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Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise $6.5B in equity financing at a $150B valuation and raise $5B in debt from banks in the form of a revolving credit facility — - Company set to raise $6.5 billion in equity financing — Banks also in talks to issue startup $5 billion in debt
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Adobe says generative AI features powered by its Firefly Video model will be available before the end of 2024 on the Premiere Pro beta app and on a free website — Users will get their first chance to try out Adobe's AI model for video generation in just a couple months.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google adds Audio Overview to NotebookLM, letting users turn documents into audio discussions with two AI hosts that summarize and explain the source material — Google announced on Wednesday that its AI note-taking and research app, NotebookLM, is adding a new “audio conversations” feature.
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| Sarah Emerson / Forbes: |
Sources: Adam Neumann's Flowcarbon, which raised $70M in 2022 from a16z and others, is refunding investors after failing to launch its Goddess Nature Token — Flowcarbon secured millions of dollars in funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz to merge carbon credits with the blockchain … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky rolls out the ability to post videos of up to 60 seconds with optional attached subtitles; each post can contain one video, and adult content is allowed — Bluesky, the social networking startup now nearing 10 million users thanks to X's ban in Brazil, will now allow users to share videos …
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Forums: r/technology, r/BlueskySocial, and Slashdot
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google partners with The Internet Archive to link to the Wayback Machine in Search, letting users view archived versions of webpages under “About this page” — Rolling out starting today, Google Search results will now directly link to The Internet Archive to add historical context for the links in your results.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/technews
| Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: |
Shares of Truth Social owner Trump Media closed down over 10% after Trump's debate with Harris, ending at their lowest level since they began publicly trading — The share price of Trump Media plunged more than 10% on Wednesday, a day after majority shareholder Donald Trump gave …
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| Bloomberg: |
AST SpaceMobile's stock is up ~1,300% since a record low in April 2024 and following deals with AT&T and Verizon in May to provide wireless service from space — - AST SpaceMobile shares lead Russell 2000 over past six months — Squeeze is possible with over 20% of AST shares are sold short
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at Apple's Private Cloud Compute for Apple Intelligence, which Craig Federighi says allows personal data to be “sealed inside of a privacy bubble” — Private Cloud Compute is an entirely new kind of infrastructure that, Apple's Craig Federighi tells WIRED … | Todd Feathers / Gizmodo: |
Nevada is working with Google to launch a generative AI tool that will issue recommendations to human referees on whether unemployed workers should get benefits — The state is working with Google on a first-of-its-kind generative AI system that will analyze transcripts from appeals hearings …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Infineon says it has developed 300mm gallium nitride wafers, which can produce 2.3x more chips than 200mm wafers and speed their adoption for AI applications — - Chipmaker announces breakthrough in gallium nitride production — Compound semiconductors can be more efficient than silicon| Alex Riehl / BetaKit: |
Vancouver-based Spare, whose software helps transit agencies offer transport services based on riders' own needs, raised a CA$42M Series B led by Inovia Capital — Vancouver-based transit software startup Spare has secured a $42 million Series B round as it looks to carve out a place in the paratransit sector.Sponsor Posts
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