5 Reasons to Incentivize Employees – Revolutionize Your Workplace in 10 Minutes
Not only am I on a journey to inspire over a billion people to be happy, but I am also working towards the goal of teaching those around me how…
Google DeepMind wants to know if chatbots are just virtue signaling
Google DeepMind is calling for the moral behavior of large language models—such as what they do when called on to act as companions, therapists, medical advisors, and so on—to be scrutinized with the same kind of rigor as their ability to code or do math. As LLMs improve, people are asking them to play more…
Crafting a Winning Brand with the Right Business Name
Creating a name for your business is vital in crafting a successful brand. We’ll show you how to make a smart choice.
A Retiree in Florida Started This ‘Fun’ Remote Side Hustle Out of Boredom. Now She Makes Up to $3,000 a Week.
When Chanda Torrey retired, she looked around for an enjoyable hobby that might also bring in some income. Now she’s offering up her playbook to others.
Amazon Music Unlimited is raising prices for Prime members, family plan users
The price of Amazon Music Unlimited plans is increasing for Prime members and customers on the family plan, Amazon revealed on a FAQ page on its website. The Amazon Music Unlimited Individual Plan for Prime members is increasing from $8.99 to $9.99 per month, or $89 to $99 per year. The Amazon Music Unlimited Family […]
The software market, AI moats, and when to go public with Amplitude CEO Spenser Skates
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we sit down with a guest, talk about their work and unpack the rest. This week, Alex had Amplitude CEO Spenser Skates on the show to talk […]
Opera’s iOS web browser gains an AI companion with Aria
Opera’s web browser app for iOS is getting an AI assistant. The company announced today that Opera for iOS will now include Aria, its browser AI product built in collaboration with OpenAI, integrated directly into the web browser, and free for all users. The AI solution had previously launched on Opera for desktop and Opera […]
Highlight, now flush with $18M, helps CPG brands automate product testing
The company brings the entire product testing process under one umbrella and automates it so customers can set up their testing and get the product results they need quickly.
Apica acquires Logiq.ai to bring together observability and synthetic data
Apica, a 17-year old Swedish company, helps companies test applications using synthetic data. Today, the company announced it has acquired Logiq.ai to help expand beyond purely testing into post-production monitoring, an approach which should enable companies to improve their synthetic data set based on the application’s behavior in production. The company did not share the […]
Caden lands $15M to let users monetize their personal data
As consumers become more privacy aware, an increasing number of startups are emerging to — in line with the trend — enable people to monetize their data. Datacy, for example, lets users collect their browsing data, aggregate it with data from others and then sell it to the highest bidder. Pogo and Tapestri, similarly, grant […]
Apple reverses decision to change ‘end call’ button’s placement in iOS 17
Apple’s iOS 17 update, announced at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, didn’t usher in many controversial changes. That is, apart from relocating the end-call button to the bottom right-hand side of the call screen gird. However, the Cupertino company has now reversed that decision, shifting the end call button back to the […]