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• AI chip startup DEEPX secures $80M Series C at a $529M valuation [420d]
• Infighting among fintech players has caused TabaPay to ‘pull out’ from buying bankrupt Synapse [420d]
• Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is disgusting [420d]
• Google built some of the first social apps for Android, including Twitter and others [421d]
• WhatsApp’s latest update streamlines navigation and adds a ‘darker dark mode’ [421d]
• Plinky is an app for you to collect and organize links easily [421d]
• Google I/O 2024: How to watch [421d]
• Triomics raises $15M Series A to automate cancer clinical trials matching [421d]
• Tesla drives Luminar lidar sales and Motional pauses robotaxi plans [421d]
• Reddit locks down its public data in new content policy, says use now requires a contract [421d]
• Fika Ventures co-founder Eva Ho will step back from the firm after its current fund is deployed [421d]
• Amazon’s CTO built a meeting-summarizing app for some reason [421d]
• Sources: Mistral AI raising at a $6B valuation, SoftBank ‘not in’ but DST is [421d]
• Google I/O 2024: What to expect [421d]
• Bumble says it’s looking to M&A to drive growth [421d]
• Blackboard founder transforms Zoom add-on designed for teachers into business tool [421d]
• Groww joins the first wave of Indian startups moving domiciles back home from US [421d]
• Dell discloses data breach of customers’ physical addresses [421d]
• Fairgen ‘boosts’ survey results using synthetic data and AI-generated responses [421d]
• Rowing startup Hydrow acquires a majority stake in Speede Fitness as their CEO steps down [421d]
• Retell AI lets companies build ‘voice agents’ to answer phone calls [421d]
• TikTok will automatically label AI-generated content created on platforms like DALL·E 3 [421d]
• India weighs delaying caps on UPI market share in win for PhonePe, Google Pay [421d]
• Thai food delivery app Line Man Wongnai weighs IPO in Thailand, US in 2025 [421d]