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Index Ventures raises $2.3 billion for new venture and growth funds
Index Ventures is announcing $2.3 billion in new funds to finance the next generation of tech startups globally.…
‘Nightmare world’: Jupiter-sized planet, which is 64 light-years from Earth, reeks of rotten eggs
HD 189733 b, an exoplanet located 64 light-years from Earth, has been found to have an atmosphere that…
54-year-old woman, who received pig kidney transplant plus a heart pump, dies
Lisa Pisano, a 54-year-old woman from New Jersey, passed away on Sunday after living for 47 days with…
Should venture capitalists be held accountable when startups screw up?
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! Last week was a holiday in the United States, so news was a bit…
The fall of EV startup Fisker: A comprehensive timeline
Henrik Fisker once envisioned a burgeoning EV empire at the startup he named after himself, which was to…
Anthropic’s Claude adds a prompt playground to quickly improve your AI apps
Prompt engineering became a hot job last year in the AI industry, but it seems Anthropic is now…
Whataburger app becomes unlikely power outage map after Houston hurricane
Fast-food chain Whataburger’s app has gone viral in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which left around 1.8 million…
AI startup Hebbia rased $130M at a $700M valuation on $13 million of profitable revenue
Hebbia, a startup that uses generative AI to search large documents and respond to large questions, has raised…
Uber for Teens has reignited an old debate over fingerprinting drivers
Seven years ago, Uber and Lyft blocked an effort to require ride-hailing app drivers to get fingerprinted in…
NovoNutrients tweaks its bugs to turn CO2 into protein for people and pets
The easiest way for a person to eat carbon dioxide is by consuming vegetables. David Tze wants his…
Bumble users can now report profiles that use AI-generated photos
Bumble is asking its users to help keep the dating app free from AI-generated profiles. On Tuesday, the…
Talky social app Airchat gets a major overhaul, making it more like an asynchronous Clubhouse
Airchat, a social app built around voice messages, is pivoting after it launched in April. Airchat now looks…
'The Almighty calls for Biden: They want you gone, sir'
The Democratic-media establishment, often considered a powerful force in American politics, is urging President Joe Biden to withdraw…
Openvibe combines Mastodon, Bluesky and Nostr into one social app
Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr, Threads: Since Elon Musk’s 2022 acquisition of X, the app formerly known as Twitter, usage…
‘Putin can’t divide, outlast or weaken us’: White House at 75th Nato anniversary
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot divide us, outlast us or weaken us", said US national security…