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As Palantir vies for a £480M contract to build a “federated data platform” for the UK’s NHS, experts say the company’s Foundry tool is costly and hard to use (Ian Johnston/Financial Times)

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Ian Johnston / Financial Times: As Palantir vies for a £480M contract to build a “federated data platform” for the UK’s NHS, experts say the company’s Foundry tool is costly and hard to use  —  Internal opposition voiced over US company’s bid for lucrative expansion within British health service from Techmeme https://ift.tt/TjbGQr9

iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps on iPhone

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Apple has kept the iPhone app distribution system closed, allowing users to download the apps only from the App Store. But the company might be adding some gates to this walled garden to let people sideload apps on iPhones soon. A Bloomberg report noted that the Cupertino-based company will build the groundwork for such functionality […]

The EPA goes after tailpipe emissions, Elon gets an ultimatum and Careem lands $400M for its super app

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The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the full edition of the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free.  Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point […]

Watch SpaceX try to fly a fully stacked Starship for the first time

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In a few short hours, SpaceX will attempt to fly its fully integrated Starship launch system for the first time from the company’s massive base on Texas’s southeastern coast. While SpaceX has conducted a number of suborbital tests of the Starship upper stage from its base in Texas, this will be the first time that […]

Developers are looking for creative ways to build AI-powered chatbot assistants

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Since OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT last year, it has been almost impossible to go a day without a company or developer releasing an AI-powered tool. Now, with the release of new models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Anthroipic’s Claude, more app makers are trying their hands at tools that are more accessible and useful to people. Some […]

US tech giants voice concern over India’s fact-checking rule

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The Asia Internet Coalition, an influential industry organization representing technology giants such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, and Amazon, has voiced concerns over a recent amendment to India’s IT rules, saying the changes grant the local government expansive content removal authority without implementing adequate procedural safeguards. India recently updated its IT rules, barring social media platforms […]

Sega to acquire Angry Birds-maker Rovio for $775M

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Japanese gaming giant Sega has confirmed that it’s buying Finland’s Rovio in an all-cash deal worth €706 million ($775 million). News first emerged back in January that Israeli mobile gaming company Playtika had tabled a €750 million ($810 million) bid for Rovio, though talks collapsed last month with no reasons provided by either company. Rovio did, however, […]

Sega acquires Rovio, best known for its Angry Birds franchise, for €706M (Jenni Reid/CNBC)

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Jenni Reid / CNBC: Sega acquires Rovio, best known for its Angry Birds franchise, for €706M  —  – The deal would be for the entirety of Rovio’s outstanding shares and options, valuing them at 9.25 euro per share, a roughly 19% premium to their closing price before the announcement, Sega said. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ykwWApY

LLMs come to workplace morale monitoring, as Loopin raises $1.9M for its platform

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There have been several startup attempts to measure staff morale, some more halting that others. We reported on Plasticity Labs back in 2014, though their web site seems no longer functioning. Officevibe appeared around the same kind’ve era. More recently out of the UK, WorkBuzz has raised £2.3M. And Spill ($3.5M) is a startup that […]

Device-as-a-service startup Fleet expands beyond laptop leasing

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French startup Fleet has been growing nicely over the past four years as the company has deployed nearly 10,000 devices with long-term leasing contracts. The company hasn’t raised any outside funding and is reinvesting as much of its revenue in the company as possible. Originally, Fleet had a very simple product offering. Companies of all […]

Contract docs reveal the Georgia National Guard plans to use location-based phone surveillance to target ads using geofences around 67 local public high schools (Sam Biddle/The Intercept)

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Sam Biddle / The Intercept: Contract docs reveal the Georgia National Guard plans to use location-based phone surveillance to target ads using geofences around 67 local public high schools  —  The Georgia Army National Guard plans to combine two deeply controversial practices — military recruiting at schools … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/4guKfw5

XPeng unveils new EV platform designed to cut production costs

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Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng unveiled Sunday its new platform architecture for making vehicles that will set the foundation for future production models and reduce the cost of development and manufacturing. The Smart Electric Platform Architecture (SEPA) 2.0 is expected to shorten the R&D cycle for future models by 20%, as well as cut costs […]

Netflix’s Love is Blind reunion episode, its second ever livestream, hits major technical snags, leading to a delay of over an hour (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Netflix’s Love is Blind reunion episode, its second ever livestream, hits major technical snags, leading to a delay of over an hour  —  Netflix is having issues with the livestream of its “Love is Blind” reunion episode.  We always knew the livestream would be messy, as reality show reunions always are […]

Apple tops 1 million developer jobs in India, ‘excited to build on our long-standing history’, says Tim Cook

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Apple now supports more than 1 million developer jobs in India, the company said as it gears up major expansion in the South Asian market. The iPhone-maker this week will open its first two retail stores in India. Apple chief executive Tim Cook is visiting India this week to launch the stores and meet the […]

Netflix experiencing issues with ‘Love is Blind’ livestream

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Netflix had some serious issues with the livestream of its “Love is Blind” reunion episode. We always knew the livestream would be messy, as reality show reunions always are — but after a 75 minute delay, Netflix’s failed livestream feels even messier than Zack and Irina’s short-lived relationship. “We are sorry we’re late. We are […]

A US House Committee publishes a draft stablecoin bill, which proposes a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, a CBDC study, and more (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: A US House Committee publishes a draft stablecoin bill, which proposes a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, a CBDC study, and more  —  The stablecoin bill is the first major piece of crypto legislation in 2023.  —  The U.S. House Financial Services Committee published … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/jk7hdqA

Scan.com, which gives patients direct access to private medical imaging services, raises $12M

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Anyone in the U.K. who has tried to book an NHS medical appointment of late will know just how much of an ordeal it can be, with median waiting times for consultant-led elective care (i.e. pre-planned clinical treatment) currently sitting at around 14.6 weeks in England. This has led to a spike in people turning […]

Q&A with Microsoft’s CVP of ads on keeping Bing Chat results from being too promotional, AI-powered search threatening publishers’ ad revenue, and more (Patience Haggin/Wall Street Journal)

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Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: Q&A with Microsoft’s CVP of ads on keeping Bing Chat results from being too promotional, AI-powered search threatening publishers’ ad revenue, and more  —  Kya Sainsbury-Carter, who recently was named to head the company’s ad business, offers an inside look at Microsoft’s game plan from Techmeme https://ift.tt/KPWbVLa

Sources detail Google’s project Magi, with 160+ people working full time on it, to enhance search with AI, as Samsung considers making Bing search the default (Nico Grant/New York Times)

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Nico Grant / New York Times: Sources detail Google’s project Magi, with 160+ people working full time on it, to enhance search with AI, as Samsung considers making Bing search the default  —  The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and […]

Hear ClassDojo and SignalFire unpack edtech’s opportunity ahead on TechCrunch Live

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Sam Chaudhary takes his time. The founder of ClassDojo, an edtech consumer app that focuses on student classrooms, spent eight years building the company before introducing a formal revenue model. All while raising over tens of millions in venture capital from elite Silicon Valley investors and eyeing a big mission: become the brand families can […]