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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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Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AI

Hungry to learn more about Anthropic, directly from Anthropic? You aren’t alone if so, which is why we’re so delighted to announce that Anthropic co-founder and Chief Science Officer Jared Kaplan is joining the main stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI … Continue reading

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Improvements in ‘reasoning’ AI models may slow down soon, analysis finds

An analysis by Epoch AI, a nonprofit AI research institute, suggests the AI industry may not be able to eke massive performance gains out of reasoning AI models for much longer. As soon as within a year, progress from reasoning … Continue reading

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AllTrails debuts $80/year membership that includes AI-powered smart routes

AllTrails, the hiking and biking companion that was named 2023’s iPhone App of the Year, is launching a new premium membership called “Peak” that includes an upgraded feature set. This $80-per-year subscription will introduce AI tools to build custom routes, … Continue reading

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