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GlossGenius raises $28M to expand its bookings and payments platform for beauty businesses

[ad_1] GlossGenius, a platform designed to handle bookings and payments for salons and spas, today announced that it raised $28 million in a Series C funding round led by L…

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Ecosia Trains train booking tool

Ecosia adds a train travel search tool powered by Omio

[ad_1] Looking to ride the tracks of increasing demand for longer distance train travel that’s being fuelled by climate-concerned consumers seeking to shrink the environmental impact of their trips, tree-planting…

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Audiobook platform Libro.fm announces its international launch

[ad_1] Libro.fm, the audiobook retailer and listening app for local bookshops, launched internationally on Wednesday to give even more bookstores the ability to earn income via audiobook sales. The platform…

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Twitter rival Mammoth adds a personalized For You feed to make its Mastodon client feel familiar

[ad_1] While Instagram Threads is making headlines for adding a chronological Following feed to its Twitter-like app, another popular Mastodon client is doing the opposite — it’s adding a new…

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OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic form body to oversee safe ‘frontier AI’ development

[ad_1] Four of the preeminent AI players are coming together to form a new industry body designed to ensure “safe and responsible development” of so-called “frontier AI” models. In response…

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Twitter changes its official handle to @X

[ad_1] As part of the ongoing rebranding, Twitter has changed its official handle to @X. Other official handles related to the company have either let go of the “Twitter” moniker…

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Spotify CEO teases potential AI-powered capabilities surrounding personalization, ads

[ad_1] During Spotify’s second-quarter earnings call this morning, CEO Daniel Ek teased a few ways the streaming service could introduce additional AI-powered functionality. Ek touched on how AI could be…

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Buy in bulk: Take your team to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 and save

[ad_1] TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 takes place on September 19–21 in San Francisco, and it’s our biggest Disrupt ever. More than 10,000 attendees, seven new industry-specific programming stages (we just added…

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Prosus slams India’s top startup Byju’s after quitting board

[ad_1] Prosus, one of the largest investors in Byju’s, expressed its disappointment in the edtech giant’s reporting and governance practices on Tuesday, a month after the all the key investors…

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Max Q: Umbra is a Silicon Valley outsider — they prefer it that way

[ad_1] Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: A closer look at Umbra News from Rocket Lab, Astranis and more Umbra co-founder Gabe Dominocielo’s last name is roughly…

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