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Trump admin officially rescinds Biden’s AI diffusion rules

After a week or so of rumors, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) formally rescinded the Biden Administration’s Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule days before it was set to go into effect. The Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule, which was introduced by … Continue reading

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Apple Music introduces Sound Therapy, songs for focusing, relaxing and sleep

Apple Music is introducing a new “audio wellness” collection of songs called Sound Therapy. Designed in partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG), the feature combines songs that subscribers already know with other sound waves that promote focusing, relaxing, or sleeping. … Continue reading

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Notion takes on AI-notetakers like Granola with its own transcription feature

Meeting transcription space is a hot commodity for all productivity suites. Companies like ClickUp and Zoom have added transcription with an AI summary to take on another upstart in this vertical, including Read AI, Zoom’s assistant, Circleback, Granola, or Otter. The latest entrant in … Continue reading

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Amazon Prime Video in India to get ads starting in June

Amazon will bring ads to movies and shows on Prime Video in India starting June 17, over a year after introducing ads in markets including the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Canada. On Tuesday, Amazon emailed Prime members in India to … Continue reading

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Spotify updates its AI DJ to let you use voice commands

In a bid to make its AI DJ feel more interactive, Spotify is updating the feature to let users request music or change the mood of a playlist using voice commands. The company is rolling out this feature, supported only … Continue reading

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Apple announces new accessibility features, including future support for brain implants

Apple on Tuesday announced a range of accessibility features coming to its devices later this year. New Accessibility Nutrition Labels will provide more detailed information for apps and games on the App Store, while a new Braille Access tool will … Continue reading

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Insurtech Bestow lands $120M Series D from Goldman Sachs, Smith Point Capital

Melbourne O’Banion co-founded insurtech Bestow with Jonathan Abelmann in 2017 after struggling to secure his own life insurance policy. His goal was to make it easier for people to obtain life insurance and make the process more tech-enabled. Initially, Bestow … Continue reading

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Robinhood grows its footprint in Canada by acquiring WonderFi

Robinhood revealed Tuesday that it’s acquiring Canadian crypto leader WonderFi for CA$250 million (around $178.56 million) in an all-cash deal as it pushes into Canada’s growing digital asset market. WonderFi operates two regulated crypto platforms, Bitbuy and Coinsquare, with over … Continue reading

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Realta Fusion taps $36M in fresh funds for its fusion-in-a-bottle reactor

Realta hopes to build power plants cheaply enough to supply power as low as $40 per megawatt-hour.

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Meta to start selling its Ray-Ban smart glasses in India from May 19

The smart glasses are available for pre-order on Ray-Ban’s site, and will retail for ₹29,990 at Ray-Ban stores at launch.

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