Remember Amazon’s Clubhouse competitor? That’s okay — neither does almost anybody else
At the height of the COVID-19 health crisis, when many of us — forced by quarantine rules and social distancing guidelines — were locked indoors and away from public spaces, Clubhouse, the audio-focused social platform, grew explosively. A platform where anyone could talk about . . . well, just about
Read moreFedDev Ontario issues grants totaling $6.19 million to five GTA businesses
Five businesses from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are receiving a $6.19 million dollar investment from the federal government. The move comes as Toronto and the GTA are experiencing rapid growth in the tech sector, a development attributed to the region’s talent pool and cutting-edge research and development. The Federal
Read moreAmple to bring EV battery swapping to Mitsubishi trucks in Japan
San Francisco startup Ample is bringing its modular electric vehicle battery swapping technology to Mitsubishi Fuso’s electric trucks this winter, the company said Tuesday. This marks the first time Ample’s technology is being used for large vehicles. The company’s technology is currently being used on a small scale for ride-hail
Read moreGM isn’t going to kill off the Chevy Bolt EV after all
GM’s best-selling EV is sticking around after all. GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra said Tuesday during the company’s quarterly earnings call that the company will produce a next-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV outfitted with its new Ultium architecture that includes a new battery cell design. The decision comes just three
Read moreChatGPT for Android is now available in the US, India, Bangladesh and Brazil
A few days after putting up a pre-order page on Google Play, OpenAI has flipped the switch and released ChatGPT for Android. The app is now live in a handful of countries, such as the U.S., India, Bangladesh and Brazil. If you live in a country that isn’t part of
Read moreIT coalition promises to improve patching, network visibility
Some of the biggest names in IT and service providers including AT&T, Cisco Systems, Fortinet, VMware and Intel today launched an industry group promising solutions that improve the security of data and IT networks. Called the Network Resilience Coalition, they hope to solve two of the biggest problems for CIOs,
Read moreMeta’s Threads app is rolling out a Following feed
Meta’s text-based social network Threads is rolling out one of the most requested features after its launch — a following feed. In a post on his Instagram Channel, Mark Zuckerberg said that the company is adding translation features as well. “Threads started rolling out an option for a chronological feed
Read moreJeeves hits over $40M in annualized revenue as it expands beyond corporate credit cards
In September of 2021, Jeeves began offering corporate credit cards as its primary product — with a primary focus on Latin America — after participating in Y Combinator’s summer 2020 batch. By that 2021 launch, Jeeves was describing itself as the first “cross country, cross currency” expense management platform —
Read moreAlternative Data Market Growing 2.5x Faster than Artificial Intelligence
While investors and hedge fund managers usually rely on data from SEC filings and quarterly earnings to make informed investment decisions, recent years have witnessed a surging demand for alternative data as a powerful tool to grow investments and generate alpha. According to data presented by AltIndex.com, global alternative data
Read moreEyeball Scanning Project Worldcoin Launches
OpenAI’s co-founder Sam Altman, launches latest crypto token project Worldcoin. The project that was officially launched on Monday branded its service as a “digital passport”. It aims to differentiate humans from AI bots. The cryptocurrency can only be used once a user has verified their identity. The currency’s app allows
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