More top reads A new-and-improved image generator: Details are few on Stable Diffusion 3, but as weâve seen with OpenAI and Google announcing AI-powered image generators, you have to play to win. Unclutter your digital life: Meet Yorba, a startup that wants to organize your digital paper trail. Congrats, you made a payment!: Google Pay plans to roll out the SoundPod, a portable speaker, to small merchants in India as part of a pilot. The SoundPod instantly validates and announces successful payments. Women in AI: As part of a multipart series, meet five women who have contributed to the transformation of artificial intelligence. O, Canada: Golden Ventures, a Toronto-based venture capital firm, closed its fifth fund with $100 million in capital commitments that it is deploying into Canadaâs tech ecosystem. Donât put Sony in a corner: Sony says the PlayStation VR2 is getting a makeover. Avast gets banned: The Federal Trade Commission banned antivirus company Avast and gave a fine after consumer web browsing data was sold to third parties. Avast had claimed there was no online tracking going on. Funding, funding and more funding: Among startups that attracted capital today, DatologyAI is curating datasets, ZÅ«m Rails is helping businesses move money, AddGlow is taking on Reddit and Frost Giant starts a Kickstarter campaign. Oh, and Hellohiveâs resume and recruiting tool is helping to prevent discrimination. Today in streaming: We learned that nearly half of adults who go on TikTok have never posted a video. Speaking of the social media giant, its âAdd to Music appâ feature is now more widely available. Meanwhile, Spotify joins a bunch of social media networks in offering a service to connect brands and creators. |