Don’t be surprised if you get a call from “Mindy” sometime soon. 1mind, a startup co-founded by Amanda Kahlow, has been quietly shipping its sales agent, named Mindy, for about a year. On Monday, the startup announced a $30 million Series A round led by Battery Ventures. This brings 1mind’s total raise to $40 million, the company says. [@Techcrunch](
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6sense founder Amanda Kahlow raises $30 million for new human-replacement AI sales startup 1mind | TechCrunch
Amanda Kahlow has quietly been back in sales and marketing tech for about a year with agentic startup 1mind.
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China rolls out its version of the U.S. H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers. [@AssociatedPress](
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China rolls out its version of the H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers
It coincides with uncertainties over the U.S.'s H-1B program under tightened immigrations policies implemented by President Donald Trump.
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Apple’s iPhone already supports texting, calling emergency services, and contacting roadside assistance via satellite connectivity. More satellite-powered features may be on the way. [@Techcrunch](
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Apple reportedly plans ambitious satellite-powered iPhone features | TechCrunch
While Apple’s iPhone already supports texting, calling emergency services, and contacting roadside assistance via satellite connectivity, the com...
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AI systems that power modern life sure seem to be training on Wikipedia. But will the online encyclopedia embrace the technology itself? [@sciencefocus](
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Jimmy Wales, internet entrepreneur and founder of Wikipedia, reveals major changes coming to the web’s biggest bank of human knowledge
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Seven more families have filed lawsuits against OpenAI claiming that the company’s GPT-4o model was released prematurely and without effective safeguards. Some of the suits address ChatGPT’s alleged role in suicides of their family members. [@Techcrunch](
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Seven more families are now suing OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in suicides, delusions | TechCrunch
In one case, 23-year-old Zane Shamblin had a conversation with ChatGPT that lasted more than four hours.
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Google, Microsoft, and Meta have stopped publishing workforce diversity data, according to a report in [@WIRED](
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Google, Microsoft, and Meta Have Stopped Publishing Workforce Diversity Data
Other big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia have continued their annual disclosures this year even as the Trump administration cra...
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A U.S. judge rules against online platform Roblox, keeping alleged abuse case in the public eye. [@abc](
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Judge rules against online platform Roblox, keeping alleged abuse case in the public eye
A father's lawsuit against the online gaming platform Roblox will remain in the public eye after a judge denied the company's bid for private arbit...
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How successful has Twitter's rebrand to X been? Well, most people still refer to the platform as "X, formerly Twitter," so we're going to say, not very. The team at Creative Bloq report on the blue bird's last gasp, as X sunsets the twitter.com URL, and how — no surprise — that's not gone smoothly.
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One last debacle for the messiest rebrand of the decade.
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Australia adds Reddit and Kick to social media platforms banning children under 16. [@AssociatedPress](
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Australia adds Reddit and Kick to social media platforms banning children under 16
Australia has added Reddit and Kick to its list of social media platforms that must ban children under 16 from having accounts.
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Gaza Sky Geeks (GSG) gave the Gaza Strip a glimpse of an international future, training thousands of young people training in coding, digital marketing, graphic design and entrepreneurship. This offered them a gateway to new remote work from within the besieged territory. Then Hamas attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostages, and Israel launched a full-scale war. Rest of World takes a look at how GSG got started, the challenges it faced as it established itself, and where the community is now.
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The bombing of Gaza Sky Geeks
For over a decade, Gaza Sky Geeks built a tech future for the Gaza Strip. Then came war.
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