Here's what those Netflix viewers got to see ahead of the YouTube crowd.
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The advertisement that everyone has been waiting for is finally here. The 26-minute extended-look trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 is live on Netflix right now. If you have a subscription and can sneak away from work, school or whatever for a cool half-hour, feel free to check it out and see what a bunch of Scottish video game developers really think of life in Florida.
If you use an iPhone or Mac on a daily basis and need to get your wireless audio needs taken care of, a set of Apple's AirPods is your best bet. You even have a few different options, so it's not like they're reserved for those willing to spend hundreds of dollars on a pair of headphones or earbuds. With features like active noise cancellation, spatial audio and solid battery life, the AirPods 4 with ANC offer many of the same perks as the more expensive AirPods Pro 3 do. Plus, Apple has tweaked the listening experience in a way that attracts most casual listeners.
Flipboard, the news magazine software company that has more recently invested in the open social web — the umbrella term for social platforms that let users, not one company, control their own data and audience — is making another big bet on that ecosystem. The company on Wednesday announced it’s acquiring the Portland-based feed-building startup Graze, which has been working to monetize the open social web by allowing feed creators to support themselves via ads.
Making AI agents work in practice is a lot harder than many companies expected — but there’s help on the way. A new crop of startups is finding better ways to test and train those agents before they get deployed, particularly on the complexities of the modern enterprise.
Oura, the smart ring maker, with offices in San Francisco and Finland, is reportedly planning to raise up to $3 billion as soon as next month in a U.S. IPO that values the more than 900-person company at [spits out coffee] north of $16 billion, according to Bloomberg. The outlet adds that investors are expected to sell a major chunk of stock in the offering.
New York-based General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents to move through space and time, is in talks to raise funding at a $6 billion pre-money valuation from new investors including Valor Equity Partners, Point72 Ventures, and Seven Seven Six, according to sources familiar with the matter.