Mostly AI, a startup that uses AI to create synthetic data for enterprises, today raised $25 million in a Series B round of funding.Read More
Synthetic data platform Mostly AI lands $25M
Text autocompletion systems aim to ease our lives, but there are risks
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GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2’s awesome agenda
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The Internet loses a car culture gathering place—DriveTribe will close
Enlarge / DriveTribe was set up by the trio of former Top Gear hosts Richard Hammond (L), Jeremy Clarkson (M), and James May (R). (credit: DriveTribe)
This week brought sad news for the online car world. DriveTribe, a community platform for automotive enthusiasts, will shut down at the end of January after just five years.
In a post announcing the shutdown, DriveTribe points to the ongoing chip shortage that has caused the new car market to contract, with an associated reduction in marketing budgets at automakers. “This has made for an incredibly difficult operating environment for businesses like ours which are dependent on advertising,” it says.
DriveTribe was created in 2016 by a tech entrepreneur named Ernesto Schmitt, together with car TV personalities Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond. Hammond sold the concept to Clarkson as “like YouPorn, only with cars.”
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AWS DynamoDB – NoSQL Database Guide for Beginners
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Workplace management platform Envoy nabs $111M to power the hybrid workforce
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Google in last-ditch lobbying attempt to influence incoming EU tech rules
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Google is making a last-ditch effort to change the EU’s incoming laws on Big Tech with a flurry of advertising, emails, and targeted social media posts aimed at politicians and officials in Brussels.
As EU policymakers put the finishing touches to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), executives at Google’s headquarters in Silicon Valley are stepping up their efforts to water down parts of the legislation that they fear may have a severe impact on their business.
“Top executives in California have known about the DMA all along, but they are only waking up now,” said one Google insider.
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