Just months after raising a whopping $10 billion, Databricks has confirmed another $1 billion raise at a $100 billion valuation.
YouTube’s first exclusive NFL broadcast attracts over 17M viewers
Over 17.3 million viewers tuned in for YouTube’s first-ever exclusive global broadcast of an NFL game with the Chiefs and Chargers.
Y Combinator-backed Motion raises fresh $38M to build the Microsoft Office of AI agents
In his early 20s, Harry Qi left a million-year hedge fund job to join Y Combinator. His SMB AI agent startup is now growing fast.
Spotify’s new ‘smart filters’ let you screen library content by activity, genre or mood
Spotify is launching a new feature that allows users to filter their library by specific activities, moods, or genres. These filters can also be used to find playlists, or, to some extent, audiobooks and podcasts, and can even kick off a new session on Spotify’s AI DJ.
Adtech company PubMatic sues Google over monopoly violations
The lawsuit marks the second time that an advertising exchange has sued Google since a federal judge ruled in April that the search giant had illegally monopolized ad exchanges and ad servers.
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Welcome Akron’s new STEM hub director
[[{“value”:” We are thrilled to share that Sandra Cline has been named the new Director of the Akron Hub, a key regional partner within the Ohio STEM Learning Network (OSLN) The OSLN Akron Hub, founded in 2009 and housed at the National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM Middle School, serves a 13-county region in Northeast Ohio by expanding access to…

Helping girls to thrive through creativity, collaboration and coding
[[{“value”:” Helping girls to thrive through creativity, collaboration and coding Published: Running a coding club as a newly qualified computing science teacher, Toni Scullion aimed to create an environment where girls could thrive and aspire to enter the world of tech. The ongoing gender gap in all STEM subjects, particularly in computing science, compelled her to go further. dressCode was…
SpaceX strikes $17B deal to buy EchoStar’s spectrum for Starlink’s direct-to-phone service
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has agreed to acquire 50MHz of wireless spectrum and Mobile Satellite Service spectrum licenses from EchoStar for about $17 billion in cash and stock for its Starlink satellite network.
Amazon Music’s new AI feature generates personalized playlists every Monday
Amazon Music’s new feature “Weekly Vibe,” generates personalized playlists every Monday that are tailored to each listener’s evolving music tastes.