Becoming a venture capitalist has become the latest status symbol In Hollywood.Β
Everyone from Olivia Wilde to Emma Watson is investing in startups.
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In the first half of 2024 alone, more than $35.5 billion was invested into AI startups globally.
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A hack on UnitedHealth-owned tech giant Change Healthcare likely stands as one of the biggest data breaches of U.S. medical data in history.
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The list includes Elon Muskβs xAI, which is already valued at a staggering $24 billion, as well as a good number of other AI startups.
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Twitter alternatives β new and old β have found audiences willing to try out a newer social networks since Elon Musk took over the company in 2022. Mastodon, Bluesky, Spill and T2 are some of the social media platforms people are among them. So is Metaβs Threads platform. What is Threads? How do you create [β¦]
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Regardless of how they're defined, the agents are for helping complete tasks in an automated way with as little human interaction as possible.
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Open source might be the building blocks of the modern software stack, but companies building businesses off the back of open source software face a perennial struggle between keeping their community happy and ensuring that third parties donβt abuse the permissions afforded by the license. Many companies have launched with lofty open source ambitions, only [β¦]
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World models, also known as world simulators, are being touted by some as the next big thing in AI. AI pioneer Fei-Fei Liβs World Labs has raised $230 million to build βlarge world models,β and DeepMind hired one of the creators of OpenAIβs video generator, Sora, to work on βworld simulators.β (Sora was released on [β¦]
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Gemini is GoogleβsΒ long-promised, next-gen generative AI model family.
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Hereβs a look at whatβs going to change with Siri, and what the introduction of Apple Intelligence will allow you to do with the digital assistant.Β
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Following Appleβs integration of OpenAIβs ChatGPT within iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, OpenAI has detailed how your data is handled when you use ChatGPT through Appleβs integration.Β You can use ChatGPT through Appleβs integrations without logging into a ChatGPT account, but you get access to additional features if you log into your account. [β¦]
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This story has been updated throughout with more details as the story has developed. We will continue to do so as the case and dispute are ongoing. The world of WordPress, one of the most popular technologies for creating and hosting websites, is going through a very heated controversy. The core issue is the fight [β¦]
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The next generation of New York City investors are already making their mark in the Big Apple.Β They come from big-name venture firms like Female Founders Fund and Lerer Hippeau and smaller ones like Chai Ventures. They work in areas like growth, consumer, and health. They canoe, hike, and play pickleball on the weekends. We [β¦]
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A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
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ChatGPT, OpenAIβs text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 has been a big year for OpenAI, from its [β¦]
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Is the grass greener on the other side? Weβre not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. Itβs been two years since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alternative platforms. Mastodon, Post, Pebble (two of which have already shuttered operations) and Spill have been presented as potential [β¦]
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