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Salesforce will be investing $50 million in startups, to launch incubator

Salesforce will devote a new $50 million fund that will invest in startups. The company is also creating an incubator for early-stage cloud startups at Salesforce’s San Mateo office. The announcement was made by the company’s Chief Executive Marc Benioff, speaking at the company’s developer conference.

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New AI technology is generating blueprints for microscopic biological mechanisms that can edit your DNA, pointing to a future when scientists can battle illness and diseases with even greater precision and speed than they can today, writes Cade Metz.

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will offer its virtual reality OS to hardware companies, creating iPhone versus Android dynamic — CNBC

Meta will partner with external hardware companies, including Lenovo, Microsoft and Asus, to build virtual reality headsets using the company’s Meta Horizon operating system, writes Kif Leswing. 

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone — The Verge

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users, writes Tom Warren.