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Goodbye: Apple reverses its decision to change where the “end call” button goes in iOS 17. Thoughts?
Tracking EV battery production: Where in the world, uh U.S., are electric vehicle batteries being produced? We’ve tracked and mapped it for you.
What’s your vector, Victor?: Meet Marqo, an open source vector search engine for AI applications. Read more.
So close: Peak XV Partners is reportedly close to fully financing a funding round in asset management and financial advisory firm Neo Group. Learn more about the $50 million deal.
Songs just got more expensive: Amazon Music Unlimited is raising prices for Prime members and family plan users. Find out how much.
Better product testing: Highlight, now flush with $18 million, helps CPG brands automate their product testing process. There’s even a way to become part of the community of testers.
Pressing pause: Intel and Tower Semiconductor cancel their proposed $5.4 billion merger over regulatory hurdles. Read more.
Get ready for some football: NFL Sunday Ticket got a brand-new bag full of student plans, flexible billing, live chat and more. Grab your ticket.
Get something for your money: Paid users of X got a new tab to highlight their posts. See how it works. Meanwhile, X is now sorting posts by like count when signed out. And for those using X Pro, formerly known as TweetDeck, it’s now a subscriber-only product.
How to adopt LLMs: Compliance challenges are keeping enterprises from adopting large language models. DynamoFL is here to help, raising $15.1 million to help enterprises adopt “compliant” LLMs. Learn how.
My data goes to the highest bidder: Caden, a new player in the data space, lands $15 million to let users monetize their personal data. Read more.
I just became self-aware: Snapchat’s My AI goes rogue and posts to Stories; however, Snap confirms it was just a glitch. Or was it?
Flush with cash: Founders Factory Africa plans to deploy $114 million using learnings from past programs. See how they operate.
Shine bright like a diamond: Venture fundraising might be slowing down, but venture capital firms led by women are a bright spot in 2023’s fundraising slump. Read more. (TC+)
More for your Wednesday:
Photo layout app Series makes it easier to post your panos to Threads
As unicorns grow rarer, maybe it’s time to look towards revenue, not valuations (TC+)
The tech jobs market is as strong as it ever was (TC+)
Apica acquires Logiq.ai to bring together observability and synthetic data
Opera’s iOS web browser gains an AI companion with Aria
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