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Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos Mar 28, 2023

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Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne, that was developing AI algorithms for compressing video.

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France bans recreational apps like TikTok on government devices Mar 27, 2023

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France is the latest country that is taking steps to ban TikTok from government-managed devices.

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Huupe, a ‘smart’ basketball hoop startup, raises its game with $11M Mar 27, 2023

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Basketball can be played just about anywhere and by anyone in the U.S. and now many other parts of the world, thanks to a confluence of factors that lower a lot of barriers.

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Ford to build next-gen EV truck at $5.6B factory in 2025 Mar 24, 2023

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Ford said Friday that its $5.6 billion BlueOval City complex outside of Memphis, Tennessee will include a truck plant capable of producing 500,000 electric vehicles a year.

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DoorDash is adding three new retail partners and updating its shopping features Mar 24, 2023

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DoorDash is adding three new retail partners and updating its shopping features, the company announced on Thursday.

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Ford expects EV business unit to lose $3B this year, hit profitability in 2026 Mar 23, 2023

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Any question of what business sector is — and is not — profitable at Ford is no longer a mystery.

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CodiumAI is using generative AI to help developers build code logic tests automatically Mar 23, 2023

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Over his two decades of experience in the tech industry, CodiumAI co-founder and CEO Itmar Friedman has personally experienced the pain of building test suites to check his code logic.

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Ubisoft’s new AI tool automatically generates dialogue for non-playable game characters Mar 22, 2023

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Ubisoft, the developer behind popular games like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry, announced that it’s using an AI “Ghostwriter” tool to write dialogue for some of its games with the aim of keeping NPCs (non-playable characters) individually interesting and realistic with less manual work.

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IPRally, a patent search engine powered by explainable AI, raises $10.8M Mar 22, 2023

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IPRally, a Finnish startup building a knowledge graph-based patent search engine, has raised €10 million ($10.8 million) in a Series A round of funding.

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Ferrari says ransomware attack exposed customers’ personal data Mar 21, 2023

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Italian supercar manufacturer Ferrari has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed customers’ personal information.

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