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Meta wants to open more retail stores

Meta wants to grow its retail footprint, Business Insider reported on Wednesday. As Meta continues to invest in wearables, these stores would ideally help Meta boost the sales of hardware like the Ray-Ban Meta glasses and the Meta Quest VR … Continue reading

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Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings joins Anthropic’s board

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is joining Anthropic’s board of directors, the company announced on Wednesday. Hastings’ appointment adds a veteran big tech executive to one of OpenAI’s largest — and youngest — competitors in the AI race. The Netflix co-founder … Continue reading

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Dozens of unsold Tesla Cybertrucks are piling up at Detroit parking lot

A Detroit landowner is in violation of city codes for storing unsold Tesla Cybertrucks in his parking lot.

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Family safety app Life360 adds Tile’s lost-item trackers, years after its acquisition

Over three and a half years after family locator app Life360 acquired lost item tracker Tile for $205 million, the two services are finally fully integrated. On Wednesday, Life360 announced that the item-finding capabilities of Tile, a competitor to Apple’s … Continue reading

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Context gets $11M to build an AI-powered office suite

AI-powered office suite Context raises $11 million in seed funding from Lux Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and General Catalyst

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Rillet raises $25M from Sequoia to automate general ledger systems using AI

Rillet directly pulls data from their customers’ banks and platforms to generate financial statements, including the balance sheet and income statement.

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Discord explores virtual rewards for its ad product as it prepares for a potential IPO

Discord announced on Wednesday that it’s experimenting with a new virtual reward system aimed at encouraging more users to engage with its interactive ads. This new feature, called “Orbs,” comes on the heels of the company preparing for a potential … Continue reading

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With iOS 19 on the way, Apple looks toward mobile gaming

With Apple’s flagship Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) event a few weeks away, the company is signaling that it’s paying attention to the opportunity of mobile gaming. Apple already has a subscription-based Arcade product for iOS, which gives users access to … Continue reading

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Apple expands Self Service Repair to iPads

Apple’s Self Service Repair program is expanding to the iPad, the tech giant announced on Wednesday. The program will give iPad owners the tools they need to repair their devices at home. They can get access to repair manuals, genuine … Continue reading

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xAI to invest $300M in Telegram, integrate Grok into app

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Wednesday said Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is investing $300 million worth of cash and equity in the chat app.

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