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Monday, January 27
What you missed today
Good evening!
Bad news: your morning omelet is probably going to get more expensive.
Here are the 7 things you missed today:
1. š Amazonās Bringing on Whole Foods CEO For Grocery Expansion
Amazon tapped Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel to oversee its growing grocery business. Buechel will continue to lead Whole Foods alongside Amazonās worldwide line of Fresh supermarkets, its online grocery service, and its Go convenience stores. (CNBC)
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3. š”ļø OpenAI Rival Was Hit With Large-Scale Cyberattacks
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has generated lots of buzz in recent weeks and just today took over OpenAIās coveted spot as the most downloaded free app in the US on Appleās App Store. It has since temporarily limited user registrations ādue to large-scale malicious attacksā on its services. (CNBC)
4. š ļø DIY LinkedIn Ads Approaches Donāt Work
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5. š„ Ongoing Bird Flu Outbreak is Spiking Egg Prices
The rising price of eggs has become a key issue for Americans, but relief may not be coming for some time. H5N1, a type of highly-contagious bird influenza, has been spreading throughout farms in the US with nearly 12 million cases in the past 30 days. As a result, US egg production fell 3% in December, causing rising prices in grocery stores. (Quartz)
6. š« LinkedInās Co-Founder Raises $25M to Take on Cancer Using AI
LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman launched an AI startup today aimed at discovering new treatments for cancer. Manas AI, which users a proprietary AI-driven platform to help speed up the drug discovery process, raised nearly $25 million in a seed round led by General Catalyst. (Quartz)
7. š± Appleās Latest Software Update Turned AI on by Default
If youāve updated an Apple Intelligence-supported device to iOS 18.3, you probably have AI turned on by default. The update also disables AI summaries for news apps, which have been infamous for displaying inaccurate facts in push notifications. (CNBC)
Bonus. CEO Tip Of The Day
Are sales teams just lazy now? This sales email from Salesforce has been hotly debated and might be some inspiration on what not to do (+ why!).
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