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OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet

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OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT , can now browse the internet — in certain cases. As a piece in The New Yorker notes, Google’s algorithm prioritizes websites that use modern web technologies like encryption, mobile support, and schema markup. They also aren’t necessarily representative of the totality of the web.

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Nigeria’s Mono raises millions to power the internet economy in Africa

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Three months later, the startup has a different mission: to power the internet economy in Africa and has closed $2 million in seed investment towards that goal. We’re thinking of how we can power the internet economy with data that isn’t necessarily financial data. “It’s the same thing for us right now.

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Ukraine’s largest mobile operator Kyivstar downed by ‘powerful’ cyberattack

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Ukraine’s largest telecommunications operator Kyivstar says it has been hit by a “powerful” cyberattack that has disrupted phone and internet services for millions of people across the country. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Indian gaming platform Mobile Premier League valued at $945M in $95M fundraise

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Mobile Premier League (MPL) has raised $95 million in a new financing round, just five months after it secured $90 million as the two-and-a-half-year-old Bangalore-based esports and gaming platform looks to grow in international markets. Indian mobile gaming platform Mobile Premier League raises $90 million.

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Bodyguard is a mobile app that hides toxic content on social platforms

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We have developed a technology that detects hate speech on the internet with a 90 to 95% accuracy and only 2% of false positive,” founder and CEO Charles Cohen told me. The company has started with a mobile app that anyone can use. It has been available in French for a few years and the company has attracted 50,000 users so far. “We

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ZirooPay raises $11.4M to scale its mobile POS solutions for retailers across Nigeria

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In 2014 when we featured the company , the pitch then from IroFit (ZirooPay’s parent company) was that its “Internet-free” tech —a mobile platform for small businesses to accept card payments via a mobile app and EMV-certified card reader — operated in areas where there is no data coverage, particularly in emerging markets.

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a16z, Avenir and Google back South African mobile games publisher Carry1st in $20M round

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The company started as a game studio where it conceptualized, developed (from system designs to artwork and engineering), and launched mobile games. On this marketplace, called Carry1st Shop , users of a Carry1st game can purchase virtual goods such as airtime, mobile data, entertainment vouchers, grocery store vouchers and gaming currency.

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