WhatsApp introduces feature to automatically silence call from unknown numbers
WhatsApp has introduced a new feature to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers. This comes after multiple customers in India, the chat app’s biggest market with more than 500 million users, have complained about an increase in spam calls in the last few months. On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg announced the
Read moreSoutheast Asia-focused Go-Ventures closes $240M second fund, rebrands as Argor Capital
Go-Ventures, backed by Indonesia’s GoTo, announced Tuesday it has raised the second fund at $240 million and rebranded as Argor Capital “to reinforce the investment firm’s independence and expanded capabilities to drive growth” for its portfolios. Argor Capital started in 2018 with GoTo backing to invest in startups in Southeast Asia. Though
Read moreGladia turns any audio into text in near real time
Meet Gladia, a French AI startup that wants to change how companies interact with audio data. The company develops an audio transcription application programming interface (API) that you can integrate with other products and is supposed to work much better than what’s available out there. And this tech foundation unlocks
Read moreKotlin Multiplatform, Compose Multiplatform: Apple’s Strategic Failure
If Apple will not lead, then someone else will do so.Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreAlibaba CEO Daniel Zhang to pass the torch and focus on cloud
Hours after rumors started circling in China about a possible stepdown of Alibaba’s chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang, the ecommerce behemoth confirmed midday on Tuesday that the executive will hand over the torch. Zhang will be replaced by Joe Tsai, Alibaba’s current executive vice chairman, as chairman, and Eddie Wu,
Read moreStress test your code as you write it (Ep. 581)
Itamar Friedman, CEO and cofounder of CodiumAI, and Kyle Mitofsky, a Senior Software Engineer on Stack Overflow’s public platform, join the home team for a conversation about code integrity and how AI tools are changing the way developers work. Episode notes: CodiumAI plugs into your IDE and suggests meaningful test
Read moreVimeo intros a trio of AI-powered editing features
Vimeo, the video hosting and sharing platform, is embracing AI in a major way. This week, Vimeo announced a suite of AI-powered tools designed to help users create scripts, record footage using a built-in teleprompter and remove long pauses and unwanted disfluencies like “ahs” and “ums” from the recordings. They’ll
Read moreTuSimple tests removing human driver from self-driving truck in China
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple last week successfully completed a fully autonomous semi-truck run on public roads in China without a human present in the vehicle and without human intervention. The company claims to have completed China’s first so-called “driver-out” run. This is the second time TuSimple has pulled the driver
Read morePhilippines startup Shoppable Business smooths bumps in the business procurement process
Shoppable Business Chris Blanquera, Sam Blanquera and Carlo Silva Shoppable Business wants to make it easier for businesses in the Philippines to source and procure branded products and other inventory, with an emphasis on making sure products are authentic. The B2B e-commerce marketplace announced it has closed what it says
Read morePolestar and Xingji Meizu join forces to create tailored OS for Chinese EVs
Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar has formed a joint venture with Xingji Meizu, a mobile phone and consumer electronics company, to build an operating system for Polestar cars sold in China. In the rest of the world, Polestar has integrated Google’s Android Automotive OS into vehicles to power its infotainment
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