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TechnologyTechCrunchWith Easel, ex-Snap researchers are building the next-generation Bitmoji thanks to AI
Easel is a new startup that sits at the intersection of the generative AI and social trends, founded by two former employees at Snap. There’s a reason why I mentioned that the co-founders previously worked at Snap before founding Easel. While Snap may never reach the scale of Instagram or TikTok, it has arguably been the most innovative social company since social apps started taking over smartphone home screens.
BusinessReutersGoogle invests $640 million in new data centre in Netherlands
Alphabet-owned Google is investing 600 million euros ($640.62 million) in a new data centre in the Dutch city of Groningen, it said on Tuesday, adding the investment will create 125 new jobs. Since 2014, Google has invested more than €3.8 billion in data centres and related digital infrastructure in the Netherlands. It said it would give priority to sustainability and a positive impact on the local community while building the new data centre.
WorldReutersPfizer vs Moderna battle over COVID vaccine patents begins in UK
Pfizer and BioNTech asked a London court to revoke rival Moderna's patents over technology key to the development of vaccines for COVID-19, as the latest leg of a global legal battle began on Tuesday. Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech sued Moderna at London's High Court in September 2022, seeking to revoke patents held by Moderna, which hit back days later alleging its patents had been infringed. Moderna says Pfizer and BioNTech copied mRNA advances it had pioneered and patented well before the COVID-19 pandemic began in late 2019.