Behind the Bread — 10 Fascinating Facts You Need to Know About Jersey Mike’s
How old was the franchise founder when he bought the original location of Jersey Mike’s? You won’t believe the answer.
Accelerating AI innovation through application modernization
Business applications powered by AI are revolutionizing customer experiences, accelerating the speed of business, and driving employee productivity. In fact, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan’s 2024 Global State of AI report, 89% of organizations believe AI and machine learning will help them grow revenue, boost operational efficiency, and improve customer experience. Take for…
Meta changes its label from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ to indicate use of AI in photos
After Meta started tagging photos with a “Made with AI” label in May, photographers complained that the social networking company had been applying labels to real photos where they had used some basic editing tools. Because of the user feedback and general confusion around what level of AI is used in a photo, the company […]
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Robinhood snaps up Pluto to add AI tools to its investing app
Investment app Robinhood is adding more AI features for investors with its acquisition of AI-powered research platform Pluto Capital, Inc., announced on Monday. The company says that Pluto will allow Robinhood to add tools for quicker identification of trends and investment opportunities, help guide users with their investment strategies, and offer real-time portfolio optimization. Pluto […]
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Save up to 90 Percent on Flights with This $80 Lifetime Deal
Matt’s Flights helps users find discounted fares to their preferred airports and regions.
The Download: fish-safe hydropower, and fixing space debris
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How fish-safe hydropower technology could keep more renewables on the grid Hydropower is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, generating more power in 2022 than all other renewables combined. But while hydropower…
Vaire Computing raises $4.5M for ‘reversible computing’ moonshot which could drastically reduce energy needs
Vaire Computing, based in London and Seattle, is betting that chips that can do reversible computing are going to be the way forward for the world.
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Meta’s ‘pay or consent’ model fails EU competition rules, Commission finds
Preliminary findings by the European Commission investigating a controversial binary choice Meta has forced on regional users of its social neworks, Facebook and Instagram, since last fall does not comply with the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Failure to abide by the ex ante market contestability regulation, which has applied on Meta and other so […]
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Japan’s SmartHR raises $140M Series E as strong demand for HR tech boosts its ARR to $100M
The round was led by KKR and Teachers’ Ventures Growth, an investment arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
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How fish-safe hydropower technology could keep more renewables on the grid
Hydropower is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, generating more power in 2022 than all other renewables combined. But while hydropower is helping clean up our electrical grid, it’s not always a positive force for fish. Dams that create reservoirs on rivers can change habitats. And for some species, especially those that migrate long…
MIT’s soft robotic system is designed to pack groceries
RoboGrocery combines computer vision with a soft robotic gripper to bag a wide range of different items.
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