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Duolingo says it will ‘never’ open a San Francisco office

“For us, Pittsburgh isn’t a ‘backup plan’ to the Bay Area,” the language learning app said.

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Sora hit 1M downloads faster than ChatGPT

This level of consumer adoption is worth noting because Sora remains an invite-only app, while ChatGPT was more publicly available at launch. That makes Sora’s performance more impressive.

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Intel gives first look at next-gen chips, says Arizona fab is fully operational

The U.S. government took a 10% stake in the company in August, and Intel has received investments from Nvidia and SoftBank.

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This distributed data storage startup wants to take on Big Cloud

Tigris has raised $25 million to expand its growing network of localized data storage centers — the storage layer for decentralized computing infrastructure.

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Knapsack picks up $10M to help bridge the gap between design and engineering teams

Knapsack creates a unified workspace that integrates design and coding tools to ensure design and engineering teams are on the same page.

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Intel’s Big Bet: Inside the Chipmaker’s Make-or-Break Factory

The centerpiece of the company’s comeback hopes is a multibillion-dollar facility in the Arizona desert. Will it draw new customers?

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What the Arrival of A.I. Video Generators Like Sora Means for Us

Welcome to the era of fakery. The widespread use of instant video generators like Sora will bring an end to visuals as proof.

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China tightens export controls on rare earth minerals once again

As the race to make ever faster semiconductors intensifies, China has once again notched up export controls on rare earth minerals as well as related mining and refining technology.

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Google launches Gemini subscriptions to help corporate workers build AI agents

Google is augmenting its Agentspace product for easily building AI agents at work with new tools for data science and customer engagement.

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‘Focus on value creation; the stock market will settle itself,’ says Snowflake CEO amid bubble fears

Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy said his company is focused on working on adding value as talk of an AI bubble mounts.

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