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The Future of the Internet as a Global Infrastructure

CIO

Rising pan-Atlantic digital demand is increasing the importance and accelerating the development of Internet infrastructure across the pond, driving value and new cross-continental business opportunities. The EU is addressing this by investing up to €300 billion between 2021 and 2027 in a range of infrastructure projects.

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OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet

TechCrunch

OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT , can now browse the internet — in certain cases. Previously, ChatGPT’s knowledge was limited to dates, events and people prior to around September 2021.) (Previously, ChatGPT’s knowledge was limited to dates, events and people prior to around September 2021.)

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2021

TechCrunch

When we penned the intro for this piece last year , little did we know that — in many ways — we’d still be deep in it by the time 2021’s feature rolled around. 2021 also largely lacked the kind of blockbuster crashes we saw last year, courtesy of names like Quibi and Essential. Abundant Robotics (2016-2021).

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Bosch shuts down its app store for AI-powered, internet-connected cameras

TechCrunch

In 2018, appliance conglomerate Bosch created a startup, Security and Safety Things (or “SAST” for short), whose stated mission was to develop a platform to help developers create software for AI-equipped cameras. “Moving forward, Azena will focus on Bosch internal business and stop external business development.

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Qikfox is on a mission to democratize the internet

TechCrunch

“The motivation behind the product was that internet browsers are not taking ownership of what they are serving the consumers,” Tarun Gaur, founder and CEO of Qikfox told TechCrunch. They are hosting a buffet of 4 billion web pages, and the internet was not conceived for this deluge of content.

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EchoVC’s Eghosa Omoigui to talk about how founders can avoid blind spots at Early Stage 2021

TechCrunch

It’s a skillset that is developed through practice. Omoigui, who was previously director of consumer internet and semantic technologies at Intel Capital, will share his experiences and tips to help founders see every aspect of their company. Register for TC Early Stage 2021 today and catch his All-22 Tape talk.

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Daily Crunch: Sources say Times Internet plans to sell Indian streaming platform MX Player to Amazon 

TechCrunch

Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Game on : Amazon is in talks to acquire Indian video streaming giant MX Player from Times Internet, Manish reports. Otonomo went public in a 2021 SPAC, at the time valued at $1.4 Connected automotive company Otonomo is being acquired by Urgently in a reverse merger, Ingrid reports.

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