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Apple's iOS 17.4 update is primarily aimed at bringing iOS into compliance with EU digital market regulations. However, the company also released a new API called FinanceKit that allows developers to retrieve transaction and balance information from his Apple Card, Apple Cash, and Savings with Apple. At launch, the company partnered with YNAB, Monarch, and Copilot.in Post to X, Copilot said users will be able to track all of their Apple financial accounts in real time. Previously, Copilot users had to upload documents to confirm transactions. The most requested credit card integration is now available with Copilot Money 💳 Starting…

Today, large organizations often use “business intelligence” (BI) tools to understand what's going on within their operations. This has created many lumbering leviathans in the software world. Now, British startup Fluent has launched a $7.5 million investment led by Hoxton Ventures and Tiferes Ventures to apply AI-based large-scale language models (LLMs) to business databases and make research by the public much easier. We have completed a seed investment round of USD. Essentially, BI tools connect to business databases and use SQL to create visualizations and build BI dashboards. This space involves giants like Tableau (owned by Salesforce), Power BI (owned…

Animal-based products have a familiar taste and texture, and recreating that with plant-based alternatives has been a challenge for some companies. Dairy in particular is an area where you need to get a “creamy” texture without using real cream. Cultivate Biosciences, a Swiss biotech food startup, says it has solved this problem by developing a yeast cream that is derived from a specific type of oleaginous yeast and mimics the texture and mouthfeel of traditional cream. There is. The company raised a pre-seed round of $1.5 million in 2022. At the time, the company was developing fat-rich ingredients with the…

Spotify today announced that it has submitted a new version of its App Store that shows pricing and feature information for the audio company's various plans in the EU. The update, which is pending Apple approval, also includes a link for users to purchase a subscription plan from Spotify's website. Earlier this week, the European Commission fined Apple a hefty 1.84 billion euros ($2 billion) for its anti-competitive practices in the music streaming market. EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager told a press conference that Apple should stop its anti-steering behavior. “Going forward, Apple will have to give music streaming developers…

Saudi Arabia is on track to become one of the world's largest construction hubs, thanks to trillions of dollars in infrastructure and real estate projects underway in the country. But even as the country's sector continues to expand rapidly, it still clings to traditional practices, leading to project disruptions and increased costs, says Riyadh-based Construction Tech. said Ibrahim Mana, founder and CEO of startup BRKZ. Purchasing building materials in Saudi Arabia and the wider MENA region primarily involves physical visits to suppliers, price negotiations, and lack of quality and delivery guarantees, which motivated us to launch BRKZ in 2022. Mana…

OpenAI, the most valuable AI startup, said Wednesday it intends to dismiss all claims by Elon Musk in a recent lawsuit, saying the billionaire entrepreneur who helped co-found the company was actually It was suggested that it did not have much of an impact on society. Its development and success. In a blog post written by all members of OpenAI (Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskeva, John Schulman, Sam Altman, Wojciech Zaremba, OpenAI), the Microsoft-backed startup has announced that since its founding in 2015, , revealed that it had raised less than $45 million from Musk. Despite initial promises to provide as…

This week, Roku users across the country discovered an unpleasant surprise when they turned on their TVs. The company required you to agree to an arbitration agreement in order to access your device. The device cannot be used until the user consents. Users (or at least this user) received an email the day before stating, “We have made changes to our dispute resolution terms that explain how to resolve disputes with Roku.” We encourage you to read our current Dispute Resolution Terms. By continuing to use our products or services, you agree to these updated terms. ” Of course, this…

The founders have spent a lot of time over the past few years building practical consumer use cases for AI and machine learning. Her Advocate, an AI startup, believes the technology will make it easier for people to apply for federal benefits. The New York-based startup was founded by Emily Poteet, who came up with the idea while watching her stepfather try to collect Social Security benefits. Although he was eligible, the application process was complicated for him, and even if he applied, he would spend months waiting to hear back. After a few years, Poteat realized that his AI…

It was only a few years ago, in 2021, that Windows 11 gained official support for Android apps, thanks to a VM managed by Microsoft called Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA). With WSA, Windows 11 users can optionally install and run almost the entire range of Android apps through Amazon's Android Marketplace (Amazon Appstore), thanks to an agreement between Amazon and Microsoft. It will be. Currently, Windows 11 has lost official support for Android apps, and with it, access to the Amazon Appstore. Microsoft announced today that it plans to end maintenance for WSA by the end of the year.…

TikTok today announced that its revamped Creator Fund has increased total creator revenue by more than 250% within the past six months. The fund, which was created a year ago and will eventually replace TikTok's original $1 billion creator fund, is expected to exit beta in the coming weeks, the company said. TikTok also announced that its LIVE Subscription monetization tool has been renamed to “Subscription” and will soon be expanded to non-LIVE creators. At launch, the revamped Creator was called the Creativity Program. This program is now out of beta and has been renamed to the “Creator Rewards Program.”…