February 26, 2024

Why some VCs are pulling back from Europe, Google’s AI push, and who is the CEO of Byju’s?

February 26, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology Byjus, CEO, Europe, Googles, Pulling, push, VCs

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Monday show, in which we take a look back at the weekend and what’s ahead in the week. We also had an extra [...]read moreWhy some VCs are pulling back from Europe, Google’s AI push, and who is the CEO of Byju’s?

Sustainable Apparel Coalition announces rebrand

February 26, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Beauty Announces, apparel, Coalition, rebrand, sustainable

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has changed its name and “entered a new phase of positive impact”, it said Monday, rebranding as Cascale (pronounced “kæsk eɪl). Photo: Pixabay/Public domain It’s “a global non-profit alliance that empowers collaboration to drive equitable and restorative business practices in the consumer goods industry”. It takes in over 300 retailers, [...]read moreSustainable Apparel Coalition announces rebrand

Pedro Pascal Wins SAG Award For The Last Of Us

February 26, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Gaming Award, Pascal, Pedro, SAG, wins

Screenshot: Netflix / The Hollywood Reporter / Kotaku HBO’s live-action adaptation of The Last of Us took home two big awards at this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards out of its four nominations. One was for the series’ stunt actors, who won the award for Outstanding Performance By a Stunt [...]read morePedro Pascal Wins SAG Award For The Last Of Us

Mistral AI releases new model to rival GPT-4 and its own chat assistant

February 26, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology Assistant, chat, GPT4, Mistral, Model, Releases, Rival

Paris-based AI startup Mistral AI is gradually building an alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic as its latest announcement shows. The company is launching a new flagship large language model called Mistral Large. When it comes to reasoning capabilities, it is designed to rival other top-tier models, such as GPT-4 and Claude 2. In addition to [...]read moreMistral AI releases new model to rival GPT-4 and its own chat assistant

Pacific Drive Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Played On PS5

February 26, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Gaming Drive, Pacific, Played, PS5, Youve

I was lowkey terrified the first time I tried to start my station wagon in Pacific Drive. I turned on the ignition and listened to the old engine whir. It sputtered for a fraction of a second longer than I was expecting, reminding me of the dread I feel every time I put the key [...]read morePacific Drive Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Played On PS5

OnePlus’ Watch 2 gets 100 hours of battery thanks to a pair of chips and Wear OS tweaks

February 26, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology battery, chips, hours, OnePlus, Pair, Tweaks, watch, Wear

OnePlus’ first smartwatch was a lot of things. Unfortunately, particularly good or memorable weren’t among them. If you’re going to enter a category as established as the smartwatch, you’re going to have to make a splash. Do something unique and different to convince potential consumers beyond your own rabid fanbase that yours is the device [...]read moreOnePlus’ Watch 2 gets 100 hours of battery thanks to a pair of chips and Wear OS tweaks

Oxford Street vacancies and candy store numbers drop

February 26, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Business candy, drop, numbers, Oxford, store, Street, vacancies

There’s confirmation that London’s Oxford Street is bouncing back with new stores opening and a reduction in the candy store blight along the UK capital’s famous shopping thoroughfare. New West End Company The proportion of vacant stores now stands at 9.3%, down from 15.6% last year and the lowest level since 2021, according to research [...]read moreOxford Street vacancies and candy store numbers drop

Pedro Pascal Discusses The Last Of Us Season 2 After Winning SAG Award

February 26, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Gaming Award, Discusses, Pascal, Pedro, SAG, Season, Winning

The Last of Us Season 2 is in production now, and star Pedro Pascal has teased that filming is “going amazing.” Pascal recently broke his arm and had surgery, but he’s back on set already and told Deadline it feels “incredible to be back home” with the cast and crew. “They’re working harder than I [...]read morePedro Pascal Discusses The Last Of Us Season 2 After Winning SAG Award

KKR to acquire Broadcom’s end user computing biz for $4B

February 26, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology acquire, biz, Broadcoms, computing, KKR, User

We’ve already started to see big M&A, as in multi-billion deals, finally pick up this year after a slow period last year. Today, KKR added to that growing total when it announced it was going to acquire Broadcom’s end user computing business for $4 billion. These pieces include VMware Workspace One and VMware Horizon, two [...]read moreKKR to acquire Broadcom’s end user computing biz for $4B

UK retailers see February sales falls, but decline eases

February 26, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Business decline, eases, falls, February, retailers, sales

The slump in retail sales “eased’ this month, according to the earliest of the monthly retail sector reports that have come through. The latest CBI Distributive Trades Survey showed retail sales in the year to February fell at modest pace following a sharp drop last month. Photo: Pixabay It was the slowest decline in year-on-year [...]read moreUK retailers see February sales falls, but decline eases