More top stories for ya Plugged in: Find out whoâs the latest automaker to adopt Teslaâs North American Charging Standard. And the duck said, âPut it on my bill!â: Hyperlineâs approach to helping SaaS companies handle pricing and billing earned it a cool $4.4 million in new funding. You heard right: Learn how Gladia is turning any audio into text in near real time, while ElevenLabs just raised $19 million to create synthetic voices. Meanwhile, Parrot raises $11 million for its transcription platform that turns speech into text. Live from Oracle, itâs the sovereign cloud!: Oracle launched its âsovereign cloudâ for customers in the European Union. Spot the new features: Spotify released a new feature today, a revamped desktop app, and we heard that the company will reportedly launch hi-fi audio through a costlier premium subscription. Big rounds across the ocean: Abu Dhabi gives Chinaâs Tesla challenger Nio a $738.5 million boost, while Go-Ventures closes $240 million for its second fund and rebrands as Argor Capital. On cloud nine: Find out who is taking the helm of Alibaba after CEO Daniel Zhang decided to focus on the cloud. From winner to even bigger winner: After taking the top prize in the 2019 Startup Battlefield competition, cloud platform company Render raised $50 million. Monitor this: Cloudflare is taking on the web observability competitors with the launch of Observatory, a tool to beef up web monitoring. More concern for AI: The European Unionâs largest consumer group is calling on the government to urgently investigate âthe risks of generative AI.” Gadgets and gizmos aplenty: In hardware news, check out the first Denon-branded Nura headphones. And be delighted to learn that iPhone 14 and M2 Macs are now part of Appleâs Self Service Repair program. |