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3 tech predictions for 2024

Adobe (finally) abandons Figma acquisition

Google Pay to add more BNPL options in the US

6 things to know about the EU AI Act

Making multilingual language models smaller

Meta’s new AI image generator underwent training using a dataset of 1.1B Instagram and Facebook pics

Roundup: So what's up with AGI?

Bill C-18: Canada and Google make peace

A more equitable AI model for breast cancer risk assessment

Ecommerce: A strong 2023 US Thanksgiving weekend

Replacing the Turing test

Summarizing that crazy OpenAI weekend

Kyutai: A French alternative to OpenAI?

Microsoft introduces 3 new Copilots

Healthtech unicorn Olive AI to shut down

Vehicle telematics: Geotab reaches significant milestone

Summarizing Biden's Executive Order on AI regulation

Tesla secures $100M order for fast chargers from BP's EV charging division

British Museum announces plans to digitize its entire collection

The downfall of African fintech startup Dash

A study of the top 100 consumer generative AI companies

Microsoft vs the IRS

PLD Space makes history with the first private space rocket launch in Europe

Samsung is developing an IoT payment card

US imposes inaugural space debris fine on a television service provider

A tablet-based AI app screens for autism by measuring several behavioral signs

Getty developed an AI generator that exclusively trained on its licensed images

Anthropic deepens ties to Amazon

An improved Bard

BMW, Ford and Honda form ChargeScape

4 things to know about Arm's IPO

EV: DOE unveils $15.5B funding and loan package

Microsoft will stop bundling Teams with Office in Europe

A remarkable open banking milestone in the UK

6 things to know about Instacart's upcoming IPO

'Python in Excel' explained

4 things to know about the failed Intel/Tower Semiconductor deal

Publishers in Canada urge regulator to prevent Meta from restricting news access

Bye-bye Cortana, hi generative AI

Chinese payment apps expand tourism programs

Sun Life to acquire Canadian telehealth pioneer Dialogue for CAD $365M

Report: Pix surpasses credit and debit card transactions in Brazil

Roundup: Twitter rebrands to 'X'

Amazon will invest $120M in internet satellite facility

5 things to know about FedNow

SAP invests $1B in 3 AI companies

Prime Day 2023 breaks records

6 things to know about Meta's Threads

AI and the GRAMMYs

Visa to acquire Brazilian fintech startup Pismo for $1B

Meta will limit news access in Canada

Invite your friends to read The PhilaVerse

Foxconn and Stellantis to form new joint venture

Nasdaq to acquire Adenza for $10.5B

The Netherlands unveils nationwide contactless transport payment system

WordPress goes AI

KAI-GPT: A large language model for the banking industry

What is DarkBERT?

Highlights from The Guardian's interview with Timnit Gebru

Google I/O 2023 recap

6 things to know about IBM's WatsonX

The global smartphone market continues to decline

SAP to embed IBM Watson AI into its solutions

Behind the failure of Amazon Halo

4 things to know about Samsung Electronics' worst quarter in fourteen years

Temu goes global

France: Food delivery gig workers set to get minimum wage

Volkswagen invests €1B towards China EV center

5 things to know about Germany shutting down its last nuclear plants

Roundup: NPR leaves Twitter

Computer shipments experience sharp decline in Q1 2023

Roundup: The Twitter/Substack Easter weekend beef

Walmart wants to expand its EV charging network in the US

Stripe's slower growth

Some housekeeping

A difficult Q4 2022 for PC manufacturers in Western Europe

Weekend roundup: Debunking the 'Pause AI' letter

US: 5 things to know about new cybersecurity rules for medical devices

5 things to know about Amazon opening its Sidewalk network

Weekend roundup: Google Bard arrives in US and UK

5 things to know about Nuance DAX Express

I asked Bing Chat to write a blog post on the future of AI

Weekend roundup: GPT-4 is here

Microsoft announces AI office 'Copilot'

Waze to list EV charging stations

Google is working on generative AI features for Workspace apps

Qualtrics to be acquired for $12.5B

Weekend roundup: GPT integrations you may have missed

3 things to know about Nigeria's open banking legislation

Microsoft reports that Bing has reached 100M daily users

4 things to know about Salesforce's Einstein GPT

I asked Bing AI to write a story in the tone of famous writers

Weekend roundup: The 'ban TikTok' movement is growing

Taming Bing AI

OpenAI releases ChatGPT API

Microsoft brings Bing AI to the Windows 11 taskbar

3 things to know about Snapchat's My AI

Weekend roundup: AI and HR

Chinese government bans ChatGPT integrations

3 things to know about DocsGPT

What is the EU's Digital Services Act?

Weekend roundup: The mysterious balloons

Airbus rebounds despite supply chain challenges

Streaming: Tubi continues to grow

A significant CPU shipment decrease

Weekend roundup: The chatbot explosion

Key findings from Adobe's UK online retail insights for January 2023

At a glance: EU is not happy with Twitter's disinformation report

5 things to know about Google's chatbot Bard

3 things to know about UK's Energy House 2.0

Report: Google has further reduced the prominence of news websites in search results

Weekend roundup: ChatGPT is everywhere

Egyptian fintech startup MNT-Halan gets a big bag

3 alternatives to ChatGPT

5 things to know about Marqeta acquiring Power Finance for $275M

A grim last quarter for smartphone shipments

Amazon and Stripe deepen their partnership

Some quick thoughts on Microsoft's mega investment in OpenAI

Way fewer people are creating new podcasts these days

The CNET AI writing conundrum has reinforced the need for fact-checking

Tech layoffs are growing

My picks for the strangest things at CES 2023

5 things to know about Nuvei acquiring Paya for $1.3B

Jack Ma to give up control of Ant Group

Q&A: Michael Spencer speaks on the newsletter economy