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Apple opens access to used iPhone components for repair
On Thursday, Apple announced that it has opened its iPhone repair process to include used components. Starting this fall, customers and independent repair shops will be able to fix the handset using compatible components. Components that don’t require configuration (such as volume buttons) were already capable of being harvested from used devices. Today’s news adds […]
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Google’s Gradient backs Patlytics to help companies protect their intellectual property
Patlytics, an AI-powered patent analytics platform, wants to help enterprises, IP professionals, and law firms speed up their patent workflows from discovery, analytics, comparisons, and prosecution to litigation. The fledgling startup secured $4.5 million in seed funding, oversubscribed and closed in a few days, led by Google’s AI-focused VC arm, Gradient Ventures. Patlytics was co-founded by […]
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The Download: AI is making robots more helpful, and the problem with cleaning up pollution
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Humane’s Ai Pin considers life beyond the smartphone
Nothing lasts forever. Nowhere is the truism more apt than in consumer tech. This is a land inhabited by the eternally restless — always on the make for the next big thing. The smartphone has, by all accounts, had a good run. Seventeen years after the iPhone made its public debut, the devices continue to […]
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Simbian brings AI to existing security tools
Simbian is a cybersecurity platform that effectively controls other cybersecurity platforms as well as security apps and tooling.
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Voltpost wants to bring curbside charging to a lamppost near you
The New York City-based startup has been working on a product that retrofits existing street lampposts to enable EV charging.
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Amazon, eyeing up AI, adds Andrew Ng to its board; ex-MTV exec McGrath to step down
If corporate boards of directors signal something about where a company wants to be focusing, Amazon’s just made an interesting move to change up its direction. The company has just announced that Andrew Ng — a prominent figure in the world of AI, and specifically building AI within large tech companies — is joining its […]
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