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Ford turns to Amazon to give used cars sales a boost
One year ago, e-commerce giant Amazon kicked off its new online car sales business with Hyundai. Now, Ford is joining…
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Ramp hits $32B valuation, just 3 months after hitting $22.5B
The one area outside of AI where investors are still enthusiastic is expense management fintech, at least if Ramp’s 2025…
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Boeing has a carbon emissions problem. Startup Charm Industrial is cleaning up.
Boeing has signed a deal with startup Charm Industrial to remove 100,000 metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere. Charm…
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Court rules that OpenAI violated German copyright law; orders it to pay damages
A German court ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated the nation’s copyright laws by training its language models on licensed musical works without permission, multiple news outlets,…
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AI PowerPoint-killer Gamma hits $2.1B valuation, $100M ARR, founder says
Gamma, a startup that creates AI-generated presentations, websites, and social media posts, announced on Monday a $68 million Series B round at a $2.1 billion valuation led by…
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Kim Kardashian says ChatGPT is her ‘frenemy’
Celebrities: They’re just like us? In a Vanity Fair interview, Kim Kardashian — who has been studying to become a…
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Chris Sacca’s VC firm is raising a second nuclear fusion fund
Chris Sacca’s venture firm Lowercarbon Capital is raising a second fund to back nuclear fusion energy hopefuls, the VC said at the SOSV…
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Grand Theft Auto VI is delayed — again
Grand Theft Auto VI, one of the most anticipated video games of all time, has been delayed, again — this…
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Laude Institute announces first batch of ‘Slingshots’ AI grants
On Thursday, the Laude Institute announced its first batch of Slingshots grants, aimed at “advancing the science and practice of…
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Meta estimates that it earns 10% of its revenue from scams, report says
Last year, Meta projected that 10% of its overall annual revenue — $16 billion — would come from fraudulent advertisements…
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Blue Origin plans second launch of New Glenn mega-rocket on November 9
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is finally ready to try a second launch of its super heavy-lift rocket New…
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YouTube announces ‘voluntary exit program’ for US staff
YouTube is conducting a “voluntary exit program” with severance for U.S.-based employees, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. The…
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