Monthly Archives: September 2023

Microsoft’s Xbox plans revealed in emails tied to FTC case

The files include emails from corporate executives like Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and timetables for gaming releases.

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Apple iPhone 15 Pro review: Lighter weight makes a huge difference

The two Pro iPhones are major year-over-year upgrades, with improvements to the camera, an improved physical body, and a new button.

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Disney plans to nearly double its investment in parks and cruises business

Disney’s theme parks have been a relative bright spot while the entertainment giant struggles to make a profit on streaming.

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Rocket Lab’s Electron suffers first failure in over two years

Rocket Lab’s 41st Electron mission on behalf of customer Capella Space ended in failure early Tuesday, with issues abruptly appearing after stage separation around 2-and-a-half minutes after launch. The live video feed of the rocket stopped working shortly after the … Continue reading

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Amazon’s new Just Walk Out cashierless checkout system uses RFID tags to track apparel purchases

Amazon today introduced a new version of its Just Walk Out retail technology that allows customers to skip the cashier lines when they make a purchase by having their payment card automatically charged. The prior system leveraged a combination of … Continue reading

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Get Ready for ChatGPT-Style AI Chatbots That Do Your Boring Chores

Move over, Siri. Startups are using the technology behind ChatGPT to build more capable AI agents that can control your computer and access the web to get things done—with sometimes chaotic results.

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Cato Networks, valued at $3B, lands $238M ahead of its anticipated IPO

Cato Networks, the Tel Aviv-based startup that packages software-defined networking, managed cybersecurity and global backbone services into a single offering, today announced that it raised $238 million in an equity investment that values the company at over $3 billion. LightSpeed … Continue reading

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Pryon raises $100M to index and analyze enterprise data

Pryon, a startup developing an AI-powered platform to look for insights in — and surface answers from — enterprise knowledge bases, today announced that it raised $100 million in a funding round led by Thomas Tull’s U.S. Innovative Technology Fund. … Continue reading

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The Fall of “Web3” and the Rise of “3D Internet”

An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started. –Tim O’Reilly When the term “Web3” emerged, it was heralded as the next evolution of the internet. The somewhat official definition for Web3 describes the … Continue reading

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The Fall of Babylon Is a Warning for AI Unicorns

When it went public in 2021, Babylon Health was valued at over $4 billion. Now it has declared bankruptcy. Insiders say it could never live up to its hype.

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