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Kerry Gates is a news writer for Midlandia Press. She writes about arts, automotive, travel, and fashion. She also loves to spend time with her family and friends, go on road trips, and read historical fiction.

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Meta will pay Texas $1.4B in settlement over facial recognition software

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Meta reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday to settle a 2-year-old lawsuit related to the company’s use of facial recognition software. “After vigorously pursuing justice for our citizens whose privacy rights were violated by Meta’s use of facial recognition software, I’m proud to announce that we have reached […]

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Airtable acquihires onboarding startup Dopt for AI talent

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Airtable today announced that it has acquired Dopt, a startup focused on helping other startups build product onboarding experiences for new users. Earlier this year, Dopt introduced a number of features that helped users add AI-based assistance tools to their respective services — those are the main reason Airtable is now acquiring the company. The

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Kamala Harris To Campaign In Battleground States With Her Running Mate Next Week

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Vice President Kamala Harris will reportedly be campaigning in swing states next week with her chosen running mate. Reuters reported: Vice President Kamala Harris will tour battleground states next week with her vice presidential candidate, two sources familiar with the planning said on Tuesday, a signal the selection process

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Friend’s $99 necklace uses AI to help combat loneliness

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AI hardware is all the rage in startup land — though receptions have thus far been mixed. Two notable examples, Rabbit and Humane, released devices to disappointing results. a16z-backed Limitless and Exor-backed Bee AI, meanwhile, are working on their own screenless AI wearables. Avi Schiffmann, a Harvard dropout who built a Webby Award-winning website that

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Kennet has raised E266 million for its largest fund to date

Hey, there ARE growth funds in Europe — Kennet raises $287M for its largest fund to date

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Europe is routinely castigated by tech industry observers for having too few “growth capital” funds, and, compared to the U.S., that’s true. That said, it is nowhere near nonexistent on this front. To wit: Growth equity investor Kennet of London just announced it has raised €266 million for its largest fund to date, Kennet VI,

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Intelmatix raises $20M Series A to enable MENA businesses to tap AI for decision-making

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Intelmatix, a deep tech b2b startup that’s targeting businesses in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region wanting help to tap into the power of AI for decision-making, has closed a $20 million Series A funding round – one of the largest such rounds for a regional company of this type.  The startup, which

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Disinformation may ‘go nuclear’ rather than ‘go viral,’ researchers say

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We say something “goes viral” because we tend to think of rumors and disinformation spreading the way that an infection spreads. But these days it may be more accurate to say something “goes nuclear,” according to a new paper that models disinfo as a form of fission reaction. As common wisdom had it even before

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FranShares has a new approach to passive income, letting people invest in franchises for as little as $500

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Historically, passive income has been associated with investing in real estate such as rental properties. FranShares is a Chicago-based startup that wants to offer investors another form of passive income: the chance to invest in franchises for as little as $500.  For the unacquainted, a franchisor is a party that owns and licenses a franchise

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