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Supreme Court to hear arguments over TikTok sell-or-ban law

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it will hear ByteDance and TikTok’s challenge to a law would ban the social network in the U.S. unless the social network divests from Chinese ownership by January 19.  On January 10, the … Continue reading

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Salesforce Pushes AI Boundaries with Agentforce 2.0

Salesforce pushes AI innovation with Agentforce 2.0, enhancing CRM with advanced automation, Slack integration, and a powerful new reasoning engine.

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YouTube to test a way for creators and celebrities to find AI-generated content using their likeness

YouTube is partnering with the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) to help celebrities, athletes, and creators identify content that uses their AI-generated likeness on the platform. The tool, which YouTube will begin testing early next year, will let these professionals submit … Continue reading

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Felix Capital’s Julien Codorniou to join 20VC as general partner

Just a few weeks after 20VC announced its third investment vehicle, TechCrunch has learned from multiple sources that the relatively new VC firm based in London is gaining a new general partner. Julien Codorniou is leaving Felix Capital, where he … Continue reading

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Aave protocol developer secures $31 million for Lens, a high-performance blockchain for social apps

Avara, the company behind Aave, Lens and Family, is announcing a $31 million funding round led by Lightspeed Faction. With Lens, Avara is building a decentralized protocol that could serve as the infrastructure for social and consumer apps. This funding … Continue reading

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Health AI startup Suki expands partnership with Google Cloud to deliver more assistive tech for clinicians

Health-care AI startup Suki is building patient summary and Q&A features using Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform.

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WeTransfer’s free plan now has a monthly limit of 10 transfers

File transfer service WeTransfer is now limiting users to 10 transfers per month with its free plan. The company is already applying the new limit to users, as per a support page. At the same time, WeTransfer is adding some … Continue reading

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Trump’s pick to lead NASA made a big bet on crypto while going to space on the side

Before being nominated by President-elect Trump to lead NASA, Jared Isaacman guided his payments company Shift4 into the crypto market.

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RPA Contact Center: What Grindy Tasks Can it Get Rid Of?

Discover how robotic process automation (RPA) can transform your contact center by automating repetitive tasks that slow agents down.

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Five years later… Netflix hit with Dutch data access fine

Five years later sounds like a half-baked sequel to a well-known zombie flick franchise. But it’s a reference to how long it’s taken a data access complaint against Netflix to deliver a penalty decision in the European Union. The fine … Continue reading

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