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Apple updates iOS and iPadOS to improve compliance with EU’s DMA law
Apple Inc. today previewed an update for iOS and iPadOS that will improve the operating systems’ compliance with the European Union’s DMA law. The update is set to roll out at an unspecified date later this year. The DMA, or Digital Markets Act, is a piece of legislation that the European Parliament passed in 2022. ...
Divers recover body of Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch from superyacht wreckage
Divers have recovered the bodies of Mike Lynch and four of his guests from the wreckage of the superyacht Bayesian, the Italian Coast Guard announced today. The vessel sank near the coast of Sicily early Monday morning amid an intense storm. Fifteen passengers were rescued by the crew of the Sir Robert Baden Powell, a ...
Opkey reels in $47M to automate ERP change testing with AI
Opkey, a startup that helps companies test the reliability of their enterprise resource planning software, has raised a $47 million investment to finance growth initiatives. PeakSpan Capital led the Series B round. Opkey, officially Smart Software Testing Solutions Inc., detailed in its funding announcement today that UST Global, Verica, Vertical and YouNest chipped in as well. ...
AI payment processing startup Skyfire launches with $8.5M in funding
Skyfire Systems Inc., a startup with software that enables artificial intelligence models to make purchases, launched today with $8.5 million in initial funding. The investment included the participation of more than a dozen institutional backers. Among them was Ripple Labs Inc., a provider of payment processing software backed by more than $200 million in venture ...
Nvidia, Microsoft release new small language models
Nvidia Corp. today released a lightweight language model, Mistral-NeMo-Minitron 8B, that can outperform comparably sized neural networks across a range of tasks. The code for the model is available on Hugging Face under an open-source license. Its debut comes a day after Microsoft Corp. rolled out several open-source language models of its own. Like Nvidia’s ...
UK antitrust watchdog closes Google, Apple probes to revise regulatory approach
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, has closed two parallel probes into Google LLC and Apple Inc. that focused on their business practices in the mobile market. Officials announced the decision today. The development relates to a new piece of legislation, the DMCC Act, that became law in the U.K. this past ...
Fintech startup Bolt reportedly raising $450M at $14B valuation
Bolt Financial Inc., a well-funded startup that provides software for e-commerce companies, is reportedly seeking a new $450 million investment. The Information reported the fundraising effort today, citing an investor letter penned by Bolt interim Chief Executive Officer Justin Grooms. The memo also disclosed that company founder Ryan Breslow will return to the helm as ...
Hotshot debuts new AI model for generating video clips
Hotshot has debuted an artificial intelligence model that can generate 10-second clips with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels. The startup launched the model, which is also called Hotshot, into public preview on Monday. It joins the growing list of AI video generators on the market. OpenAI, Runway ML Inc. and a number of ...
Eppo raises $28M in funding for its A/B testing platform
Eppo Inc., a startup that helps software teams test how well new features resonate with users before releasing them, has raised $28 million in Series A funding. The company detailed today that Innovation Endeavors was the lead investor in the round. Icon VC, Menlo Ventures and Amplify Partners contributed as well. Eppo’s total outside funding ...
Waymo debuts sixth-generation Driver autonomous driving system
Waymo LLC today debuted a new iteration of Driver, the artificial intelligence system that powers its autonomous taxis. The Alphabet Inc. unit says vehicles equipped with the module will be capable of detecting obstacles from more than 1,600 feet away. Additionally, the new version of Driver has more computing capacity than its predecessor and can ...