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Google is experimenting with AI-generated background on Meet

July 19, 2023
Google is experimenting with a generative AI feature to create new backgrounds for Google Meet calls. This new test lets people type in a prompt to generate a background for the call. The feature, which was first posted by Artem Russakovsii on Twitter, is part of Google Workspace Labs. That means only a few people […]

UK provisionally approves Broadcom’s $69B VMware acquisition

July 19, 2023
The U.K.’s competition authority has said that it plans to greenlight Broadcom’s $69 billion bid for virtualization software giant VMware. The news comes exactly a week after the European Commission (EC) approved the deal, which pretty much leaves the U.S. as the last remaining hurdle for Broadcom, with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) currently investigating the […]

Reliance-backed Dunzo defers staff pay amid funding search

July 19, 2023
Dunzo, a hyperlocal delivery startup in India, is postponing employee salaries for a month and intends to settle remaining dues from the previous month also in September as Google and Reliance Retail-backed startup hunts for new funding. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup told employees Wednesday that it will not be able to pay the remainder of their […]

Shark Tank India investors fall short on pledges

July 19, 2023
Over a year following the inaugural season of the Indian edition of Shark Tank, the seven esteemed investors made good on less than half of their investment pledges, according to a new analysis, the latest in a series of criticisms for the show. The “sharks” overall invested in only 27 of the 65 investment pledges […]

Former NHTSA head blasts Cruise’s ‘Humans are terrible drivers’ ad

July 19, 2023
A former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has responded to a full-page ad taken out in several major newspapers by Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary, that calls humans terrible drivers. The ad points to the nearly 43,000 crash fatalities in 2022 and promotes autonomous vehicles as the solution. “Using the pain […]

Basecamp introduces special reduced pricing in India

July 18, 2023
Basecamp, one of the widely used project management tools first released in 2004, is now available to users in India with special reduced pricing that is as low as about $4 a month. On Tuesday, 37signals co-founder and CEO Jason Fried announced the reduced pricing of Basecamp for new customers in India. The tool is […]