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Databricks doubles down on India with $250M AI investment and 100+ new hires

Daniel Levi Posted On April 24, 2025

Databricks is placing a big bet on India. The San Francisco-based data analytics startup announced on Thursday it plans to invest over $250 million in the country, signaling strong confidence in India’s growing AI talent pool and the region’s importance […]

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Perplexity launches iOS Voice Assistant that lets you book reservations, send emails, and more—using just your voice

Daniel Levi Posted On April 23, 2025

Perplexity just rolled out a major update to its iOS app, introducing a voice assistant that blends real-time web search with task automation. Announced in a post on X (formerly Twitter), the new feature allows users to do everything from […]

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EU fines Apple and Meta €700M for violating Digital Markets Act as trade tensions mount

Daniel Levi Posted On April 23, 2025

The European Union has slapped Apple and Meta with fines totaling €700 million for violating its new digital competition law, marking one of the most aggressive moves yet under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). On Wednesday, the European Commission […]

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Meta faces $7 billion ad revenue hit as Trump’s China tariffs rattle Temu and Shein

Daniel Levi Posted On April 22, 2025

The Trump tariff launched on April 2—Liberation Day—continues to send shockwaves through global markets. The tech sector, which many thought would be shielded, is now clearly feeling the pressure. Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla have already taken a hit. Now, Meta’s in […]

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AuthMind raises $19.3M to protect enterprise identities across AI, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure

Daniel Levi Posted On April 22, 2025

As more companies shift to hybrid and multi-cloud setups, keeping track of identity access has quietly become one of the biggest security headaches. The rise of shadow IT, machine-to-machine workloads, and AI systems acting with increasing autonomy only adds fuel […]

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DOJ antitrust trial exposes Google’s push to dominate Android using Gemini AI, Chrome, and search

Daniel Levi Posted On April 22, 2025

Last year, Google quietly explored deals that would’ve tightened its grip on Android phones by locking in not just its search engine, but its Gemini AI app and Chrome browser as defaults. That internal strategy came to light during the […]

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The Pentagon is prepping for drone warfare — But Silicon Valley drone startups still rely on parts made in China

Daniel Levi Posted On April 21, 2025

As the U.S. military ramps up plans for large-scale drone deployment to offset China’s growing presence in the Pacific, one uncomfortable truth stands out: many of the Silicon Valley startups building America’s next-gen military drones are still sourcing critical parts […]

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Reddit Outage: Reddit recovers after brief outage affects over 100,000 users

Daniel Levi Posted On April 21, 2025

Reddit is back online after a widespread outage temporarily knocked the platform offline for thousands of users on Monday. On the morning of April 21, 2025, Reddit began experiencing elevated error rates across both its website and mobile apps. The […]

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Huawei begins mass shipment of Ascend 910C AI chip to fill Nvidia void in China

Daniel Levi Posted On April 21, 2025

Back in August 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported that Huawei was preparing to launch a new AI chip called the Ascend 910C, aimed at challenging Nvidia’s dominance in China. Fast forward eight months, and Huawei is now preparing to […]

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Top 5 Data Resources for Training AI Models for Stock Market Analysis

Daniel Levi Posted On April 17, 2025

AI is transforming how traders analyze the stock market—scanning massive volumes of data to uncover patterns, trends, and opportunities that might otherwise go unnoticed. But for these models to deliver real value, they must be trained on clean, high-frequency data. […]

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OpenAI launches o3 and o4-mini: Smarter and faster reasoning AI models built to think like agents

Daniel Levi Posted On April 16, 2025

Less than a week after supercharging ChatGPT’s memory in a major leap toward AGI, OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled two new AI models, o3 and o4-mini, calling them the company’s “smartest and most capable models to date.” Both bring a new […]

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The Real Impact of Emerging Tech Startups on Traditional Industries

Daniel Levi Posted On April 16, 2025

Emerging tech startups continue to alter how traditional industries operate, shifting standards and setting new benchmarks for efficiency, reach, and accessibility. These shifts are not speculative, they’re very much measurable, structural, and rooted in specific technological deployments. Startups are not […]

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Car rental startup Turo lays off 15% of workforce after halting IPO plans amid market uncertainty

Daniel Levi Posted On April 16, 2025

Turo, the San Francisco-based peer-to-peer car rental startup often described as the “Airbnb for cars,” has laid off around 150 employees, roughly 15% of its team, after shelving plans to go public. The news, first reported by Bloomberg, comes as […]

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Meet Neue Alchemy: The venture studio founded by an ex-Amazon executive turning AI ideas into real-world startups

Daniel Levi Posted On April 16, 2025

Isaiah Steinfeld, a former Amazon executive who helped steer global startup growth at AWS, has launched something new—and it’s built for the post-AI era. After working with over 330,000 startups through AWS programs like Activate and helping shape strategy for […]

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How Startups Can Use QR Codes to Scale Smarter and Faster

Daniel Levi Posted On April 16, 2025

In today’s startup world, speed and adaptability can make or break a business. As digital transformation reshapes how companies engage customers and manage operations, QR codes are making a strong comeback—not as a passing trend, but as a practical tool […]

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4chan Hacked: Source code leaked, moderator identities exposed in major breach

Daniel Levi Posted On April 15, 2025

4chan, one of the internet’s most infamous image boards, has been hacked. The site went dark after a major security breach. The attackers exploited outdated systems, leaked the site’s source code, restored a long-deleted board, and allegedly exposed private moderator […]

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Is Figma in trouble or just feeling the AI heat? The design giant’s legal letter to Lovable signals more than just a trademark dispute

Daniel Levi Posted On April 15, 2025

Figma made headlines in December 2023 after its $20 billion merger with Adobe fell apart over regulatory roadblocks. Now, the once-design giant is making news again—this time with a cease-and-desist letter. The letter wasn’t directed at a copycat. It was […]

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Nate, a startup that promised AI-powered shopping, turns out to be secretly powered by hundreds of humans in the Philippines

Daniel Levi Posted On April 14, 2025

Last year, Amazon got busted for claiming its cashier-free stores were powered by AI—when they were actually run by low-wage workers in third countries. Now a VC-backed startup is under fire for the same thing: pretending humans were AI by […]

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Kraken expands beyond crypto: Launches commission-free stock trading in a challenge to Robinhood

Daniel Levi Posted On April 14, 2025

In a direct challenge to Robinhood, crypto exchange Kraken has launched commission-free stock trading as it steps into traditional finance. Starting Monday, users in select U.S. states can trade more than 11,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs—no fees, no crypto required. […]

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Cybersecurity in the Age of Smart Machines: What Industries Need to Know

Daniel Levi Posted On April 11, 2025

We’re undeniably becoming increasingly reliant on digital data in our daily lives. As technologies like IoT, AI-driven platforms, smart devices and systems, and more become prevalent, simple, everyday tasks such as driving a car, shopping online, and locking our doors […]

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