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Hero’s all-in-one, AI productivity app takes on Google’s Calendar and others Feb 05, 2025

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People often use multiple apps for notes, schedule management, and to-dos. But why not combine them all in one app? That’s the ethos behind Hero, an all-in-one productivity app with an AI assistant (of course!). The iOS app was developed by former Meta employees Brad Kowalk and Seung W. Lee.

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AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU Feb 04, 2025

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As of Sunday in the European Union, the bloc’s regulators can ban the use of AI systems they deem to pose “unacceptable risk” or harm. February 2 is the first compliance deadline for the EU’s AI Act, the comprehensive AI regulatory framework that the European Parliament finally approved last March after years of development.

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Apple CEO says DeepSeek shows ‘innovation that drives efficiency’ Feb 04, 2025

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Apple CEO Tim Cook said DeepSeek’s AI models represent “innovation that drives efficiency” on an earnings call on Thursday while fielding questions from analysts about the iPhone maker’s ambitions around AI. “In general, I think innovation that drives efficiency is a good thing.

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WhatsApp says it disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with spyware Feb 03, 2025

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The Meta-owned company said the campaign was linked to Israeli spyware maker Paragon.

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SoftBank in talks to invest as much as $25B in OpenA Feb 03, 2025

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SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI as part of a broader partnership that could see the Japanese conglomerate spend more than $40 billion on AI initiatives with the Microsoft-backed startup, according to Financial Times.

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Little Umbrella’s next Jackbox-style game pits you and your friends against an AI game show host Jan 31, 2025

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Web-based party games are making a comeback, now with the infusion of generative AI. Among the startups joining the trend, the current forecast looks good for one startup, Little Umbrella, which leverages AI for its social party games. The company announced on Thursday its $2 million seed funding round.

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Clutch grabs $20M to build out its non-human security ID platform Jan 31, 2025

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When it comes to the world of cybersecurity, identity is often thought of as a “perimeter” around an organization. So many breaches begin through techniques like password theft, phishing, and credential stuffing; ergo, securing the identities of not only users, but also applications and machines, is the key to securing the whole system.

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Meteomatics eyes U.S. expansion for its enterprise-focused weather forecasting tools Jan 30, 2025

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Martin Fengler knows a lot about the weather. Fengler got his Ph.D. in mathematics, focused on numerical weather prediction, before working for Meteomedia AG, a network of weather stations in Switzerland and Germany.

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Hugging Face makes it easier for devs to run AI models on third-party clouds Jan 30, 2025

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AI dev platform Hugging Face has partnered with third-party cloud vendors including SambaNova to launch Inference Providers, a feature designed to make it easier for devs on Hugging Face to run AI models using the infrastructure of their choice.

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Spotify says it paid $10 billion to music industry last year Jan 29, 2025

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Audio streaming company Spotify said Tuesday that it paid $10 billion to the music industry last year. The company added that it has given nearly $60 billion in industry payouts since its inception. This is another effort from Spotify to dispel reports that the company doesn’t reward artists properly for their work.

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