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GM is giving up on Cruise robotaxis, pivots to personal autonomous vehicles

General Motors said Tuesday it will no longer fund the development of a commercial robotaxi business and will instead absorb its self-driving car subsidiary Cruise and combine it with the automaker’s own efforts to develop driver assistance features — and … Continue reading

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Green ammonia startup Amogy is trying to raise $90M to reduce truck pollution

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MariaDB spinout SkySQL secures seed funding to ‘bring conversational AI to databases’

Anyone who’s followed the fortunes of MySQL and MariaDB these past 15 years will probably remember SkySQL, another brand that once existed within that same database ecosystem and, a year ago, became a standalone company once more. That company today … Continue reading

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Bid to revive UK privacy damages suit against Google DeepMind fails to show class

Another attempt to get a class-action style privacy damages case to stick against Google has failed in the U.K. after the Court of Appeal refused to overturn an earlier dismissal. The lawsuit concerned the misuse of health records for some … Continue reading

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Apple reportedly developing AI server chip with Broadcom

Apple is working with semiconductor company Broadcom on its first server chip designed to handle AI applications, according to The Information, which cited three people with knowledge of the project.  Apple is known for designing its own chips – called … Continue reading

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Snapchat+ subscribers can now keep messages in a chat for a week

Snapchat is rolling out a few new features for Snapchat+ subscribers for the holiday season, the company announced on Wednesday. The features include expanded chat options, new app themes, and more. Subscribers now have the option to save their conversations … Continue reading

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Video app Kino, from maker of Halide, is Apple’s iPhone app of the year

ChatGPT may currently be the No. 1 app on the iPhone App Store in the U.S., but it’s not Apple’s iPhone app of the year. That honor instead goes to a newer app for videographers, Kino. Launched this spring from … Continue reading

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Apple releases new Apple Intelligence features including ChatGPT integration with iOS 18.2

Apple released new Apple Intelligence features, including image playground, genmoji, writing tool enhancements, and ChatGPT integration with iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2. The company also expanded language support for Apple Intelligence to localized English in Australia, Canada, … Continue reading

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After you check out your Spotify Wrapped, explore these copycats 

Spotify’s annual Wrapped feature just dropped, giving listeners a fun, personalized summary of their listening habits, and it has gained immense popularity over the years. As a result, many companies have seized the opportunity to create similar year-in-review experiences, offering … Continue reading

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Albert Invent hopes to revolutionize the chemicals sector with its AI platform

If startup funding rounds are any metric, generative AI is seeing ample adoption in the sciences. It makes sense: there’s a lot of trial and error involved in research and development, and any tool that can speed up the process … Continue reading

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