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The finance behemoth has made its latest investment in a low-key Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up that specializes in search engines and writing help: Ant Group. According to a report released by local media Latepost on Thursday, Shanghai Mita Network Technology raised over 100 million
Workers everywhere put in countless hours a day on monotonous repetitive chores, like turning papers into PDFs and then uploading them to a drive, where they are then imported into a database and sent to a group of people by email. Even though UiPath was
The Peacock Theater in Los Angeles hosted the 73rd Miss USA contest on Sunday night, and Alma Cooper was declared the winner. Savannah Gankiewicz, who took over as Miss USA 2023 following Noelia Voigt’s resignation in May, won the title. Cooper, 22, is a military
Following an earlier this month setback, SpaceX has found its footing once more. On Sunday morning, July 28, the business launched two missions, launching clusters of its Starlink broadband satellites from coast to coast atop Falcon 9 rockets in less than five hours’ time. The
Today, Dazz, an Israeli startup that specializes in comprehensive security remediation, announced the conclusion of a $50 million fundraising round that was co-led by Greylock and included Cyberstarts, Insight Partners, and Index Ventures. With its most recent investment round, the company has raised $110 million
On May 12, 2024, on its 61st close flyby, Juno took a breathtaking color-enhanced picture of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere that revealed the planet’s erratic and dynamic cloud patterns. For scientists researching planetary atmospheres, this image provides a thorough glimpse of the complex atmospheric conditions that
A small group of public health experts from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the University of Glasgow have reported a potential connection between prenatal nutrition and some occurrences of autism. The team examined data from two sizable databases containing medical records on thousands
The cherished Audi RS6 Avant is scheduled for extinction in the near future. Luckily, Audi still intends to build aggressive, high-horsepower estate cars; the RS7 Avant will take the place of the RS6. This wagon rocketship will get major improvements in addition to a new
As part of its ongoing evolution, Google Maps has unveiled a brand-new sheet-based UI that aims to enhance the Android user experience. The goal of the most recent upgrade is to improve navigation by removing the full-screen menus and guaranteeing that the map view is
The CEO of Audi, Gernot Döllner, described the automaker’s plans to introduce new models in 2024 and 2025, noting that the Q6 e-tron’s debut this spring approved Audi’s model initiative. The first teaser of the A5 family’s tail light and rear light bar, which are