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Duolingo deletes LGBTQ+ references in Russia after being warned by the country’s communications regulator that the content is classed as “extremism” — Language learning app Duolingo (DUOL.O) has deleted references in Russia to what Moscow calls “non-traditional sexual relations” …
Nvidia hits a $3T market cap and passes Apple as the second most valuable public US company, behind Microsoft (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia hits a $3T market cap and passes Apple as the second most valuable public US company, behind Microsoft — Nvidia passed Apple in market cap on Wednesday as investors continue betting on the chipmaker behind the artificial intelligence boom. It is now the second-most valuable public company, behind Microsoft.
Humane tells AI Pin owners that they should “immediately” stop using the charging case, citing issues with a battery cell that “may pose a fire safety risk” (Wes Davis/The Verge)
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Humane tells AI Pin owners that they should “immediately” stop using the charging case, citing issues with a battery cell that “may pose a fire safety risk” — Humane is telling AI Pin owners today that they should “immediately” stop using the charging case that came with its AI gadget.
Coinbase launches its smart wallet, which uses passkeys instead of seed phrases and works without app or extension installs, in a move to simplify onboarding (Sage D. Young/Unchained)
Sage D. Young / Unchained:
Coinbase launches its smart wallet, which uses passkeys instead of seed phrases and works without app or extension installs, in a move to simplify onboarding — The launch of Coinbase’s smart wallets, which don’t require seed phrases or the downloading of a browser extension or an application …
The Greater Memphis Chamber says xAI plans to develop a new facility in Memphis to house a supercomputer and could receive tax breaks and other incentives (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
The Greater Memphis Chamber says xAI plans to develop a new facility in Memphis to house a supercomputer and could receive tax breaks and other incentives — – Startup could receive tax breaks and other business incentives — New facility would come on the heels of $6 billion fundraising
Wix unveils an AI-powered app builder that creates iOS and Android apps from descriptions provided by users in a chat, coming to its $99/month Branded App plan (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Wix unveils an AI-powered app builder that creates iOS and Android apps from descriptions provided by users in a chat, coming to its $99/month Branded App plan — Wix, the platform known chiefly for its web design tools, is launching a generative AI feature that’ll let customers create …
M^0, a decentralized stablecoin minting protocol, raised a $35M Series A led by Bain Capital Crypto; the round was structured as equity plus tokens (Yogita Khatri/The Block)
Yogita Khatri / The Block:
M^0, a decentralized stablecoin minting protocol, raised a $35M Series A led by Bain Capital Crypto; the round was structured as equity plus tokens — – M^0 has raised $35 million in Series A funding from Bain Capital Crypto, Galaxy Ventures, GSR and others.
Google is acquiring software virtualization company Cameyo to deeply integrate virtualized Windows app support into ChromeOS, following a partnership last year (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Google is acquiring software virtualization company Cameyo to deeply integrate virtualized Windows app support into ChromeOS, following a partnership last year — Google is acquiring software virtualization company Cameyo in a push to deeply integrate virtualized Windows app support into ChromeOS.
Asana unveils “AI teammates”, a new feature in beta for select customers to help manage projects and tasks, ahead of general availability later in 2024 (Harry McCracken/Fast Company)
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
Asana unveils “AI teammates”, a new feature in beta for select customers to help manage projects and tasks, ahead of general availability later in 2024 — When the tech industry describes AI’s role in its products, it hardly chooses language at random.
The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal rules that a class action lawsuit against Google over allegations of abusing its dominance in digital ads can proceed (Upmanyu Trivedi/Bloomberg)
Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg:
The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal rules that a class action lawsuit against Google over allegations of abusing its dominance in digital ads can proceed — London judges ruled a class action lawsuit to proceed against Google potentially seeking billions of pounds in damages over allegations …
