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This A+ refurbished iPhone 8 is on sale for $209.99 (reg. $849).
The Download: India’s AI independence, and predicting future epidemics
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside India’s scramble for AI independence Despite its status as a global tech hub, India lags far behind the likes of the US and China when it comes to homegrown AI. That gap…
September 2023
Severe Cyberattack Strikes Clorox, Derails Production and Financial Outlook
Clorox, known for its household cleaning products, suffered the cyberattack in August, but operations still have not returned to normal.
Carrot Weather for iOS 17 introduces a voice impersonation feature and more
Apple’s iOS 17 update arrives today, and many apps are rolling out updates to support the new features. One app in particular is Carrot Weather, the weather app that delivers hilarious daily forecasts. The app launched a variety of new features, such as a voice impersonation feature, weather widgets and more. Thanks to Apple’s new […]
Emerging ESG Trends Forward-Thinking Small Business Owners Need to Watch
There are five key components that entrepreneurs have to get right to navigate their environmental, social and governance transformation successfully. Find out where your focus should be.
He Won the $2 Billion Powerball Jackpot. Now He’s Snatching Up Swanky Homes Across Los Angeles.
Thirty-one-year old Edwin Castro took his winnings as a lump sum.
Tens of Thousands of Americans Could Be Billionaires Right Now If Their Wealthy Families Didn’t Make This All-Too-Common Financial Mistake
Victor Haghani and James White’s book ‘Missing Billionaires: A Guide to Better Financial Decisions’ unpacks what went wrong for the U.S.’s once-richest families.
UK’s competition watchdog drafts principles for ‘responsible’ generative AI
An initial review of generative AI by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) which was announced back in May has concluded with a report containing seven proposed principles to “ensure consumer protection and healthy competition are at the heart of responsible development and use of foundation models” (FMs), as it puts it. The principles […]
Lyft to pay $10M fine to SEC for failure to disclose board member’s role in pre-IPO share sale
Lyft has agreed to pay a $10 million fine over a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charge that the ride-hailing company failed to disclose a board director’s role in the sale of $424 million worth of private shares before to its initial public offering. The SEC said Monday that prior to Lyft’s IPO in March […]
Blockchain Capital launches two new funds for a total of $580M
The crypto bear market may be ongoing, but Blockchain Capital is still going big. It closed two new funds for a total of $580 million, the firm’s general partner Spencer Bogart told TechCrunch. The two venture funds, its sixth early-stage fund and its first “opportunity fund,” are allocated roughly two-thirds and one-third of the $580 […]
Bird Buddy, the AI-powered bird feeder startup, now lets anyone use its app to birdwatch
Bird Buddy, the startup behind multiple AI-powered smart bird feeders, including the recently announced smart Hummingbird Feeder and Bird Bath, is today launching its latest product — and it’s not another bird feeder. Instead, the company is debuting a new digital product called Bird Buddy Explore, which allows anyone to browse feeds from Bird Buddy […]