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A profile of Hank Asher, the "father of data fusion" who died in 2013 after initiating a vast shift in privacy norms through his data mining software companies (McKenzie Funk/New York Times)
McKenzie Funk / New York Times: A profile of Hank Asher, the “father of data fusion” who died in 2013…
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Bengaluru-based fintech Perfios, which offers real-time credit underwriting solutions to financial companies, raised a $229M Series D led by Kedaara Capital (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based fintech Perfios, which offers real-time credit underwriting solutions to financial companies, raised a $229M Series…
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Super Apps Are Terrible for People—and Great for Companies
Recently, Elon Musk told X employees that he wants the platform to become a WeChat-style super app, a one-stop shop…
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Brand Engagement Network, which offers AI-powered chatbots and conversational AI tech to companies, agrees to go public via a SPAC merger at a $358M valuation (Echo Wang/Reuters)
Echo Wang / Reuters: Brand Engagement Network, which offers AI-powered chatbots and conversational AI tech to companies, agrees to go…
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A look at AI chatbots from Baidu, ByteDance, and other Chinese companies, rolled out publicly after China's approval, and how they deal with sensitive content (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: A look at AI chatbots from Baidu, ByteDance, and other Chinese companies, rolled out publicly after…
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Chicago-based Mediafly, which provides a revenue enablement service to Adobe, TransUnion, Nestle, and other large companies, raised $80M led by BIP Ventures (Alex Zorn/Chicago Business Journal)
Alex Zorn / Chicago Business Journal: Chicago-based Mediafly, which provides a revenue enablement service to Adobe, TransUnion, Nestle, and other…
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Generative AI Is Making Companies Even More Thirsty for Your Data
Zoom, the company that normalized attending business meetings in your pajama pants, was forced to unmute itself this week to…
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Minneapolis Uber, Lyft drivers want minimum wage, companies say it could be worse for riders
The City of Minneapolis is considering a minimum wage for rideshare drivers. New York City, states Washington and California have…
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Seattle Public Schools sue TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snap, Instagram, and their parent companies for allegedly causing a youth mental health crisis (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Seattle Public Schools sue TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snap, Instagram, and their parent companies for allegedly causing…
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