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India orders Meta to curb WhatsApp data sharing, levies $25M fine

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India’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with other Meta units for advertising purposes for five years and also levied a fine of $25.4 million for antitrust violations related to WhatsApp’s controversial 2021...

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Mistral unveils new AI models and chat features

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French AI startup Mistral has released a slew of updates to its product portfolio as it looks to stay competitive in the cutthroat AI space. Mistral’s Le Chat chatbot platform can now search the web — with citations in line, a la OpenAI’s...

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CISA Director Jen Easterly to depart agency on January 20

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Sam Altman will co-chair San Francisco mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s transition team

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San Francisco’s mayor-elect, Daniel Lurie, has tapped OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to help run his transition team, the campaign announced on Monday, as part of the administration’s effort to embrace the tech industry. Altman, alongside nine other San...

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Text marketing firm Blip secures backing from SoftBank, Microsoft

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Beyoncé to perform live on Netflix during NFL Christmas Gameday stream

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Beyoncé is headed to Netflix. The singer will perform live during the halftime show during the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens Christmas Day game, which is set to be streamed on Netflix as part of its newly minted three-year deal with the NFL...

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AI training software firm iLearningEngines says it lost $250,000 in recent cyberattack

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SuperAnnotate helps companies manage their AI datasets

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Meta brings certain AI features to Ray-Ban Meta glasses in Europe

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After a brief delay, Meta says that it’s begun to roll out certain AI features to users of its Ray-Ban Meta AR glasses in France, Italy, and Spain. Starting today, people in those countries can invoke Meta’s AI assistant, Meta AI, using their...

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Moonvalley wants to build more ethical video models

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Space tech giant Maxar confirms hacker accessed employees’ personal data

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Roblox no longer allows users under 13 to message others outside of games

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Roblox will not let users under the age of 13 message others outside of games and experiences on the platform, the company said Friday. Roblox also announced a series of other built-in protections for young users, such as age-gating certain...

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Text marketing firm Take Blip secures backing from SoftBank, Microsoft

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Xiaomi taps PhonePe’s app store for India smartphones

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Xiaomi will replace its app store with fintech PhonePe’s offering for customers in India starting January. The move is a major win for the Indian startup, as well as a sign of further recalibration for the Chinese hardware giant in one of its...

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MakeMyTrip buys Happay from CRED

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Indian travel and hospitality aggregator MakeMyTrip has agreed to acquire expense management platform Happay from fintech CRED. The deal, announced on Monday, will see Happay’s expense management business and team transition to MakeMyTrip, while...

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Juna.ai wants to use AI agents to make factories more energy-efficient

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India’s HealthKart valued at $500M in new investment

Indian nutrition startup HealthKart’s valuation has surged to about $500 million in a new all-secondary investment of $153 million, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The investment, one of the largest for an Indian consumer...

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Oyo founder seeks new investment at $3.8B valuation

An investment vehicle backed by Oyo’s founder, Ritesh Agarwal, has proposed to inject another $65.1 million into the Indian hospitality startup, according to notices to shareholders that were reviewed by TechCrunch. The investment, through Redsprig...

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World of Warcraft turns 20

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Blizzard Entertainment first released World of Warcraft in November 2004, so The New York Times celebrated the anniversary by outlining the many ways we can still see the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game’s influence’s 20 years later....

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What is Bluesky when it’s not the underdog?

Bluesky is having a moment — a moment that’s already stretched on for nearly three months. Over the summer, the social media app saw a wave of new signups in Brazil after X (formerly Twitter) was temporarily banned there. And in the United States...

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