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  • YC-backed EzDubs is chasing consumer market for translation

    The global translation service market is worth around $40 billion, according to various analysts. Within that market, enterprise services represent a significant share. For consumers, apps like Google Translate and Apple Translate are dominating, but they don’t work with calls or voice messages. Y Combinator-backed EzDubs wants to solve this problem of person-to-person translation through…

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  • Apple releases new Apple Intelligence features including ChatGPT integration with iOS 18.2

    Apple released new Apple Intelligence features, including image playground, Genmoji, writing tool enhancements, and ChatGPT integration with iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2. The company also expanded language support for Apple Intelligence to localized English in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.K. Previously, the company supported only U.S. English…

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  • After you check out your Spotify Wrapped, explore these copycats 

    Spotify’s annual Wrapped feature just dropped, giving listeners a fun, personalized summary of their listening habits, and it has gained immense popularity over the years. As a result, many companies have seized the opportunity to create similar year-in-review experiences, offering users a recap of their habits, preferences, or interactions from the past year. Here are…

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  • Albert Invent hopes to revolutionize the chemicals sector with its AI platform

    If startup funding rounds are any metric, generative AI is seeing ample adoption in the sciences. It makes sense: there’s a lot of trial and error involved in research and development, and any tool that can speed up the process for researchers is bound to be useful. The latest is Albert Invent, which offers an…

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  • Mynt raises a cool $23M on a $210M valuation to build a smarter expense card for SMEs

    Small and medium businesses are getting more love in the world of fintech these days, and one example of that is the growth of a startup out of Sweden. Mynt, which has built an AI-based platform for corporate cards and spend management catering to SMEs, has closed a round of €22 million ($23 million) on…

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  • HongShan, Peak XV back stablecoin-powered neobank KAST

    Peak XV and HongShan, the Indian and Chinese investment firms that split from powerhouse Sequoia last year, have co-led a $10 million seed investment in KAST, a dollar-denominated neobank-like platform that lets customers hold and spend stablecoins through traditional payment avenues.  Kast also issues credit cards that work with standard merchant networks, enabling users to…

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  • The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained

    This story has been updated throughout with more details as the story has developed. We will continue to do so as the case and dispute are ongoing. The world of WordPress, one of the most popular technologies for creating and hosting websites, is going through a very heated controversy. The core issue is the fight…

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  • Lina Khan’s FTC era ends; Andrew Ferguson named chair

    Andrew Ferguson, one of two Republican FTC commissioners appointed by U.S. President Joe Biden, will be the country’s next FTC chair, incoming president Donald Trump announced Tuesday on social media. The news is being met with relief in some circles. Current FTC Chair Lina Khan was blamed by many in Silicon Valley for a dearth…

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  • Court orders Mullenweg and Automattic to restore WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org

    A California district court judge has granted a preliminary injunction to WP Engine. The order asks WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and WordPress.com owner Automattic to restore WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org, a WordPress theme and plug-in repository site owned by Mullenweg. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin noted that WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org, themes, plugins, and subdomains.…

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  • Cruise employees ‘blindsided’ by GM’s plan to end robotaxi program

    The news came by Slack message.  Cruise CEO Marc Whitten, who took the top post in June, posted a message Tuesday afternoon in the company’s announcements channel along with a link to a press release entitled “GM to refocus autonomous driving development on personal vehicles.” GM, which acquired the self-driving car startup in 2016, would…

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