Apple and Google wallets want to help make the hotel room key card obsolete

Through use of Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, hotel chains are racing to ditch the plastic room key card.

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Bolt reportedly threatens legal action against Silverbear Capital

In the latest twist in Bolt’s aggressive fundraising efforts, the fintech company’s CEO appears to have made a veiled threat of legal action against Silverbear Capital, the investment bank whose involvement in the deal remains in some dispute. “We believe there was some internal miscommunication at Silverbear Capital, one of our lead investors, which has […]
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Bluesky tops app charts and sees ‘all-time-highs’ after Brazil bans X

A Brazilian court’s decision to ban X (formerly Twitter) seems to benefiting its rivals, especially Bluesky. The microblogging platform announced late Friday that it was seeing “all-time-highs for activity” with 500,000 new users joining in the previous two days. It’s also number one on the free iPhone app chart in Brazil today, ranking just ahead […]
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Is OpenAI worth $100B?

OpenAI could reportedly increase its valuation to $100 billion. Nvidia and Apple are apparently in talks to contribute to the company’s next fundraising round, and Thrive Capital would lead the deal should it happen, according to The New York Times. OpenAI’s annualized revenue reportedly eclipsed $3.4 billion early this year, but it’s said to be […]
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Amazon hires the founders of AI robotics startup Covariant

Amazon announced Friday evening that it has hired Covariant’s founders — Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan — along with “about a quarter” of the startup’s employees. It’s also signed a non-exclusive license to use Covariant’s robotic foundation models. Earlier this year, Chen told TechCrunch that Covariant is building “a large language model, but […]
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Grammy CEO says music industry also has AI concerns

The rise of AI has consumed the arts, just as it has Silicon Valley. Everyone is pondering: Will AI replace me?
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Make Better Diagrams With Microsoft Visio Professional 2021, Now $20

Create org charts, flow diagrams, mind maps, SWOT analysis and even floor plans with user-friendly controls and over 250,000 preset templates.

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Before Midjourney, there was NightCafe — and it’s still kicking

Learn about NightCafe’s origins, some of the challenges the platform faces, and where NighCafe will evolve from here.
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AI brings a whole new dimension to the challenge of organizational transformation

Organizations are people and people are messy, and you have to look beyond the tech to the end goal: implementing new software that could transform the business.
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Watch out for these 10 hot startups from South Korea

Most of the biggest South Korean tech startups intend to pursue public offerings in either South Korea or the United States as part of their exit strategy.
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