Induced AI wins $2.3M backing to revolutionize workflow automation
Aryan Sharma and Ayush Pathak, two teenagers who founded Induced AI, a automating browser-native workflows using natural language, have acquired $2.3M in seed funding from well-known investors like Sam Altman, Peak XV, and Daniel Gross. Induced AI’s platform allows businesses to input their workflows in plain English, and the platform then converts the instructions into […]
Apple begins requiring new apps to have Chinese government license
Apple has begun requiring new apps to have a license from the Chinese government before they can be added to the App Store. This is a major change in policy for Apple, which has previously resisted Chinese government censorship. The new law, which was announced in August 2023, requires all app developers to be either […]
Netflix set to raise prices again amidst industry changes
Netflix is planning to raise the price of its streaming service again, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as the company faces increasing competition from other streaming services, as well as the ongoing Hollywood actors strike. Netflix has not yet announced how much it will raise prices, but the […]
Meta considers subscription tiers for Instagram and Facebook in Europe
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is considering offering subscription tiers to users in Europe who do not want to see personalized ads. The company is facing increasing pressure from European regulators to give users more control over their data and how it is used. According to a report in The Wall Street […]
FAA proposes rules to reduce space debris
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed new rules to address the growing threat of orbital debris, which poses a hazard to spacecraft and satellites. The proposed rules, which were detailed in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published this week, would require commercial space launch operators to take responsibility for disposing of the […]
DISH faces $150,000 penalty for dumping satellite into wrong orbit
U.S. television provider DISH has been fined $150,000 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after one of its satellites was dumped into the wrong orbit at the end of its operational life. The satellite, EchoStar-7, was launched in 2002 and placed into a geostationary orbit. It spent the next two decades beaming content to US […]
Vodafone makes world’s first 5G call via satellite
Vodafone has made the world’s first space-based 5G call using an unmodified handset, thanks to a test satellite operated by AST SpaceMobile. The call was made on September 8 from Maui, Hawaii, to a Vodafone engineer in Madrid, Spain, using a Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone and the WhatsApp voice and messaging app. This achievement is […]
NSA’s new center to defend AI from cyber threats
The United States is preparing for a potential onslaught of cyber threats targeting the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) models and tools. In response, the National Security Agency (NSA) is establishing a new AI Security Center to focus on protecting AI systems from hacks, intellectual property theft, and other security threats. The center will consolidate all […]
