Some Etsy sellers say they're shutting their stores until the platform clears up any risk of non-payment from Silicon Valley Bank's collapse

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Etsy sellers have started putting their shops on “vacation mode” to lower risks of non-payment.
Etsy sellers have started putting their shops on

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Etsy told sellers that payments will be delayed because it was using Silicon Valley Bank

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Etsy said it will pay sellers within the next few business days.

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Microsoft gives Bing's AI chatbot personality options

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Microsoft has quickly acted on its promise to give you more control over the Bing AI's personality. Web services chief Mikhail Parakhin has revealed that 90 percent of Bing preview testers should see a toggle that changes the chatbot's responses.

The Olympic Esports Series will feature 'Just Dance,' 'Gran Turismo' and chess

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The International Olympics Committee has laid out more details for the upcoming Olympic Esports Series, which will take place in Singapore in June. The lineup features facsimiles of real-world competitive events rather than what many people may think of as traditional esports, such as real-time strategy titles, fighting games and first-person shooters.

5 ways small-business owners can use Reddit as a secret weapon to build niche communities and dig up new trends

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Nobody likes negative customer reviews, but 3 small-business owners share why the feedback has actually been great for business

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This Ukrainian woman refused to let the Russian invasion destroy her small business

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Viktoria Kulakova set up her small business in early 2020.

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Alibaba joins the rush to build a ChatGPT rival

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If it seems like everyone is rushing to develop an alternative to ChatGPT, you're not wrong. Chinese online commerce heavyweight Alibaba has confirmed to CNBC that it's working on its equivalent to OpenAI's hit AI chatbot.

Our cleaning business made $558,000 in sales last year. Here's how we got started without having to clean a house ourselves.

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Jhanilka and Anthony Hartzog started their cleaning business in 2017.

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Microsoft's new Bing and Edge hands-on: Surprisingly well-integrated AI

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The age of generative AI is upon us, and this week alone Google and Microsoft made major announcements around their respective products for the masses.

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