June 22, 2025

OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal

OpenAI appears to have pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman’s device startup io) from its website and YouTube page.

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Mews, the hotel SaaS startup, books $110M at a $1.2B valuation

March 4, 2024

Tourism continues to bounce back in the wake of Covid-19, with 2023 raking in $2.23 trillion globally, surpassing pre-pandemic levels for the first time since 2020. That’s having a big knock-on effect for startups building tech to serve the sector. Mews, one of the startups building tools to help hotels manage IT better is announcing […]

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TikTok launches data portability API ahead of Europe’s DMA regulatory deadline

March 4, 2024

TikTok is introducing a data portability API to help it comply with new European regulations designed to rein in Big Tech’s market dominance through various obligations and restrictions. The European Union (EU) assigned “gatekeeper” status to six tech companies last September, with TikTok parent Bytedance placed in the regulatory firing line alongside Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, […]

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Spotify calls Apple’s €1.84B antitrust fine a ‘powerful message,’ but cautions that the next steps matter

March 4, 2024

Spotify is cheering the European Commission’s decision to hold Apple accountable for anticompetitive practices in the streaming music market to the tune of a massive €1.84 billion fine, announced today. The streamer called the fine a “powerful message” that sends a signal that even “a monopoly like Apple” is not able to “wield power abusively” […]

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3 Energy Stocks to Accelerate Your Portfolio Gains

March 4, 2024
Surging oil & natural gas demand and ample technological advancements continue to drive the energy sector’s growth and evolution. Amid this backdrop, fundamentally strong energy stocks TotalEnergies (TTE), Cheniere Energy…

Apple announces new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with M3 chip

March 4, 2024

Apple announced new MacBook Air models with 13-inch and 15-inch screen sizes with M3 Chip. The 13-inch model starts at $1,099 and the 15-inch model starts at $1,200. Both variants are available for pre-orders in the U.S. starting today with general availability slotted for March 8. Apple unveiled the M2 Macbook Air in 2022 and […]

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Qatar reportedly has a $100M fund for startups

March 4, 2024

Qatar unveiled its startup investment program at the recent Web Summit through its development bank. The program aims to attract seed and growth-stage tech companies seeking to establish or expand operations within the country. TechCrunch has learned that the program, known as the “Startup Qatar Investment Program,” is backed by a Qatar Development Bank (QDB)-managed […]

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