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Perceptis has raised $3.6 million to automate tedious consulting tasks with generative AI.The startup was founded by a former McKinsey consultant and former Apple engineer.The cofounders said AI could lead to a lot of growth for small- and midsize consultancies.Consulting has long relied on manpower, but a new generative AI…
Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery have canceled Venu, a would-be sports streaming service.The decision was announced days after announcing plans to launch the service.What happened in between?On Monday, the people behind Venu — the sports streaming service co-owned by Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery — were gearing up…
Lindsay Jang moved to Hong Kong 15 years ago and has launched five businesses.Despite not all of Jang’s ventures being successful, she says she has learned something from each.At 43, the entrepreneur and mom says she’s finally found ways to disconnect and find work-life balance.Lindsay Jang moved to Hong Kong…
OpenAI’s o1 model was hailed as a breakthrough in September.By November, a Chinese AI lab had released a similar model called DeepSeek.On Thursday, Google came out with a challenger called Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking.In September, OpenAI unveiled a radically new type of AI model called o1. In a matter of…
Tiya Gordon worked in design before she pivoted to cofounded It’s Electric, a climate tech startup.Gordon launched the company in 2022 after struggling to find an accessible EV charger in Brooklyn.She shared how they raised $11 million in grants and investment from prominent investors like Uber.This as-told-to essay is based…
SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket system on Tuesday for the sixth time.SpaceX didn’t attempt to catch the Super Heavy booster by a pair of “chopsticks” mid-air as planned.Starship moving towards full, rapid reusability is key to Elon Musk’s plans for Mars.SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket for the sixth time on…
Ukraine fired US-made ATACMS missiles at Russia, the Kremlin said.It’s the first time Ukraine has used the weapons against Russia.One caused a fire at a military facility in Russia’s Bryansk region.Ukraine fired US-supplied ATACMS long-range missiles into Russia for the first time, marking a significant escalation in the war.It comes…
AMD launched the Instinct MI325X accelerator on Thursday, and shipping starts later this fall.The new chip offers better performance than Nvidia’s H200 yet lags behind Blackwell, analysts say.AMD’s stock dipped over 4% post-announcement, reflecting only modest excitement amid competition. AMD CEO Lisa Su announced Thursday the launch of the Instinct…
After years of fighting off Russia, Ukraine is suddenly throwing a lot back at it. Kyiv appears to have just carried out its largest attack on Russian military airbases of the war, and its forces continue to press forward with their shock invasion of Russia’s Kursk region.Russia’s defense ministry said…
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing’s new Starliner astronaut capsule was launched from Florida on Wednesday in a much-delayed first test flight carrying a crew, a milestone in the aerospace giant’s ambitions to step up its competition with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The CST-100 Starliner, with two astronauts aboard, lifted off…
