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Lidar company Luminar reached a deal with Yorkville Advisors Global and another unnamed investor that could bring another $200 million into its coffers through the sale of convertible preferred stock over an 18-month period. The agreement, which was announced in a regulatory filing Wednesday, follows an abrupt change in leadership and layoffs. Earlier this month, […]

Other than AI Siemiatkowski admission, it wasn’t obvious that this was AI. There were only a few subtle signs.

TikTok did not disclose the number of employees affected by the layoffs.

The “Head of Instagram,” Adam Mosseri, posted on Tuesday that the scheme came from “secure Google domains.”

Amazon is issuing refunds, and some returns are dated as far back as 2018.

Spotify says its ability to direct its customers to external payment links in its iOS app has already had a positive impact on sales. In a newly filed amicus brief in support of Epic Games in its ongoing legal battle with Apple over external payments on the App Store, Spotify claims its internal data indicates […]

Challenge Island offers multi-revenue stream potential via classes, camps, parties, and more.

It’s a sign that OpenAI is seriously working on consumer devices embedded with AI.

LM Arena, a crowdsourced benchmarking project that major AI labs rely on to test and market their AI models, has raised $100 million in a seed funding round that values the organization at $600 million, according to Bloomberg. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and UC Investments, which manages an investment portfolio for the University of California, led the […]