A new games-focused VC in Turkey shows the industry there continues to gain steam

April 2, 2024

Turkey has gained a well-earned reputation as a veritable cauldron of mobile games startups, leading to the rise of VCs dedicated to the sector. The latest to join this coterie is Laton Ventures, a new gaming-focused VC that has raised a $35 million fund. Founding Partner — and Solo GP — Görkem Türk says he’s […]

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Spotify brings its free audiobooks perk for Premium users to Canada, Ireland and New Zealand

April 2, 2024

Spotify announced on Tuesday that it’s bringing its free audiobooks perk to Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. Users in these markets will be able to access 15 hours of free monthly audiobook listening time. Spotify also announced that it’s expanding its audiobooks catalog from 200,000 to 250,000 titles. The perk is already available in the […]

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OctoAI wants to makes private AI model deployments easier with OctoStack

April 2, 2024

OctoAI (formerly known as OctoML), today announced the launch of OctoStack, its new end-to-end solution for deploying generative AI models in a company’s private cloud, be that on-premises or in a virtual private cloud from one of the major vendors, including AWS, Google, Microsoft and Azure, as well as Coreweave, Lambda Labs, Snowflake and others. […]

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TechCrunch Minute: AT&T data breach prompts millions of passcodes to be reset

April 2, 2024

Death, taxes, and regular, terrifying cybersecurity leaks. Those are the facts of life, as the latest AT&T data breach is teaching us yet again. A TechCrunch investigation into leaked customer data from the American telco giant has led to AT&T resetting certain customer account passcodes to prevent them from being at risk. The root of […]

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Meta now requires users to verify their age to use its Quest VR headsets

April 2, 2024

During the congressional online safety hearing in January, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg argued that mobile app store providers like Apple and Google should be the ones to implement parental controls for social media. Now, it appears Meta is using its Quest VR store to demonstrate how it thinks devices with app stores should approach online […]

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