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iMessage Comes to Android with Beeper Mini, including E2EE
A new app called Beeper Mini brings native iMessage support to Android, closely mimicking the experience iPhone users have. The app connects directly to Apple’s servers, without needi...
Dec 05, 2023
New AI Alliance Aims for Open-Source Models
While companies like OpenAI and Google are keeping their AI models proprietary and secretive, a new industry group believes artificial intelligence systems should be open-source. The ...
Dec 05, 2023
AssemblyAI Acquires $50M to Expand Its AI Speech Model Platform
AssemblyAI, a leading provider of customizable artificial intelligence (AI) speech models, has raised $50 million in a funding round led by Accel. The new capital will help AssemblyAI...
Dec 04, 2023
Twilio lets go 17% of its workforce
Twilio, a Cloud communications platform, is implementing a strategic move to achieve profitable growth by reducing its workforce. Approximately 5% or 295 employees will be laid off by...
Dec 04, 2023
Runway ML Forges Partnership with Getty Images to Unlock New Era of AI-Powered Video Content Creation
Runway ML, a leading generative AI startup, announced an exciting new partnership with Getty Images, one of the world’s largest stock imagery platforms. Through this collaboration, Ru...
Dec 04, 2023
Mistral AI Secures $487 Million in Funding, Reaching $2 Billion Valuation
Mistral AI, an artificial intelligence startup building large language models to power conversational AI tools, has raised €450 million ($487 million) in a recent funding round. The f...
Dec 04, 2023
23andMe Confirms Data Breach Impacting Nearly 7 Million Users' Genetic Data
23andMe, the at-home genetic testing company, confirmed that hackers infiltrated around 14,000 user accounts and gained access to customers’ sensitive genetic ancestry and health data...
Dec 04, 2023
YouTube Gets Aggressive Against Ad Blockers, But Cat-And-Mouse Game Will Continue
YouTube recently implemented strict measures against visitors using ad blockers - after a few videos, the site stops serving content, essentially forcing users to disable their blocke...
Dec 03, 2023
AI cloud startup CoreWeave skyrocketed to a $7 billion valuation
AI cloud startup CoreWeave skyrocketed to a $7 billion valuation thanks to backers like asset manager Fidelity seeing big potential in its graphics chip-powered servers for training i...
Dec 03, 2023
Swagapaloozam A Look Back at the Ultimate Startup Swag Event
Among tech conferences, SXSW and CES grab much of the spotlight for their sheer size and industry significance. However, for a few years in the early 2010s, there was another event th...
Dec 03, 2023
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