continue reading

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