1) AI voice startup ElevenLabs lands $80M round, launches marketplace of cloned voices.
ElevenLabs, an AI voice startup, raised $80 million in funding to launch a clone voice marketplace.
The company has only been established for two years and has become a unicorn.
Within just two years of its inception, ElevenLabs, the AI voice startup founded by former Google and Palantir employees, has hit the unicorn status. The company today announced it has raised $80 million in a series B round of funding, growing its valuation ten-fold to $1.1 billion.
2) Canada announces two-year cap on international student admissions.
Canada has introduced a policy to reduce the number of international students enrolled by two years.
The reduction is 35%. Some provinces, such as Ontario, will even be cut in half.
The cap means a 35% reduction in new study visas this year but some provinces like Ontario will see a 50% reduction or more.
By the end of last year, there were more than one million international students in Canada.
The number of international study permit holders reached 1,028,850 at the end of December, according to Miller’s office.
3) B.C., Ontario planning crackdown on ‘bad actor’ colleges preying on international students.
Taking this opportunity, the Canadian province of British Columbia and Ontario plans to crack down on pheasant universities that make ill-gotten gains or engage in shady practices in the name of recruiting international students.
4) Capping foreign students won’t solve Canada’s immigration problem.
Canada's restriction on the number of international students is due to too much immigration, and as soon as the new policy came out, there was immediately a negative opinion: the Globe and Mail believed that restricting international students could not solve Canada's immigration problem.
5) Chart: All the Major Tech Layoffs in 2024 So Far.
Photo shows the significant tech layoffs so far this year.
6) 2024 Oscar nominations: Oppenheimer, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon among front-runners.
2024 Oscar nominations: "Oppenheimer", "Barbie", "Killer of the Flower Moon" are among the best.
7) Ch*na quietly pulls draft gaming rules from website.
* The country has quietly removed the "Draft Measures for the Administration of Online Games" from the website.
In the weeks since the draft was released, tens of billions of dollars have evaporated from the gaming giant's market value.
Beijing has quietly pulled the proposed curbs on the video game industry from the official website, weeks after the draft guidelines wiped tens of billions of dollars off the market value of local titans.
8) Two fans are suing Madonna for lateness. Could this case change the live music industry?
Two fans filed a lawsuit over Madonna's late arrival.
9) People go crazy for new baumkuchen ice cream in Japan.
The Japanese are obsessed with the new style of Baumkuchen ice cream.