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DNA companies should receive severe penalties for losing our data
Personal data is the new gold. The recent 23andMe data breach is a stark reminder of a chilling reality — our most intimate, personal...
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With its second app, Amo wants to make photo sharing as simple as taking a photo
Less than three weeks ago, French startup Amo released ID. As I hinted in my article covering this much-anticipated launch, ID was Amo’s first...
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Google gives out offensive notebooks to Black summit attendees
On the inside of the notebook Google gave out at its K&I Black Summit, it reads verbatim, “I was just cotton the moment, but I came back to...
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Meta faces $600M competition damages claim in Spain as media owners pursue privacy breach lawsuit
Meta is facing a major legal challenge and damages claim in Spain that argues the adtech giant’s years of failing to have a valid legal...
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In Australia and New Zealand, a venture downturn isn’t the end — It’s time to shine
The geographic isolation of Australia and New Zealand creates a sense of hustle, if not urgency, around raising funds and building a global...
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Stability AI gets into the video-generating game
AI startups that aren’t OpenAI are plugging away this week, it’d seem — sticking to their product roadmaps even as coverage of...
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Tiger Global chieftain Scott Shleifer transitions to advisory role after wild ride
Tiger Global Management is going through a major management change. Per a message from founder Chase Coleman sent this afternoon to investors of...
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Disney’s Hotstar draws 59 million concurrent viewers, setting new record
In India, few events garner as much attention as a cricket game. And there’s no match for a World Cup final. The Sunday game topped 59...
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Worldcoin token’s value drops nearly 10% after Sam Altman removed as OpenAI CEO
Sam Altman, the now former CEO of OpenAI, has departed his role and is leaving its board, according to a company post on Friday. But questions...
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Change in X’s terms indicate EU researchers will get API access
After taking over Twitter last year, Elon Musk famously yanked API access from third-party apps and changed API pricing tiers to make it difficult...
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This spinal implant tech could restore mobility to Parkinson’s patients
People with Parkinson’s disease are being diagnosed earlier and living with the condition for longer periods as treatments evolve, but one...
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Byju’s misses revenue projection in much-delayed financial account
Indian edtech giant Byju’s said on Saturday that revenue of its core business, its largest, in the financial year ending March 2022 stood at...
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WeWork reportedly on the verge of filing for bankruptcy, stock plummets
WeWork is on the verge of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal. If WeWork does...
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Wirepas nabs $22M to expand a IoT business based on distributed, mesh technology
Wirepas, a startup out of Finland that is building out an Internet of Things business based on a novel approach — using mesh networking,...
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Korea Investment Partners is the latest Korean VC firm to launch a Southeast Asia fund
More South Korean investors are putting money into Southeast Korea startups, creating an “investment corridor” between the two regions. The latest...
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Two of California’s biggest robotaxi opponents join forces
Two of the biggest groups to oppose robotaxi expansion in California are now formally working together. Teamsters 856, which is tied to one of the...
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Tata to start manufacturing iPhones in India
Tata Group will start making iPhones in India for the local and global markets, India’s Deputy IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar announced on...
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Magic Leap has a new CEO
Five weeks ago, Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson joined me onstage at Disrupt. Much of the conversation focused on the augmented reality hardware...
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Amazon’s eero Max 7 mesh Wi-Fi router offers amazing speeds and few (if any) compromises
Amazon’s eero acquisition continues to bear fruit, and the latest off the vine is the eero Max 7, by far the company’s most advanced...
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Poshmark to shut shop in India, Australia and UK in abrupt retreat from international markets
Poshmark is shutting down its international businesses — operations in India, Australia and the U.K. — as the social shopping...
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With X, Musk is playing the bottom-up game
If you think Musk is ruining Twitter, then yeah, he is. That’s because he’s not in it for Twitter. He’s in it for X, and the current lovers of the...
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Tesla Cybertruck deliveries set for Nov. 30
Tesla has finally set a date for the first deliveries of the Cybertruck. CEO Elon Musk posted on social media Wednesday that the Cybertruck...
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PayPal’s app can now track your packages, even if you didn’t check out with its service
PayPal launched a package tracking feature on its app that allows you to instantly see the status of online orders. Rather than manually entering...
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Fearing AI, fan fiction writers lock their accounts
Kinktober. Whumptober. Kisstober. Flufftober. Goretober. October is a bacchanal of fan fiction, from romantic one-shots about unconventional...
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For VCs in India, bank is the new hot investment
Several Indian startups, along with venture capital funds and private equity investors, are scrambling to build investment strategies as they race...