AI crawler wars threaten to make the web more closed for everyone
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Target Slammed With Lawsuit for Allegedly Collecting, Storing Customers’ ‘Sensitive’ Personal Data Without Consent
Apple Is No Longer the Top Phonemaker in the World as AI Pressure and Competition Intensifies
Betaworks bets on AI agents in latest ‘Camp’ cohort
Betaworks is embracing the AI trend not with yet another LLM, but instead a clutch of agent-type models automating everyday tasks that nevertheless aren’t so simple to define. The investor’s latest “Camp” incubator trained up and funded 9 AI agent startups they hope will take on today’s more tedious tasks. The use cases for many […]
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Apple opens web distribution option for iOS devs targeting EU
Apple is opening up web distribution for iOS apps targeting users in the European Union from today. Developers who opt in — and who meet Apple’s criteria, including app notarization requirements — will be able to offer iPhone apps for direct download to EU users from their own websites. It’s a massive change for a […]
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Bay Bridge Ventures is raising $200M for a new climate fund, filings show
Bay Bridge Ventures’ fundraising efforts come at a time when venture investors appear to be increasingly bullish on climate tech.
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Evolution Equity Partners raises $1.1B for new cybersecurity and AI fund
Cybersecurity has had a rough go of it lately, with investment in the sector dropping a precipitous 40% compared to the year prior. But there are promising early, even preliminary, signs of a recovery. The vast majority of chief information security officers reported higher budgets for 2024, according to the cybersecurity-focused VC firm NightDragon. And, […]
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