Nebius, a cloud infrastructure AI startup, quietly went public in 2011 as a subsidiary of Yandex and reached a peak valuation of $31 billion in 2021 before facing recent challenges.

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Apple explored building a full-fledged TV with touchscreen capabilities, but halted the project due to low margins and high costs. The idea was considered again in 2019.

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VC Jenny Fielding argues that founders still hold misconceptions about cash management, despite the downturn, and suggests that hiring human executive assistants is still valuable in the early stages of a startup.

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Consider alternatives to popular apps to control your data, avoid monetization, and reduce risks.

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Pickle, a startup, allows users to create an avatar of themselves using a 5-minute training video. The avatar can be used for Zoom calls, and the service comes in basic, standard, and pro versions, priced from $300 to $1,150 per year.

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Apple's sequel to 'Wolfs' is canceled due to director Jon Watts' loss of trust in Apple as a creative partner, following the company's shift in movie strategy.

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is requesting that Google sell its Chrome browser to address concerns about its monopoly in online search. The DOJ argues that Google's ownership of both Android and Chrome hinders efforts to make the search market more competitive.

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Tesla and Rivian have reportedly reached a conditional settlement in a lawsuit where Tesla accused Rivian of employee poaching and trade secret theft. The settlement is expected to lead to the dismissal of the lawsuit by December 24th.

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OpenAI engineers accidentally deleted data potentially relevant to a lawsuit against the company, which is being sued by The New York Times and Daily News for allegedly scraping their works without permission.

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Y Combinator, a well-known startup factory, often backs companies with similar or identical products to previous graduates, contradicting the idea that startups need to be unique.

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