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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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Mynt raises a cool $23M on a $210M valuation to build a smarter expense card for SMEs

Small and medium businesses are getting more love in the world of fintech these days, and one example of that is the growth of a startup out of Sweden. Mynt, which has built an AI-based platform for corporate cards and … Continue reading

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HongShan, Peak XV back stablecoin-powered neobank KAST

Peak XV and HongShan, the Indian and Chinese investment firms that split from powerhouse Sequoia last year, have co-led a $10 million seed investment in KAST, a dollar-denominated neobank-like platform that lets customers hold and spend stablecoins through traditional payment … Continue reading

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Lina Khan’s FTC era ends; Andrew Ferguson named chair

Andrew Ferguson, one of two Republican FTC commissioners appointed by U.S. President Joe Biden, will be the country’s next FTC chair, incoming president Donald Trump Tuesday on social media. The news is being met with relief in some circles. Current … Continue reading

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Court orders Mullenweg and Automattic to restore WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org

A California district court judge has granted a preliminary injunction to WP Engine. The order asks WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and WordPress.com owner Automattic to restore WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org, a WordPress theme and plug-in repository site owned by … Continue reading

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Cruise employees ‘blindsided’ by GM’s plan to end robotaxi program

The news came by Slack message.  Cruise CEO Marc Whitten, who took the top post in June, posted a message Tuesday afternoon in the company’s announcements channel along with a link to a press release entitled “GM to refocus autonomous … Continue reading

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ElevenLabs’ AI voice generation ‘very likely’ used in a Russian influence operation

Generative AI has a plethora of well-documented misuses, and now, it appears to be cropping up in state influence operations. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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