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‘Massive’ investment in R&D leads China’s Honor to launch world’s thinnest foldable phone thumbnail
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‘Massive’ investment in R&D leads China’s Honor to launch world’s thinnest foldable phone

Foldables represent a small but rapidly expanding segment of the Chinese smartphone market. Sales in this category grew by 27% last year. Chinese...

Lululemon has had enough of Gen Z’s dupe culture and is suing Costco for allegedly stealing its Scuba jacket and ABC pant designs thumbnail
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Lululemon has had enough of Gen Z’s dupe culture and is suing Costco for allegedly stealing its Scuba jacket and ABC pant designs

Lululemon says Costco is intentionally confusing shoppers by slapping its Kirkland brand on clothes that are thinly veiled copies of much more expensive...

Tesla’s Q2 sales not nearly as bad as feared, but former leader is losing ground fast to BYD thumbnail
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Tesla’s Q2 sales not nearly as bad as feared, but former leader is losing ground fast to BYD

Tesla sales through June fell 13% to some 720,000 vehicles—but volumes for BYD of China soared 41% to crack the 1 million vehicle...

House GOP can’t pass Trump’s tax bill as holdouts on center and far&right push back in late&night session thumbnail
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House GOP can’t pass Trump’s tax bill as holdouts on center and far&right push back in late&night session

The idea of quickly convening to for a vote on the more than 800-page bill was a risky gambit, one designed to meet Trump’s demand...

Trump touts a Vietnam trade deal victory—but details on transshipment and import pledges remain unclear thumbnail
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Trump touts a Vietnam trade deal victory—but details on transshipment and import pledges remain unclear

Trump said the U.S. will impose a 20% tariff on Vietnamese exports to the U.S. Goods transshipped through Vietnam will get 40%.  With...

In just 4 months, AI medical scribe  Abridge doubles valuation to $5.3B thumbnail
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In just 4 months, AI medical scribe Abridge doubles valuation to $5.3B

Money Abridge nabbed a $300 million Series E led by a16z, months after it closed its previous $250 million fundraise. The 7-year-old Abridge...

Facebook Group admins complain of mass bans — Meta says it’s fixing the problem thumbnail
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Facebook Group admins complain of mass bans — Meta says it’s fixing the problem

Money The bans have affected thousands of groups both in the U.S. and abroad and have spanned various categories. The reason for the...

New data highlights the race to build more empathetic language models thumbnail
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New data highlights the race to build more empathetic language models

LOS ANGELES DAILY provides reliable, free, up-to-the-minute syndicated news to any media publication. LOS ANGELES DAILY is a network member of the Associated...

India’s GoKwik raised a small $13M round for a hefty leap in valuation thumbnail
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India’s GoKwik raised a small $13M round for a hefty leap in valuation

Money What has made GoKwik so attractive to investors is its offerings, which help companies, big and small, set up shop online and...

How Synthflow AI is cutting through the noise in a loud AI voice category thumbnail
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How Synthflow AI is cutting through the noise in a loud AI voice category

Money Synthflow is a no-code platform that lets enterprises build and deploy customized white-labeled voice AI customer service agents. The company was founded...