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Apple launches a new iPad Air with M3 chip
Apple has introduced new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air models with the M3 chip. The new iPad Air can be pre-ordered starting Tuesday, and will launch on March 12. While the new iPad Air supports Apple Intelligence, it doesn’t feature Apple’s newest chip which is the M4. However, Apple says the iPad Air with M3 […]
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Swap banks $40M to build tools for merchants to deal with tariffs and other cross-border trading nightmares
Cross-border trade could be getting a lot more tricky with the wave of new tariffs getting introduced across different markets. Today in a timely piece of news, a London-founded startup called Swap — which is building tools for e-commerce companies to better navigate the cross-border trading world — is announcing $40 million in funding to […]
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Scrunch AI is helping companies stand out in AI search
As more people turn to AI chatbots like ChatGPT to look things up on the internet, the way companies approach their online presence has to change. Scrunch AI wants to help enterprises better prepare for a world in which more AI bots and agents visit their website than humans do. Scrunch AI says its platform […]
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The Download: woolly mice, and data centers in space
De-extinction scientists say these gene-edited ‘woolly mice’ are a step toward woolly mammoths
LlamaIndex launches a cloud service for building unstructed data agents
Agents are the next big thing in AI. Some define these “agents” differently from others, but the general idea is, they’re AI-powered tools that can perform tasks autonomously. The agent hype has reached a fever pitch, but one startup was relatively early to the game: LlamaIndex. Founded by former Uber research scientists, Jerry Liu and […]
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Hotel management platform Mews books $75M round led by Tiger Global
Despite clouds of uncertainty looming over the economy and geopolitics, people still want to travel. To meet that demand, Mews, an Amsterdam-founded ‘unicorn’ building an SaaS platform for hotel management, has raised a fresh $75 million. The funding is coming at a crossroad in the travel industry. On one hand are positive signals. Analysts at […]
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Uber users in Austin are getting matched with Waymo robotaxis
Uber users in Austin now have a choice between a Waymo robotaxi and a human driver. The two companies officially launched Tuesday the “Waymo on Uber” robotaxi service in Austin as part of a partnership that has deepened in recent months. The launch comes just days before SXSW, the annual tech, music, film, and comedy […]
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