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Zepto raises another $350M amid retail upheaval in India

Zepto has secured $350 million in new funding, its third round of financing in six months, as the Indian quick-commerce startup strengthens its position against its competitors ahead of a planned IPO next year. Indian family offices, wealthy individuals, and … Continue reading

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Retrieval Augmented Generation: What It Is and Why It Matters for Enterprise AI

DataStax’s CTO discusses how Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) enhances AI reliability, reduces hallucinations, and transforms information retrieval.

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YouTube Shorts’ Dream Screen feature can now generate AI video backgrounds

YouTube announced on Thursday that its Dream Screen feature for Shorts now lets you create AI-generated video backgrounds. Up until now, Dream Screen could only create image backgrounds. The new capability is possible due to the integration of Google DeepMind’s … Continue reading

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Marissa Mayer just laid out a possible business model for ad-supported AI chatbots

Marissa Mayer has a lot of insights into the promise and problems with online advertising. She played an instrumental role in the early days of Google Search and spent several years as Yahoo’s CEO. Today, Mayer is the CEO of … Continue reading

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Apple Patches Two Zero-Day Attack Vectors

Threat actors exploited two vulnerabilities in Intel-based machines. Google’s Threat Analysis Group discovered the flaws.

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Battery unicorn Northvolt files for bankruptcy, upending Europe’s industrial plan

The company chose Chapter 11 in an effort to right its listing finances.  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Brave Search adds AI chat for follow-up questions after your initial query

Brave announced on Thursday that it’s introducing an AI chat mode for follow-up questions based on initial queries on Brave Search. Earlier this year, the company launched “Answer with AI” summaries that appear above search results after you submit a … Continue reading

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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says X rival is ‘billionaire proof’

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber told CNBC that the social media app’s open design could thwart potential acquisition efforts.

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Alphabet shares slide 6% following DOJ push for Google to divest Chrome

Alphabet shares fell Thursday following news that the Department of Justice is proposing Google divest its Chrome browser to end its search monopoly.

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German fintech unicorn N26 just had its first profitable quarter

Ten years after pitching on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in London, fintech N26 has reported its first ever quarterly (pre-tax) profit. The challenger bank with millions of customers across Europe generated a net operating income of €2.8 million during the … Continue reading

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