April 19, 2025
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OpenAI partners with Korea’s Kakao after inking SoftBank Japanese JV

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] On the heels of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek making a huge splash in OpenAI’s American backyard, OpenAI is expanding in Asia, with major commercial deals that will also help it train its AI on more Asian-language content and user behavior — a gateway to doing

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Adam Candeub, a vocal critic of Big Tech, will reportedly join the FCC

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] Adam Candeub, a known critic of Big Tech, looks poised to join the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Candeub will be general counsel of the FCC, reports Semafor , which cites direct confirmation from FCC chairman Brendan Carr. TechCrunch has reached out to the FCC for

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LinkedIn amps up vertical video tools as uploads jump 36%

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] Video reigns supreme on social media like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. And now, video is becoming a bigger business for LinkedIn. The Microsoft-owned social network for the working world has yet to go full TikTok . But with a big boost of usage — today

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Tana snaps up $25M as its AI-powered knowledge graph for work racks up a 160K+ waitlist

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] An app that helps people and teams in the working world simplify their to-do lists — ideally by organizing and doing some of the work for them — has remained one of the unsolved goals in business technology. Leaning into AI, on top of battle

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Adam Candeub, a vocal critic of Big Tech, will reportedly join the FCC

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] Adam Candeub, a known critic of Big Tech, looks poised to join the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Candeub will be general counsel of the FCC, reports Semafor , which cites direct confirmation from FCC chairman Brendan Carr. TechCrunch has reached out to the FCC for

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China may probe Intel for antitrust: Report

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] Amid China’s retaliation to recently announced U.S. tariffs, Intel may find itself in the hot seat with China’s regulators. China is apparently considering an antitrust probe into semiconductor giant Intel, according to reporting from the Financial Times . This would be in addition to the

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Tana snaps up $25M as its AI-powered knowledge graph for work racks up a 160K+ waitlist

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] An app that helps people and teams in the working world simplify their to-do lists — ideally by organizing and doing some of the work for them — has remained one of the unsolved goals in business technology. Leaning into AI, on top of battle

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Canada’s StackAdapt snaps up $235M for its AI-based programmatic platform

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] While the U.S. and Canada duke it out over tariffs between the two countries, a tech company based out of Toronto is announcing a major round of funding led by a homegrown VC. StackAdapt , a programmatic advertising startup, says that it has raised $235

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OpenAI partners with Korea’s Kakao after inking SoftBank Japanese JV

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] On the heels of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek making a huge splash in OpenAI’s American backyard, OpenAI is expanding in Asia, with major commercial deals that will also help it train its AI on more Asian-language content and user behavior — a gateway to doing

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Adam Candeub, a vocal critic of Big Tech, will reportedly join the FCC

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] Adam Candeub, a known critic of Big Tech, looks poised to join the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Candeub will be general counsel of the FCC, reports Semafor , which cites direct confirmation from FCC chairman Brendan Carr. TechCrunch has reached out to the FCC for

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