Talks

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Andrii and Ioanna talk about multilingual LLMs, the latest news from Mistral AI, some boardroom drama, language learning theories, and a few things in between. The guest of the show is Zeynep Yavuz, partner at global venture firm General Catalyst, taking about…

Homegrown microblogging platform Koo's cofounder Mayank Bidawatka said in a post on LinkedIn that the company is in discussion with "multiple partners" for a "strategic partnership". His post came soon after media reported that VerSe Innovation, parent of media startup Dailyhunt, is in advanced talks to acquire the Bengaluru-headquartered social network Koo, which is touted as an alternative to X, formerly Twitter.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of…

Media startup Dailyhunt is in advanced stages of talks to acquire the Bengaluru-headquartered social network Koo, two sources familiar with the matter told me. The potential deal under discussion involves a share-swap agreement and could be finalized within weeks, the sources added, requesting anonymity as the matter is private. The deliberation follows Koo, which has sought to become a Twitter rival, aggressively hunting for new capital throughout last year. The social network, available in…

A Starbucks logo is seen as members and supporters of Starbucks Workers United protest outside of a Starbucks store in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., on Nov. 16, 2023.Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesStarbucks workers at unionized cafes will receive the pay hikes that their nonunion coworkers first collected in May 2022, a key step as the coffee giant and the union representing some baristas signaled Tuesday that they are working toward breaking a standoff over bargaining.The wage increases are a sign of good faith from…

Ozzy Osbourne felt like he had to make a stand earlier this month when Kanye West asked to sample “Iron Man” for a song on the rapper’s new album. “Well, nobody else would fucking do it, did they?” he tells Rolling Stone. Ahead of West and Ty Dolla $ign’s doomed Vultures 1 album rollout, Osbourne posted to his social media that he had denied West’s sample request “because he is an antisemite and has caused untold heartache to many.” To make matters worse, Osbourne wrote at the time that West “used the sample…

President and C.E.O. of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit on November 29, 2023 in New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesWarner Bros. Discovery has gone "pencils down" on a potential acquisition of Paramount Global, halting talks after several months of kicking the tires on merging the media companies, according to people familiar with the matter.Skydance Media, the film and TV studio run by David Ellison, is still performing due diligence on a potential…

“Time is a strange thing/Forgotten a lot but I remember some things,” Bnny’s Jessica Viscius sings on the opening track of her second album, One Million Love Songs. The song is called  “Missing,” and she’s recounting the whimsical first stages of falling in love. Her voice starts off breathy, fragile, and slightly hesitant, like she’s finally coming up for air, before the guitars and drums distend and twinkle, creating an entire snowglobe-like world in the span of just under two minutes. Then, as if on cue, the…

Tesla is talking about soon bringing the Cybertruck to Canada while Rivian quickly accelerates deliveries in the market. The automaker started delivering Cybertruck to customers in the US, primarily in Texas and California, late last year. It has slowly started to expand throughout the US. Generally, it takes a while for Tesla to expand to another market, generally Canada first, after launching in the US. Rohan Patel, head of government affairs and business development at Tesla, was asked about…

Seated at a witness stand in Manhattan court on Monday, Don Henley was doing his best to contain himself and what he was feeling. But every so often, the boldface-name witness in a trial involving allegedly stolen handwritten lyrics to songs from the Eagles’ Hotel California couldn’t help himself. Take the moment Henley was asked if he recalled sending legal pads with lyric drafts to writer Ed Sanders for research of the group’s planned Eagles biography more than 40 years ago. “I don’t recall offering to send him…

Jessie Murph just wants to work: “I’m in a state, right now, of just hustling,” she tells Rolling Stone on the latest episode of On Your Radar. “Any chance I get, I’m writing, any chance I get, I’m in the studio — it’s all I care about, it’s all I want to do. I have so much to say — so, so much to say… I have so much music that I’m just ready to let go.” The musician — whose sound is “a little country, a little hip-hop, it’s a little soul, and it’s a little pop,” as she puts it — is coming off a big breakout 2023:…