Spotify is giving listeners a new tool to shape the recommendations it delivers to their app’s Home feed. Powered by Spotify’s AI, Taste Profile was first unveiled in March at the SXSW conference in Austin by Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström. However, the feature was initially available in beta only to listeners based in New Zealand.
AI has made it significantly easier for people to create fake accounts and identities to engage in online manipulation and scams. On Wednesday, LinkedIn announced a new set of tools to combat the problem while helping people and companies better control their presence on the platform. The company says it will now let members vouch
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Ema, a startup that uses teams of AI agents to automate corporate processes across HR, IT, and finance, has raised $77 million in a new funding round as it aims to take on more of the work traditionally handled by enterprise software and IT services. The Series B round was led by Bengaluru-based venture firm
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The Netherlands’ ASML is possibly the biggest name in lithography, using its machines to etch patterns onto silicon wafers inside a computer chip factory known as a fab. Fellow Dutch company Morphotonics is smaller and works in a different corner of the same field: nanoimprint lithography, or NIL, a process used to manufacture the displays
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It’s been a while since Jackson Wagner left his job as a product lead at Scale AI in July 2022. Now, he’s building in a new space altogether: The new effort is an AI health benefits brokerage called Corridor that focuses on small businesses, which it says traditional brokerages often overlook because small accounts generate
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Snapchat announced on Thursday that it’s launching “Snapchat Plans,” a suite of features for creating, sharing, and managing real-world events with friends. The new event-planning features allow users to send and receive invitations and track details like the time, location, and attendees, all in one place. Snapchat says the new features can be used to
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Defense tech startup Mach Industries has raised a fresh $600 million in capital in a Series C extension round that has doubled its valuation to $3.7 billion, the company announced on Thursday. It announced the original Series C in June, which was $300 million at a $1.8 billion valuation. Investors in both tranches include Ribbit
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Krafton, the South Korean gaming company behind titles including PUBG and Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), plans to invest another $250 million in India over the next three to four years as it pushes beyond gaming into AI, robotics, and deep tech. Announced Friday, the new commitment will take Krafton’s total planned investment in India to
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