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Consumer demand for alternatives to Big Tech's social apps is intensifying. Alternative social networks like Bluesky and Mastodon are gaining momentum with those looking to leave X, while others are building alternatives to Tiktok, which are banned by open protocols. Similarly, many independent developers are also working on an open, decentralized alternative to Instagram, the Meta flagship photo sharing app with over 2 billion active users each month. While none of the newcomers are ready to match the size and range of meta, their ability to carve out small niches in the shadows of meta is compelling. They are also…

Apple has released a new app called Invites, designed to make it easy to create custom invitations for events on your iPhone or the web. Invites is Partiful for the popular invite app Apple that won the best Google Play app of 2024. With Invites you can create and share invitations, contribute to events, share albums, and curate event soundtracks. You will need an Icloud+ subscription to create an invitation. This costs 99 cents per month. However, anyone can use RSVP, whether they have an Apple account or an Apple device. This post will show you the process of creating…

Elon Musk recently said he “hasn't munched a bit to get Tiktok.” Musk made these comments in an interview at the Welt Economic Summit on January 28th. The video of the interview was released today. The interview comes after President Donald Trump delayed a law requiring the sale of Tiktoc ordinances to be banned in the US. At the time, there were reports that the Chinese government had accepted transactions to acquire apps by Musk (a major Trump alliance). Trump told reporters he wants to see Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison win Tiktok. He also signed an executive order…

Just six months after Defense Tech Anduril raised a massive $1.5 billion round of $15 billion, it is valued at $14 billion, raising another $2.5 billion, up to $28 billion We are discussing the evaluation. Naturally, this agreement is not led by the Founders Fund. Anduril's founder Palmer Luckey is the face of the company, but he nominated five men as co-founders, among his founder's partner Trae Stephens. Founders Fund has been an Anduril investor from the start and led the seed round in 2017. He also co-led to Anduril's 2024 fundraising. The previous round was to help Andrill pay…

The former IOS engineer, who was sued by Apple for leaking confidential information to a journalist, has issued an apology after the lawsuit against him was dismissed. The lawsuit, filed last year, has sent Andrew Aude thousands of messages to journalists at Wall Street Journal, sending over half a dozen Apple policies and products information, including details about Apple's Journal App and Its Vision Pro. He insisted. Headset. “I spent nearly eight years as an Apple software engineer,” Aude said in an apology posted to X. But instead of keeping this information secret, I made the mistake of sharing it…

Welcome to Startups Weekly – Summary every week everything you need to miss from the startup world. Want to put it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This first week of February has been busy in the geopolitical aspects and in the world of startups and VC news, with many announcements and a huge amount of capital change. The most interesting startup story of the week Image credit: waabi The startup took a variety of views on the recurring dilemma of whether they are partners or not. Plus, warning stories about high burn rates, and beyond the IPO.…

The operatives working for Elon Musk are the authorities in the U.S. government department, including an agency responsible for managing data on millions of federal employees and a system responsible for paying $6 trillion to Americans. It has gained unprecedented access to the range. During the first three weeks of Trump's second administration, the group of representatives of masks – the presidential advisory committee known as the government efficiency, or DOGE, despite questions about security clearance, cybersecurity practices. We managed the best federal departments and datasets. and the legality of mask activities. Whether it's a feat or a coup (which…

Many startups are racing to make inspections of vehicles faster, easier and cheaper. San Diego-based startup Self Inspection believes it's beating it all with its AI-powered services. Self-Inspection, founded in 2021, is set to announce on Thursday it raised $3 million in a seed round co-led by Costano Aventure and DVX Ventures, a company run by former Tesla President John McNeill. . The round was Westlake Financial, which handles more than 1 million vehicle transactions per year. Karim Bousta, partner at DVX Ventures, believes that traditional vehicle inspection processes are ripe for innovation. Self-Inspection Technology “not only streamlines the operations…

The French public investment bank has announced it is planning to invest 10 billion euros (approximately $10.3 billion at its current exchange rate) in the French artificial intelligence ecosystem. The announcement comes days before heads of state and global technical leaders gather for the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris. BPIFRANCE has been a major investor in the high-tech ecosystem for the past decade, handing out small grants to early-stage startups, taking part in large funding rounds in exchange for some equity, and “fund funds.” Strategies to invest directly in VC companies. “[France] Already 750 world-renowned AI startups boast. There…

Silicon Valley is building AI agents crazy to augment human labor. If such agents function as intended, the entire work could become extinct or close to it. AI agents are poised to drive away customer service representatives, sales associates, executive assistants, IT administrators, junior developers and journalists. AI startup boards replace “helpful VCs” by automating referrals to people. When a founder or investor is asked about the potential work that technology causes, the answer is always the same. Yes, AI eliminates some work. But it also creates others. Make sure it's become VC Mike Ghaffary's obsession. Ghaffary is previously best…