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OpenAI-backed language learning app Speak raises $16M to expand to the U.S. Sep 01, 2023

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Speak, an English language learning platform backed by OpenAI’s startup investment fund, the OpenAI Startup Fund, today announced that it raised $16 million in a Series B-2 funding round led by angel investor Lachy Groom.

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X is now letting paid users hide their likes Aug 31, 2023

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Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is now rolling out a feature for paid users to let them hide their likes.

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Google discontinues its Pixel Pass subscription, which combined phones and services Aug 30, 2023

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Google is discontinuing its Pixel Pass subscription service, which allowed people to get a Pixel phone combined with premium services including YouTube Premium, Google Play Pass, and YouTube Premium for a monthly fee.

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Apollo.io, a full-stack sales tech platform, bags $100M at a $1.6B valuation Aug 30, 2023

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While working at his first startup, BrainGenie, a math and science skills practice website, Tim Zheng experienced firsthand the challenge of maintaining a small business — and expanding it.

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Eldercare robot ElliQ nabs another $25 million in funding Aug 29, 2023

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Intuition Robotics isn’t hurting for funding these days. The Israeli firm announced a $36 million Series B in the early days of the pandemic, and now it’s adding another $25 million.

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Splinter group officially launches OpenTF fork of HashiCorp Terraform Aug 29, 2023

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Earlier this month HashiCorp announced that it was changing the open source license it uses for Terraform and its other developer tools.

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X saw weekly active users and rankings drop post rebrand, but Twitter Lite installs grew Aug 28, 2023

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Reports that X (formerly Twitter)’s downloads decreased after Elon Musk’s rebranding of the microblogging social network only tell part of the story.

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Reddit launches moderator rewards program amid sitewide discontent Aug 28, 2023

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Reddit is launching the “Mod Helper Program” to reward moderators who offer helpful advice to other moderators, along with an updated moderator help center.

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You can finally buy Lego’s Braille Bricks Aug 26, 2023

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Building with Lego bricks has stayed a formative and important practice for kids around the world, partly because it’s so easily enjoyed by anyone, regardless of location, language, or ability.

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Better.com’s stock tanks after SPAC combination brings it to the public markets Aug 25, 2023

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Shares of Better.com are getting hammered into the ground Thursday morning after the digital mortgage company completed its long-delayed SPAC merger and began to trade as a public company for the first time.

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