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TikTok to launch e-commerce platform in the US to sell Chinese-made goods as it aims for US market domination, WSJ report

Nickie Louise Posted On July 25, 2023

TikTok is about to make waves again, but this time not for its popular short videos. You know those addictive short videos that keep us scrolling for hours? Well, TikTok is looking to take that addictive energy and channel it […]

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Elon Musk says “X would become half of the global financial system, if done right”

Nickie Louise Posted On July 24, 2023

Elon Musk’s resilience and intense work ethic have turned Tesla into a multi-billion-dollar powerhouse and the largest electric car company in the world. Despite initial skepticism and naysayers who predicted failure, Musk’s relentless determination has led Tesla to become the […]

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Bunq, a Dutch neobank startup, raises $111M at a $1.8 billion valuation to expand into the US market

Nickie Louise Posted On July 24, 2023

In the first half of 2023, the fintech industry experienced a significant decline in venture funding, with investments dropping almost by half to just $23 billion. This funding drought was a result of the ongoing economic downturn that affected the […]

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H2Ok Innovations, a tech startup founded by Harvard dropout and brother, raises $6.8 million to conserve liquids in factories

Nickie Louise Posted On July 24, 2023

In the entrepreneurial world, they say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and that’s certainly the case for Annie and David Lu. They both hail from a family with a rich heritage in manufacturing, where their paternal grandfather […]

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Anik Singal Reviews Legit Uses of ChatGPT and Other AI Marketing Tools

Nickie Louise Posted On July 23, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm over the past year. In the space of only a few months, AI has gone from a fairly unknown technology to a global system of powerful integrations, platforms, and tools that […]

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The end of AI content creation? OpenAI, Google, and others pledge to watermarking AI content for safety, White House says

Nickie Louise Posted On July 21, 2023

Just yesterday, The New York Times reported that Google is working on a new AI tool that will assist journalists in creating news articles and usher in a new era of news reporting. The AI tool, known internally within Google […]

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Google is testing new AI tool that can write news articles

Nickie Louise Posted On July 20, 2023

Step aside, human writers. While AI has been used by many media outlets to augment and write news content, Google is about to unleash a new AI tool that many say would revolutionize news article creation and usher in a […]

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Bain Capital raises its offer to buy Swiss cloud software company SoftwareOne to $3.7 billion

Nickie Louise Posted On July 20, 2023

Last month we wrote about Bain Capital after the private equity firm offered to buy SoftwareOne in a deal that valued the Switzerland-based software and cloud technology solutions company at 2.9 billion Swiss francs ($3.21 billion). Despite the massive offer, […]

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Zeebu partners with three telecom carriers, expanding its global blockchain network

Nickie Louise Posted On July 20, 2023

The global telecom carrier industry faces financial operation challenges due to high costs associated with international billing, revenue collection, remittance, transaction settlement, currency fluctuations, and forex charges. That’s why one blockchain startup has made it its mission to tackle these […]

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Apple GPT: Apple is reportedly working on its own version of ChatGPT; stock gains $60 billion in seconds

Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2023

The AI chatbot landscape is becoming increasingly crowded, with numerous generative AI startups launching their own AI-powered chatbot tools since the debut of ChatGPT in November 2022. As the AI race heats up, many players including tech giants are vying […]

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Meta’s ‘Twitter killer’ Threads lost over 50% of its daily active users; total daily minutes collapsed from 21 minutes to just 6 minutes

Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2023

Last week, we were all abuzz about Threads, the supposed Meta ‘Twitter app killer’ which some believed would send Elon Musk’s social platform to the grave. And boy, did it make an entrance! Within just a week of its launch, […]

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Digital health startup WalkWise lands $1.2M in funding to commercialize its patented smart mobility aid attachments for senior care

Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2023

Imagine a world where seniors can confidently walk around, staying active and independent, without worrying about falls or accidents. As we age, it’s natural for our mobility to decrease, but that doesn’t mean we have to give up on being […]

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Adtech startup Aleph withdraws its IPO filing a year after filing paperwork to go public

Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2023

Aleph Group, a global player in digital advertising for emerging countries, announced on Tuesday it filed to withdraw its IPO plans, citing reasons related to “public interest and the protection of investors,” Reuters reported. The move comes after more than […]

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Meta releases the commercial version of its latest open-source AI language model, Llama 2

Nickie Louise Posted On July 18, 2023

Just a week after the Financial Times (FT) reported that Meta was working on rolling out the commercial version of its AI model to the general public, Meta officially announced today that it is making Llama 2, its highly anticipated […]

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Indian coders and programmers will lose their jobs in 2 years due to AI, Stability AI CEO says

Nickie Louise Posted On July 18, 2023

India is currently home to more than 5 million software programmers, making it one of the largest hubs for the most in-demand workers worldwide. However, these programmers are also under threat from the impacts of advanced AI tools like ChatGPT, […]

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Tractable raises $65 million in funding led by SoftBank to assess insurance claims using AI

Nickie Louise Posted On July 18, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) startups continue to attract significant investment, as investors see the potential of AI to transform industries. The latest is Tractable AI, a London-based tech startup that uses AI to assess insurance claims using visual images. Today, Tractable […]

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US government agencies got hacked after Microsoft lost its keys

Nickie Louise Posted On July 17, 2023

In a major cybersecurity incident, Microsoft disclosed last week that a group of hackers believed to be linked to China successfully infiltrated the email accounts of over two dozen organizations across the globe. With targets ranging from U.S. Commerce Secretary […]

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Intel backs $9M funding for robotics startup Figure to build advanced autonomous humanoid robots

Nickie Louise Posted On July 17, 2023

Robotics startups appear to be having a great week despite the ongoing funding drought. Earlier today, we wrote about Rice Robotics after the Hong Kong-based startup raised $7 million in pre-Series A funding to build the software and hardware infrastructure […]

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Hong Kong tech startup Rice Robotics raises $7M in funding to build production plant and expand its footprint in Japan

Nickie Louise Posted On July 17, 2023

Despite the ongoing funding crunch faced by many tech startups, billions of dollars continue to flow into generative artificial intelligence (AI) robotics startups. The latest startup to benefit from this influx of funding is Rice Robotics, a Hong Kong-based startup […]

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TLV Partners launches a $250 million fund to invest in early-stage Israeli-founded startups

Nickie Louise Posted On July 17, 2023

Last quarter, investors financed 3,011 startup funding deals in the United States. Investors spent $39.8 billion, down by nearly half from the same period a year ago. But the United States is not alone. Israel, known for having the highest […]

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