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Jun 8, 2023 • 3min
Uber is taking its car-sharing service to North America
Uber plans to bring peer-to-peer car sharing to North America, starting with Toronto and Boston, the company said Thursday at its Go-Get product event in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 8, 2023 • 3min
Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and the main contributor to the open-source WordPress project, launched an AI assistant for the popular content management system on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 7, 2023 • 8min
Blush, the AI lover from the same team as Replika, is more than just a sexbot
The team behind the AI friendship bot Replika is launching another AI companion — one that’s made to flirt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 7, 2023 • 6min
Apple Vision Pro: Here’s everything you need to know
At its annual WWDC 2023 conference, Apple took the wraps off of the Vision Pro, its long-rumored augmented reality (AR) headset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 6, 2023 • 3min
Byju’s files suit challenging acceleration of $1.2B loan, seeks to disqualify Redwood for ‘predatory’ tactics
Indian edtech giant Byju’s has filed a complaint in the New York Supreme Court to challenge the acceleration of the $1.2 billion term loan B and to disqualify Redwood, who it alleges has conducted a series of predatory tactics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 6, 2023 • 3min
As Deeptech and AI explodes, European Deeptech VC IQ Capital closes new $200M fund
European Deeptech startups get another shot in the arm this week in the shape of IQ Capital’s new $200m venture fund. The new fund takes its assets under management to more than $1bn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 5, 2023 • 3min
YouTube rolls back its rules against election misinformation
YouTube was the slowest major platform to disallow misinformation during the 2020 U.S. election and almost three years later, the company will toss that policy out altogether. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 5, 2023 • 3min
NestAway, once valued at over $225 million, sells for $11 million
PropTech firm Aurum is acquiring NestAway, a once high-flying Indian startup operating in the same space, for up to $10.9 million, in a deal that marks a near complete erosion in value for the startup’s investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 2, 2023 • 3min
Shopify’s Shop app introduces a new ‘Shop Cash’ rewards program
Shopify’s Shop app is introducing a new rewards program called Shop Cash, the e-commerce platform announced on Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 2, 2023 • 3min
Enzo Biochem says ransomware attack exposed clinical test data of 2.5 million patients
Enzo Biochem, a New York-based biotechnology company, has confirmed that a ransomware attack exposed the clinical test information of almost 2.5 million patients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
