Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Bringing AI Into the Physical World

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Techme101

Physical Intelligence has assembled an all-star team and raised $400 million on the promise of a stunning breakthrough in how robots learn.

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PayPal once again lets you pool money from others to pay for things together

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Techme101

PayPal is launching a few features that let users in groups pool money with friends or family, to collectively pay for trips, travels, gifts, and anything else. The company is launching this feature in the U.S., Germany, the U.K., Italy, and Spain ahead of the holiday season. “Re-launching” might be the more appropriate verb here: […]
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US confirms China-backed hackers breached telecom providers to steal wiretap data

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Techme101

CISA and the FBI say they have uncovered a ‘broad and significant’ PRC-linked cyberespionage campaign
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Smart ring leader Oura plans international push as CEO touts new features and thinking on hardware

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Techme101

Oura CEO Tom Hale spoke to CNBC about the smart ring product category and the impact of Samsung’s entrance into the space.

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Tessl raises $125M at $500M+ valuation to build AI that writes and maintains code

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Techme101

Many startups and larger tech companies have taken a crack at building artificial intelligence to code software. Now, another new player is coming out of the shadows to throw its hat into the ring, with a mission to fix the many problems that will arise when humans and all those AIs are all writing code […]
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Atlas.co wants its web-based mapping tool to be the Figma of geospatial data

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Techme101

Startup inspiration can strike anywhere. But for Atlas.co*, a freemium browser-based, real-time mapping tool that’s being built by an Oslo, Norway-based team of (initially student) engineers, the realization that there might be a business opportunity in competing with expensive legacy mapping software hit the founders during class. “When we took introduction class to GIS [geographic […]
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Tech giants are investing in ‘sovereign AI’ to help Europe cut its dependence on the U.S.

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Techme101

Tech giants are investing in the development of “sovereign” AI models in Europe to reduce the region’s dependence on largely U.S.-controlled infrastructure.

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Apple accused of trapping and ripping off 40m iCloud customers

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Techme101

Which? is seeking a £3bn payout for UK users as a result of the legal action it is launching.

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ePlane looks to ride the Indian government’s interest in air taxis with new $14M round

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Techme101

India’s ePlane Company has raised $14 million in a Series B round as it plans to commercialize its air taxi in 2026.
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Apple faces UK ‘iCloud monopoly’ compensation claim worth $3.8 billion

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Techme101

U.K. consumer rights group ‘Which?’ is filing a legal claim against Apple under competition law on behalf of some 40 million users of iCloud, its cloud storage service. The collective proceeding lawsuit, which is seeking £3 billion in compensation damages (around $3.8 billion at current exchange rates), alleges that Apple has broken competition rules by […]
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