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Five of the most important fintech VCs investing heavily in the sector

techcrunch.com Mary Ann Azevedo 2025-06-02 14:30:00

Global investing in fintech startups is starting to see an uptick. Just this week, KPMG issued its Pulse of Fintech report for the second half of 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2024, investment climbed to $25.9 billion from $18 billion in the third quarter, according to KPMG. Granted, this is not the enthusiasm of years past, especially the wild days of 2021. But judging by our inboxes, there is no shortage of venture capitalists still betting big on the space. Below is a list of just a few VC

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Most People Still Aren’t Happy With Their Internet, but It’s Not All Bad

cnet.com Trey Paul 2025-06-02 06:58:00

The American Customer Satisfaction Index released its annual survey, based on over 25,000 customer interviews, revealing how we really feel about our internet service providers. The good news for ISPs -- things are trending up. Overall, ISPs scored 71 on the ACSI's 100-point scale -- an increase of three points over 2023 and the highest score since the ACSI started measuring ISPs in 2013. The not-so-good news? Internet service providers still rank at the bottom of the index, just ahead of subscr

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How to Watch Team USA vs. Canada in the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off Tonight

cnet.com Matt Elliott 2025-06-02 10:30:03

When is the 4 Nations Face-Off final between USA vs. Canada? Thursday, Feb. 20, at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT). Where to watch Team USA vs. Canada? The game will air on ESPN and stream on ESPN Plus. Hockey fans are getting what they wanted: a rematch between the US and Canada in the NHL's 4 Nations Face-Off final. Team USA won the round-robin match-up between the two hockey rivals that featured three fights in the first 9 seconds of the game. Now, the two will meet again for the championship of th

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WinRAR 7.10 improves privacy with Mark-of-the-Web support

techspot.com Unknown 2025-06-02 09:38:00

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data, reduce the size of email attachments, open and unpack RAR, ZIP as well as create new archives in these and other popular file formats. By consistently creating smaller archives, WinRAR is often faster than the competition. Is WinRAR free? WinRAR is available as a trial version with access to all features. After 40 days you will get a pop-up urging you to buy the license, however you can continue using the software without losing an

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Fitbit is making it easier to spot when your tracker’s battery is critically low

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-06-02 11:27:13

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out a firmware update for the Fitbit Charge 6, Inspire 3, Sense 2, and Versa 4. It brings four new status indicators that alert you when do not disturb and sleep mode are enabled, the device’s battery is critically low, or it’s disconnected from your phone. The update also includes new Bluetooth security features for the Charge 6 and Inspire 3. Fitbit’s devices are widely regarded as the best fitness trackers on the market thanks to

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Google’s phone app can now filter out spam and unknown calls from your call log

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-06-02 12:50:21

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s Phone app is adding new filters to help users organize their call logs and reduce clutter. The new filters let users sort call history by missed calls, calls from contacts, and spam-marked numbers. Google has been expanding its Call Assist features with tools like Hold for Me, Direct My Call, and reverse phone lookup. Google is making a small but useful change to its phone dialer app, aiming to make call history management less of a headache.

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Your Google Assistant-integrated headphones are losing this convenient hands-free feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-06-02 13:47:10

TL;DR Last September, Google disabled automatic Assistant notification reading on the Pixel Buds Pro. Now Google is doing the same for Assistant with all headphones. You can still hear your notifications by manually asking Assistant to read them. Headphones paired with smartphones offer a whole lot more than just a private way to listen to music, and especially when headphones are integrated with Google Assistant, they instantly become powerful tools for interacting with our phones. While you

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Kuo: Another new Apple chip is coming to iPhone 17 lineup, following C1 debut

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-06-02 09:20:28

Apple just launched its brand new C1 modem yesterday with the iPhone 16e. But there’s another new Apple-designed chip coming soon, and per one report, it’s coming to the full iPhone 17 lineup. New Apple-made Wi-Fi chip coming to full iPhone 17 line Rumors have indicated for a while that Apple’s connectivity ambitions have contributed to a couple main internal projects. There are the 5G modem projects, which include the new C1 and future C-class successors. But Apple has also been working on

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Apple TV+ announces release date for Murderbot, its next big sci-fi show

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-06-02 11:22:24

Apple TV+ has gained a strong reputation for its lineup of sci-fi shows, including its new most popular series ever: Severance. Now, the company has just announced the release date for its next big sci-fi show. It’s called Murderbot, and it hits Apple TV+ this spring. Murderbot premieres in May with first season Murderbot is a new Apple TV+ sci-fi comedic thriller based on the hit book series The Murderbot Diaries. It stars Alexander Skarsgård. Apple TV+ just announced that Murderbot’s 10-epi

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The Gorge just had the biggest Apple TV+ film launch yet

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-06-02 12:06:29

Apple TV+ is hitting new highs this year, powered in large part by Severance’s massive success. Just a day after announcing that Severance is the streamer’s most viewed show ever, now Apple has shared that the just-released film, The Gorge, had the best launch ever for a movie on TV+. Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller find Valentine’s Day success on Apple TV+ Apple’s previous most viewed film was Wolfs, the George Clooney-Brad Pitt film that had its canceled theatrical release lead to big succe

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Apple emerges as likely buyer for UFO disclosure film from ‘Top Gun’ producer

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-06-02 12:24:52

If aliens exist, Apple may be about to tell the origin story of how we found out… Deadline exclusively reports that Apple Original Films is the likely suitor for an upcoming movie centered around UFO disclosure. The untitled sci-fi (fiction, debatable) film is expected to focus on events in recent years around the U.S. government’s disclosure of previously classified footage of what is now called a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena or unidentified anomalous phenomena). For years, the stigma su

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Lynx Browser: The Land That Time Revived (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Bob Leggitt 2025-06-02 12:46:43

"If you don't perceive using the Internet in the 2020s to be a constant fight, you have absolutely no online privacy whatsoever." Lynx browser, browsing the post Cyber Freedom: No Gain Without Pain, from my Neocities site Backlit. It might look scarily primitive at first glance, but Lynx browser - a product as old as the World Wide Web itself - could not be more of a friend. And neither could it be more relevant amid the surveillance dystopia of the 2020s. If you find it hard to keep up with t

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Launch HN: Confident AI (YC W25) – Open-source evaluation framework for LLM apps

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-06-02 09:23:56

Hi HN - we're Jeffrey and Kritin, and we're building Confident AI ( https://confident-ai.com ). This is the cloud platform for DeepEval ( https://github.com/confident-ai/deepeval ), our open-source package that helps engineers evaluate and unit-test LLM applications. Think Pytest for LLMs. We spent the past year building DeepEval with the goal of providing the best LLM evaluation developer experience, growing it to run over 600K evaluations daily in CI/CD pipelines of enterprises like BCG, Astr

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Take a Look at Marvel’s Spider-Man Video Game Series and X-Force Figures

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-06-02 13:50:28

Hasbro unveiled new action figure releases based on the Spider-Man video game franchise on today’s Marvel Legends Fanstream. Venom, Peter Parker, and Miles Morales headline the releases with the variant looks from the games. Each six-inch figure features over 20 points of articulation and game-authentic accessories for posing as if you’ve taken your player out of the game and into real life. This launch also includes Kingpin, Spirit Spider, Black Cat, and a new release of X-Force figures. Take

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Best Mesh Systems for Whole-Home Wi-Fi

cnet.com Ry Crist 2025-06-02 09:43:00

Editor's note: We think you should be aware that TP-Link routers are under investigation by the US government over security concerns and could be banned in the US this year, according to multiple news reports. The TP-Link Deco W7200 was previously named our best overall choice. While our evaluation of the hardware hasn't changed, out of extreme caution for our readers, we decided to pause it as our top recommendation until we learn more. Read CNET's reporting for more information. What is the b

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Most People Still Aren't Happy With Their Internet, But It's Not All Bad

cnet.com Trey Paul 2025-06-02 11:58:00

The American Customer Satisfaction Index released its annual survey, based on over 25,000 customer interviews, revealing how we really feel about our internet service providers. The good news for ISPs -- things are trending up. Overall, ISPs scored 71 on the ACSI's 100-point scale -- an increase of three points over 2023 and the highest score since the ACSI started measuring ISPs in 2013. The not-so-good news? Internet service providers still rank at the bottom of the index, just ahead of subscr

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Study: Cuttlefish adapt camouflage displays when hunting prey

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-06-02 13:41:00

Crafty cuttlefish employ several different camouflaging displays while hunting their prey, according to a new paper published in the journal Ecology, including mimicking benign ocean objects like a leaf or coral, or flashing dark stripes down their bodies. And individual cuttlefish seem to choose different preferred hunting displays for different environments. It's well-known that cuttlefish and several other cephalopods can rapidly shift the colors in their skin thanks to that skin's unique st

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See a garbage truck’s CNG cylinders explode after lithium-ion battery fire

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-06-02 14:21:39

Garbage truck fires are never ideal, but they are usually not catastrophic. When a fire broke out on December 6 in the back of a garbage truck making its Friday rounds through the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, the fire department responded within five minutes. Firefighters saw flames shooting five feet into the air out the back of the truck, and they prepared to put the fire out using hoses and water. Four minutes after their arrival on scene, however, the garbage truck exploded in rather

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Netflix Plans to Spend $1 Billion Making Content in Mexico Over the Next 4 Years

wired.com Fernanda González 2025-06-02 13:18:21

Streaming juggernaut Netflix plans to spend $1 billion on film and TV production in Mexico over the next four years. CEO Ted Sarandos announced the plan Thursday during a press conference with Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum. The injection of capital could fund 20 productions per year, on average. During Thursday's event, Netflix also announced a $2 million investment in Mexico City's Churubusco Studios to improve the facilities. The goal is to strengthen the national film industry. “Our

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Fitbit’s got a battery problem

theverge.com Victoria Song 2025-06-02 14:12:49

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. Last month, Fitbit Versa 3 and Sense owners started getting notifications to download a mandatory firmware update. The problem? Overheating batteries. In an official consumer notice, Google (which owns Fitbit) notes that the firmware update would “reduce the risk of battery overheating and reduce battery capacity.” Affected users, of

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Pre-seed firm Afore Capital has a fresh $185M fund and a new program to help founders discover ideas

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-06-02 11:00:00

Afore Capital, a firm that claims to be the largest dedicated pre-seed investor, was founded on the idea that the first check into a new startup should be larger than what most accelerators and early-stage investors were offering. When Afore raised its third $150 million fund in 2022, the firm wrote checks ranging from $1 million to $2 million, which general partners Anamitra Banerji and Gaurav Jain argued helped companies grow faster. The firm’s strategy worked. Today, its 200-company portfoli

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Microsoft fixes Power Pages zero-day bug exploited in attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-06-02 13:34:14

Microsoft has issued a security bulletin for a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in Power Pages, which hackers exploited as a zero-day in attacks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-24989, is an improper access control problem impacting Power Pages, allowing unauthorized actors to elevate their privileges over a network and bypass user registration controls. Microsoft says it has addressed the risk at the service level and notified impacted customers accordingly, enclosing instruct

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This smart humidifier is helping me win the war against winter dryness (and it's on sale)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-06-02 13:44:00

You'd be hard-pressed to find a better humidifier at this price point. Jack Wallen/ZDNET What's the deal? Amazon is currently offering the Dreo Smart 5L Humidifier for $60, which is 20% off the regular price. Why this deal is ZDNET recommended I went hands-on with this humidifier, and it performed flawlessly in my testing with a slue of easy to use functions that make it a worthwhile investment. ZDNET's key takeaways Regularly priceed at $75, the Dreo Smart 5L Humidifier is on sale on Amaz

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20 of the Best Movies to Watch on Netflix Right Now

cnet.com Abrar Al-Heeti 2025-06-02 13:00:06

Netflix has made a name for itself in the cinematic world, releasing original films that have dominated industry awards shows including the Oscars and the Golden Globes. The streaming giant received 18 Oscar nominations in 2025, for films like Emilia Pérez, which nabbed 13 Oscar nominations, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, which got an Oscar nod for Best Animated Feature, and Pablo Larraín's Maria Callas biopic Maria, a contender for Best Cinematography. The streamer's deal with Sony al

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Unit Network raises $18M for decentralized platform enabling real-world and digital asset trading

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-06-02 17:00:00

Unit Network, a decentralized financial ecosystem enabling trading of real-world and digital assets through tokenization, has raised $18 million. The venture capital investment was led by industry leaders such as the Blockchain Founders Fund and Outlier Ventures, alongside notable entrepreneurs including Cristina Venture (White Star Capital), Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar (Rootstock), Joshua Seims (Metastable Capital), Richard Wang (Draper Dragon Fund), Thomas Hessler (Zanox), Yuval Rooz (DigitalAss

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This company is trying to make a biodegradable alternative to spandex

technologyreview.com Megan Dematteo 2025-06-02 14:00:00

“True circularity has to start with raw materials,” says Peña. “We talk about circularity across many industries, but for textiles, we must address what we’re using at the source.” Engineered from recombinant DNA, SELPs are copycat proteins inspired by silk and elastin that can be customized for qualities like tensile strength, dye affinity, and elasticity. Silk’s amino acid sequences—like glycine-alanine and glycine-serine—give fibers strength, while elastin’s molecular structure adds stretchi

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Can you really get Windows and Office for free? These hackers say yes

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-06-02 17:22:00

rob dobi/Getty Images A group of developers who call themselves Massgrave have successfully hacked Microsoft's activation tools for Windows and Office. The collective has uploaded a set of PowerShell scripts to their repository on GitHub, where anyone can download and use the tools to activate any edition of Windows or any perpetual-license Office edition without paying Microsoft's licensing fees. The most recent update includes a module that the group claims will allow users to install Window

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Best Internet Providers in Miami Beach, Florida

cnet.com Hallie Seltzer 2025-06-02 08:41:00

What is the best internet provider in Miami Beach? CNET's top choice for the best internet service provider in Miami Beach is Breezeline. The ISP offers affordable plans, fast speeds and wide converage. What more could you need? With plans that start at just $20 a month, there's something for everyone. If Breezeline doesn't offer coverage in your area, AT&T Fiber is an excellent alternative. AT&T Fiber offers speeds up to 2,000Mbps and 5,000Mbps, providing ultra-fast internet for users who nee

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Best Internet Providers in Minneapolis, Minnesota

cnet.com Stephen J. Bronner 2025-06-02 12:14:00

What is the best internet provider in Minneapolis? Xfinity is CNET's top pick for the best internet service provider for most Minneapolis households thanks to its wide selection of plans and solid coverage throughout the area. Whether you need fast speeds for gaming and streaming or an affordable connection for everyday home usage, Xfinity's wide range of plans has options for everyone. It offers competitive prices and reliable customer support as well, making Xfinity a solid overall choice. I

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Best Internet Providers in Las Vegas, Nevada

cnet.com David Anders 2025-06-02 14:41:00

What is the best internet provider in Las Vegas? CNET ranks Cox as the top internet service provider in Las Vegas, thanks to its extensive coverage and variety of plans. If you don't have access to Cox or simply want to try other options, Quantum Fiber is a solid alternative. For those without access to either, Verizon or T-Mobile’s fixed wireless options may work (starting from $35), though they typically offer slower speeds. For budget-conscious shoppers, Quantum Fiber plans start at $50 a m

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Five of the most important fintech VCs investing heavily in the sector

Most People Still Aren’t Happy With Their Internet, but It’s Not All Bad

How to Watch Team USA vs. Canada in the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off Tonight

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Fitbit is making it easier to spot when your tracker’s battery is critically low

Google’s phone app can now filter out spam and unknown calls from your call log

Your Google Assistant-integrated headphones are losing this convenient hands-free feature

Kuo: Another new Apple chip is coming to iPhone 17 lineup, following C1 debut

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Apple emerges as likely buyer for UFO disclosure film from ‘Top Gun’ producer

Lynx Browser: The Land That Time Revived (2022)

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Take a Look at Marvel’s Spider-Man Video Game Series and X-Force Figures

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Most People Still Aren't Happy With Their Internet, But It's Not All Bad

Study: Cuttlefish adapt camouflage displays when hunting prey

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Fitbit’s got a battery problem

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This company is trying to make a biodegradable alternative to spandex

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