Hone Capital, a Silicon Valley firm, is being probed by the FBI

Hone Capital, a Silicon Valley firm, is being probed by the FBI

According to the FT, the FBI is now poking around nine-year-old Hone Capital, a Palo Alto, Ca.-based venture firm funded by a Chinese private equity firm, to determine whether some of its capital came from the Chinese government — and if it shared sensitive startup data with Beijing. Originally launched with $115 million from China’s … Read more

Airtel admits spam call ‘menace’ in India, deploys free AI shield to all users

Airtel admits spam call ‘menace’ in India, deploys free AI shield to all users

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, said on Wednesday it’s rolling out an AI-powered spam detection solution to all its customers to curb the raging spam calls and messages problem in the country.  The company claims the solution is India’s first network-based, AI-powered, spam detection system. The feature will alert Airtel’s customers in real-time to … Read more

Vsim, founded by Nvidia alums, raises $21.5M for robotics simulation tech  

Vsim, founded by Nvidia alums, raises .5M for robotics simulation tech  

One of Nvidia’s fundamental breakthroughs has involved processors that power detailed, compute-intensive graphical simulations that can be used for everything from games and industrial development to AI training. Now, two of the engineers who helped build those physical simulations for Nvidia have raised a sizable amount of seed funding for their new startup. Manchester-based Vsim … Read more

Reddit is bringing AI-powered, automatic translation to dozens of new countries

Reddit is bringing AI-powered, automatic translation to dozens of new countries

Reddit is bringing machine learning-powered translations to more than 35 new locales in Europe, Asia and Latin America in a move designed to open the largely English-centric social network to more users. The service comes nearly five months after Reddit first introduced site-wide translation for French-speakers, though the company had previously enabled users to translate … Read more

Legal ping-pong in the WordPress world continues as Automattic sends WP Engine a cease-and-desist letter alleging trademark infringement

Legal ping-pong in the WordPress world continues as Automattic sends WP Engine a cease-and-desist letter alleging trademark infringement

The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks. Just a day after WordPress hosting service WP Engine sent a cease-and-desist notice to Automattic asking its CEO to stop publicly trashing WP Engine, now Automattic has sent its own cease-and-desist letter to WP Engine, saying the latter has … Read more

Another Prime Day is coming: Shop early Prime Big Deal Days deals

Another Prime Day is coming: Shop early Prime Big Deal Days deals

Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsWhen is Amazon Prime Day?What kind of deals can you find this year?Best Apple dealBest Amazon Echo dealBest headphones dealBest Bluetooth speaker dealBest TV deal Best streaming dealBest robot vacuum dealBest Fitbit deal Best fitness tracker deal Best kitchen deal UPDATE: Sep. 23, 2024, 2:35 p.m. EDT … Read more