April 25, 2026

Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha

Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha with support from Lidl’s owner, Schwarz Group. With the blessing of their governments, the companies intend to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by American players.

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Microsoft brings avatars to Teams enterprise customers to spruce up meetings

May 23, 2023

The tedium of videoconferencing getting you down? Fret not. You’ll be pleased to know that, if you’re a Teams users, avatars are now generally available for all Microsoft 365 Business and Enterprise licenses starting this week in the Teams desktop app on Windows and Mac. Hurrah. Microsoft notes that avatars for Microsoft Teams “offer an […]

Microsoft brings avatars to Teams enterprise customers to spruce up meetings by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Buy or Sell: Starbucks (SBUX) and Luckin Coffee (LKNCY)

May 23, 2023
Despite the macroeconomic challenges, the restaurant industry looks poised for stable growth. However, is this the right time to invest in Starbucks (SBUX) and Luckin Coffee (LKNCY)? Continue reading to…

Flipboard becomes first to support Bluesky, Mastodon and Pixelfed all in one app

May 23, 2023

Social magazine app Flipboard is continuing its investment in the federated social web with today’s news that it’s integrating with decentralized social networks, Bluesky and Pixelfed. The move will allow users of the Flipboard mobile app to visually browse through posts and photos from both networks, comment, favorite, reply and scroll through custom feeds, like […]

Flipboard becomes first to support Bluesky, Mastodon and Pixelfed all in one app by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Singapore-based BandLab Technologies raises $25M at $415M valuation

May 23, 2023

Singapore-based BandLab Technologies, the parent company of social music creation platform BandLab, has raised $25 million in Series B1 funding that bumps its post-money valuation to $425 million. The round was led by returning investor Cercano Management (formerly Vulcan Capital), with super-pro rata participation from Prosus Ventures. The new funding adds to BandLab Technologies’ $65 […]

Singapore-based BandLab Technologies raises $25M at $415M valuation by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch