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Got Big Ideas? Launch Them with the Help of This $25 Bundle.

Courses for aspiring entrepreneurs and social enterprises to guide you from great ideas to business success.

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Higher taxes will make it harder for Britain to build ‘the next Nvidia,’ tech execs say

Startup founders and investors slammed capital gains tax hikes in the U.K., saying it would make it harder for the country to succeed as a global tech hub.

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Indonesia blocks Google Pixel sales after ban on iPhone 16

Indonesia has banned sales of Google Pixel smartphones for failing to meet domestic content requirements, days after blocking Apple’s iPhone 16 in Southeast Asia’s largest phone market. The Indonesian Ministry of Industry said Google’s phones cannot be traded until they … Continue reading

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Elon Musk skipped a hearing in Philly about his super PAC’s payouts to voters

A Philadelphia judge ordered X CEO Elon Musk to appear in a hearing Thursday morning over his super PAC’s plan to award $1 million a day to voters in key battleground states. But Musk skipped his courthouse appointment after the … Continue reading

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Snapchat most-used app for grooming, says NSPCC

The children’s charity says the police data shows people are “still waiting” for social media to be made safe,

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Apple’s services unit is now a $100 billion a year juggernaut after ‘phenomenal’ growth

Apple’s services business has become a critical part of the company’s appeal to Wall Street over the past decade.

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Amazon CEO pledges AI investments will pay off as capital expenditures surge 81%

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reassured shareholders that the company expects to make money on its generative AI investments.

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TechCrunch Space: Disrupt 2024 wrap-up

Hello, and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is a wrap, and I’m more than thrilled by the amazing space industry programming we had on offer this year. We covered everything from building a dual-use business to orbital … Continue reading

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy hints at an ‘agentic’ Alexa

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy today hinted at an improved, “agentic” version of the company’s Alexa assistant — one that could take actions on a user’s behalf. “I think that the next generation of these assistants and generative AI applications will … Continue reading

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Amazon’s cloud unit records highest profit margin in at least a decade

Amazon Web Services delivered an operating margin of over 38%, the highest since at least 2014.

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