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Madrona Venture Labs announces $11M round to fund pre-seed AI founders

Madrona Venture Labs (MVL), a pre-seed startup incubator-of-sorts based in Seattle, Washington that bills itself as “an enterprise AI startup studio … for founders, by founders” has secured $11 million for its fifth fund, with a focus on empowering the next generation of AI founders. The funding round was led by sibling firm, the mighty Seattle giant Madrona Venture Group, and saw…
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Dropbox introduces generative AI-powered products to ease knowledge work

Cloud storage provider Dropbox today unveiled a suite of AI-powered products designed to ease knowledge work. The company’s latest offerings, Dropbox Dash and Dropbox AI, aim to boost productivity and streamline workflows, delivering users a more personalized work experience. According to the company, these products are just the beginning of a series of personalized AI experiences Dropbox…
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Webb Rules Out Thick Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere for Rocky Exoplanet

An international team of researchers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to calculate the amount of heat energy coming from the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c. The result suggests that the planet’s atmosphere – if it exists at all – is extremely thin. With a dayside temperature of roughly 380 kelvins (about 225 degrees Fahrenheit), TRAPPIST-1 c is now the coolest rocky exoplanet ever…
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Apple's expanded self-repair program covers the iPhone 14 and newer MacBooks

Apple is widening its Self Service Repair program to cover its more recent devices, and it’s reducing some of the hassles in the process. As of June 21st, you can get the parts, tools and manuals needed to fix the iPhone 14 range as well as the M2-based versions of the 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. You can also fix the TrueDepth camera and top speaker on iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 models…
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