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Box is partnering with OpenAI to bring generative AI tools across the platform May 02, 2023

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We’ve seen a number of enterprise software companies making announcements related to generative AI in the last six weeks from established companies like Salesforce and Adobe to startups like Ada and Forethought.

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SpaceX’s Starship didn’t self-destruct immediately as planned during test launch May 01, 2023

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SpaceX’s recent Starship test flight, the first during which it flew with its Super Heavy orbital booster, was a bit more of a mess than it even appeared when it ended with a large explosion.

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Brave Search doesn’t use Bing’s index anymore May 01, 2023

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Brave just announced that it is now exclusively using its own index for its search engine. In other words, it doesn’t rely on third-party solutions like Bing anymore.

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Reddit is testing Discord-like channels for community chat Apr 28, 2023

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Reddit announced Thursday that it is testing Discord-like chat channels with select subreddits.

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Energy Dome gets $44M uplift into its CO2 battery for renewable energy storage Apr 28, 2023

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Italian climate startup Energy Dome, which has developed a “CO2 Battery” for storing renewable energy, has closed a €40 million.

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NBCUniversal reports higher Peacock losses as it shows CEO the door Apr 27, 2023

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Peacock losses continue to widen this quarter, NBCUniversal parent company Comcast reported Thursday, just days after the company announced that Jeff Shell’s time as NBCU CEO was up.

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Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services Apr 27, 2023

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Smile Identity, a KYC compliance and ID verification partner for many African fintechs and businesses, has acquired Inclusive Innovations, the parent company of Appruve, a Ghanaian developer of identity verification software.

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UK blocks Microsoft’s planned $68.7B Activision bid, saying it would ‘substantially weaken competition’ Apr 26, 2023

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The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has confirmed that it intends to block Microsoft’s megabucks Activision acquisition, concluding that such a merger would create “…the most powerful operator” in the cloud gaming market.

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With $20M in new funding, Hydrosat preps climate-monitoring satellites for launch Apr 26, 2023

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Spotify passes 500M users, but its premium-to-free ratio is falling Apr 25, 2023

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Spotify now has 515 million monthly active users (MAUs), representing a 5% increase on the previous quarter and 22% increase on the corresponding period last year.

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