Google admits Spotify pays no Play Store fees because of a secret deal
A Google executive said during a testimony in the Epic vs Google trial that a deal with Spotify allows the audio company to bypass Play Store fees, as reported by The Verge. Don Harrison, Google’s head of partnership, said that Spotify pays no fees when it processes its own payments
Read moreIndy raises $44 million to simplify taxes and paperwork for freelancers
French startup Indy has recently closed a new funding round of $44 million (€40 million) with BlackFin Capital Partners leading the round. Indy started as an automated accounting platform for freelancers and other self-employed people. But the company has been slowly iterating on its product to become an all-in-one platform
Read moreThe ultimate guide to hiring qualified AI engineers
Introduction The field of artificial intelligence (AI) engineering is a rapidly emerging and evolving domain—and it represents the cutting edge of technological innovation today. As businesses and industries increasingly integrate AI into their operations, the demand for skilled AI engineers is surging. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics expects demand
Read moreElon Musk’s ‘thermonuclear’ lawsuit over hate-adjacent ads on X… actually confirms them
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, has filed a lawsuit alleging defamation by a news organization over claims that major companies had ads appear next to antisemitic content. But the suit appears to confirm the very thing it claims is defamatory. Media Matters last Thursday published an article with screenshots showing
Read moreNumber of groups of squarefree order
This post is a sort of footnote to the previous post, Estimating the number of groups of a given order. The following is taken from an answer to a question on Stack Exchange. In general there is no formula f(n) for the number of groups of order up to isomorphism. However,
Read moreEstimating number of groups of a given order
John Conway et al [1] give the name gnu(n) to the number of groups of order n, where “gnu” stands for group number. This function has been studied since the 19th century, but I don’t know whether there has ever been a standard notation for it. Mathematica calls it FiniteGroupCount.
Read moreInvestors are souring on OpenAI’s nonprofit governance model
OpenAI was never quite like other generative AI startups — or other startups period, for that matter. Its governance structure is unique and what ultimately led to the abrupt ousting of CEO Sam Altman on Friday. Even after it transitioned from a nonprofit to a “capped-profit” company in 2019, OpenAI
Read moreRivian CEO RJ Scaringe is now taking over the top product role at the EV maker
Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has taken on another role within the publicly traded EV maker as chief product officer Nick Kalayjian moves out of the job and eventually into an advisory position, according to a regulatory filing and internal emails viewed by TechCrunch. Scaringe will now be responsible
Read moreAvarni gets backing to help large enterprises hit their net-zero goals
For a lot of companies, Scope 3 emissions make up the bulk of their carbon footprint, but are time-consuming and expensive for them to track. As more regulation mandating Scope 3 reporting is passed, however, it is crucial for them to do so. That’s where Avarni comes into the frame.
Read moreDon’t expect competition authorities to wade into the Microsoft-OpenAI power-play — yet
As the tech world watches Microsoft suck in top execs and AI engineering talent from OpenAI, the generative AI giant in which it already holds a minority stake worth several billion dollars, one question to consider is what, if anything, can competition regulators do about the visible flight of AI
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