Comic Strip of The Week

AI BITES

1. AI Gets a Voice (and Eyes!): OpenAI Unveils GPT-4o and Supercharges ChatGPT

2. CoreWeave Scores Big: $7.5 Billion Debt Deal Fuels AI Infrastructure Growth

3. All Change at OpenAI: AI Safety Team Disbanded After Short Run

4. Swipe Right for Savings: AI Wallet Picks Perfect Plastic for Your Purchases

5. Microsoft Teams Up With AMD to Challenge Nvidia in the Cloud

6. AI Takes Flight: US Air Force Trains Backup Navigators for GPS-Free Future

7. Data Deal Drives Dollars: Reddit Stock Up on OpenAI Partnership

8. Sony Drops the Mic: Warns AI Devs and Streamers Over Music Use

9. Snowflake Seeks Smarts: Eyes AI Startup Reka for Acquisition

10. Can Machines Understand Irony? AI Takes a Stab at Sarcasm Detection

11. AI Answers the Phone: Android Gets Scam Call-Crushing Feature

12. Numbers Game: AI Scores as Accountants Exit

13. Tech Titans Team Up: Palo Alto Networks & IBM Join Forces for AI Security

14. China Data Drives Tesla? Musk Eyes Local Info for Self-Driving Cars

15. Voice Restored! AI Tech Gives Woman Back Her Speech

16. Newsletters Got You Down? This AI Turns Them Upside Down (into Podcasts!)

17. Highlighting the technology:  Schools Eye AI for Gun Detection: Funding Fight Erupts

18. AI Cracks the Code: Generative Tech Tackles Complex Physics Problems

19. Not-So-Bright Idea? Robot Commencement Speaker Leaves Some Grads Cold

20. Gatik Gears Up: $30 Million Deal Fuels Robot Truck Revolution

STARTUPS BITES

1. Convoy Vets Set Sail: Freight Startup GoodShip Hauls in $8M

2. Vercel Valuates Upward: $250M Series E Soars to $3.25B Valuation

3. Dallas VC Scores Big: Joins $100M Cloud Networking Investment

4. Houston Hustlers: $10M Fuels Rural Healthcare Startup's Expansion

5. Raleigh Watts Up: Energy Data Startup Scores $18.5M

6. Agora Scores Big: $34M Fuels Real Estate Software Expansion

7. QuickBooks Watch Out: Embedded Accounting Startup Layer Scores $2.3M

8. OpenAI Fund Fuels Up: Secures Additional $5M

9. Tiny Bitcoin Lender Scores Big: $3.5M Led by VC Draper

10. Bootstrapped to Big Bucks: PayHOA Lands $27.5M Series A

11. Replit Retools: Cloud Dev Startup Lays Off 20% for AI Push

12. Kiwi Alt-Meat Startup Jooules Grazes on NZ$1M Seed Funding

13. Cloud Coding on a Budget: Codesphere Scores $18M to Slash Costs

14. Figma's New Figure: Design Startup Valued at $12.5 Billion

15. Aussie Music Startup Hits High Note: $660K Bridge Funding Fuels Growth

16. Pepper Perks Up: $30M Fuels B2B Food E-commerce Growth

17. Samsung Sounds Off: Buys French Ultrasound AI Startup for $92M

18. Israeli Data Storage Startup Soars to Unicorn Status with $140M Raise

19. Egyptian Fintech Startup Scores $3.5M Seed Funding for Growth

20. Recall Rings Up $10M to Boost Virtual Meeting Data Use

WEB3 BITES

1. Wisconsin Bucks the Trend: Pension Fund Adds Bitcoin

2. Tether Mints More Millions: Will Bitcoin See Another Surge?

3. Hong Kong Opens e-CNY Wallets: Crossing the Border with Digital Yuan

4. Notcoin Donates $7 Million in Tokens to Telegram and Pavel Durov

5. Kraken Considers Dropping USDT as EU Tightens Crypto Reins

6. Piggybacking to Prison: Feds Nab Money Launderers in $73M Scam

7. DeFi Bloodbath: UNI and Others Struggle After SEC Crackdown

8. JPMorgan: Bitcoin Mining Gets Pricier, New Estimate Hits $45,000

9. Detained in Django: Binance Exec Stuck in Nigeria as Bail Denied

10. Pink Slip for Pink Drainer: Scam Service Folds After $85 Million Haul

11. Whales Dive In: Hedge Funds Splash $2.4 Billion on Bitcoin ETFs

12. Mastercard Gears Up for Blockchain Future: 5 Startups Join Innovation Program

13. From Ban to Bureaucracy: Turkey Unveils Proposed Crypto Regulations

14. Hong Kong: Digital Yuan Goes Local, Stays Leashed Across Borders

15. Fashion Faux Pas: Dolce & Gabbana's Botched Metaverse NFTs Land Them in Court

16. Super Down Under? Coinbase Targets Aussie Retirees with Crypto Services

17. China Cracks Crypto Crime: $1.9 Billion Underground Ring Busted

18. Restaking Rumble: Lido Backed Symbiotic Shakes Up EigenLayer Dominance

19. Love in the Blockchain: Buterin Values Ethereum's Open Discourse

20. Hong Kong on Musk Watch: Deepfake Crypto Scam Prompts SFC Action

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