Published on: 2025-04-27 02:53:35
In Brief Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has completed the raise of its third growth fund, according to an SEC filing. Beyond the sum — which is a big step up from its last previous $3.4 billion growth fund closed in early 2022 — there’s a couple of other interesting things to note about this raise. For one, it’s more than the $3 billion growth fund the firm was said to be raising, according to reports in February. Founders Fund is so big and successful that it can always raise an oversubscribed f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-27 07:53:35
In Brief Peter Thiel’s Founder’s Fund has completed the raise of its third growth fund, according to an SEC filing. Beyond the sum — which is a big step up from its last previous $3.4 billion growth fund closed in early 2022 — there’s a couple of other interesting things to note about this raise. For one, it’s more than the $3 billion growth fund the firm was said to be raising, according to reports in February. Founder’s Fund is so big and successful that it can always raise an oversubscribed
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-28 19:37:35
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Apple says it’s found a way to make its AI models better without training on its users’ data or even copying it from their iPhones and Macs. In a blog post first reported on by Bloomberg, the company outlined its plans to have devices compare a synthetic dataset to samples of recent emails or messages from users who have opted into its Device Analyt
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-30 00:09:32
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of cool stuff for your reading pleasure this week: Jeff Bezos backs EV startup Slate; a Meta whistleblower accuses the company of collusion; Waymo may use interior camera data; and much more. Let’s get to it! I want this: Slate, an EV startup, has the ambitious goal of building an affordable two-seater pickup truck for the attractive price of $25,000. It’s amassed a sizable war chest in service of that goal, backed by Jeff Bezos, and hopes to get i
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-01 15:20:05
Microtransactions — small purchases that video game players make on items like costumes or gestures in games including Fortnite and Roblox — continue to account for the majority of PC gaming revenue, rising to 58% of revenue for game companies, according to a report from research firm Newzoo. Money coming in from PC gaming microtransactions rose 1.4 percent, accounting for $24.4 billion of the overall $37.3 billion in PC gaming sales in 2024, according to The PC and Console Gaming Report 2025.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 23:28:04
Jeff Bezos is funding a secretive EV startup based in Michigan called Slate Auto that could start production as soon as next year, according to multiple sources and documents that link the billionaire’s family office to the startup. Slate, which took root in another Bezos-connected company called Re:Build Manufacturing, has been operating quietly since its founding in 2022. The company has hired hundreds of employees while in stealth — many of whom come from Ford, General Motors, Stellantis, an
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-08 03:25:24
In 2022, the deep-sea mapping company Magellan deployed two remotely operated vehicles 12,500 feet (3,800 meters) beneath the Atlantic Ocean to capture around 715,000 photos of the Titanic. As Gizmodo previously reported, experts compiled the photos into a highly precise digital twin of the wreck, which continues to reveal heartbreaking details of the tragedy that claimed over 1,500 lives more than 11 decades ago. Magellan’s efforts are detailed in a forthcoming National Geographic documentary
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-08 06:46:55
The military government in Myanmar has said at least 2,000 people were killed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit last Friday. "A death toll over 10,000 is a strong possibility," according to the US Geological Survey. The Burmese army, which has previously downplayed civilian casualties after other large natural disasters, is not allowing foreign journalists into the country. From neighbouring Thailand, BBC Verify's Nick Beake has been building a picture of the impact of the quake in the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-12 02:54:17
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been clear about its plans to fire tens of thousands of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs. New WIRED reporting sheds light on the specific DOGE operatives at the VA and the ways they’re trying to infiltrate and drastically change the agency. On March 25, tech staffers and contractors at the VA noticed an unfamiliar name trying to push changes that could impact VA.gov code. It was Sahil Lavingia, a newcomer to the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-12 07:54:17
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been clear about its plans to fire tens of thousands of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs. New WIRED reporting sheds light on the specific DOGE operatives at the VA and the ways they’re trying to infiltrate and drastically change the agency. On March 25, tech staffers and contractors at the VA noticed an unfamiliar name trying to push changes that could impact VA.gov code. It was Sahil Lavingia, a newcomer to the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-08 16:46:55
The military government in Myanmar has said at least 2,000 people were killed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit last Friday. "A death toll over 10,000 is a strong possibility," according to the US Geological Survey. The Burmese army, which has previously downplayed civilian casualties after other large natural disasters, is not allowing foreign journalists into the country. From neighbouring Thailand, BBC Verify's Nick Beake has been building a picture of the impact of the quake in the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-19 03:00:00
In Brief The venture capital firm is reportedly in talks to invest in TikTok as part of a bid led by Oracle and other American investors looking to buy out TikTok from ByteDance, according to the Financial Times. TikTok is once again slated to be banned in the U.S. on April 5 unless its Chinese-based owner sells its U.S. branch to a non-Chinese owner. The Oracle deal is said to be one of the frontrunners, according to the FT. Andreessen Horowitz has a long history of investing in social media
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-19 09:29:52
The Trump administration, working in coordination with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide. In communities across the US, the cuts threaten student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to popular digital services, such as the ebook app Libby. On Monday, managers at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) informed 77 employees—virtually the agency’s entire staff—
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-20 23:41:53
Organizers behind a pronatalist conference with far-right ties in Austin, Texas, this weekend have set up matchmaking events for attendees that include the option of getting married onsite as part of their greater effort to repopulate the world, WIRED has learned. According to its website, the sold-out Natal Conference, taking place March 28-29 at a hotel operated by the University of Texas at Austin, has “no political or ideological goal other than a world in which our children can have grandc
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-02 22:00:08
Saturn will temporarily lose its iconic look from our viewpoint on Earth, appearing as a pale, yellow sphere without its swirling rings shrouding the gas giant. The billions of rocky and icy chunks swirling around Saturn will disappear from our viewpoint on Sunday, March 23 as the thin edges of the planet’s rings are aimed toward Earth, seemingly vanishing from sight. The rare phenomenon occurs every 13 to 15 years, with Earth passing through Saturn’s ring plane. The last time Earth got this ra
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Tesla is issuing a recall for around 46,000 Cybertrucks sold to date because of an exterior steel trim panel on the side of the windshield that can peel off. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a filing that the piece can come off while in motion, which can create a hazard for the driver and other people on the road. The filing states that Tesla became aware of the problem in early January and has identified 151 warranty claims related to this panel coming off sin
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-10 10:39:03
Tesla received a permit Tuesday from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a transportation service in the state, the beginning of a long regulatory road that could eventually lead to the company getting the OK to operate a robotaxi service there. The permit, which Tesla applied for in November 2024, doesn’t cover autonomous vehicle testing or deployment. And it’s technically different than the permits that ride-hailing companies Lyft and Uber possess. Tesla was granted a trans
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 14:15:29
The European Alps cover over 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) across eight European countries, and their cooler upper climes contain thousands of glaciers. Unfortunately, NASA satellite imagery recently captured 40 years of regression in the Alps’ largest chunk of ice, the Great Aletsch Glacier. The images—seen below, and taken in 1984 and 2024—were snapped by NASA’s Landsat 5’s Thematic Mapper and Landsat 8’s Operational Land Imager (OLI), respectively. The changes to the glacier’s length and widt
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-15 10:06:59
In Brief China appears to think homegrown AI startup DeepSeek could become a notable tech success story for the country. After DeepSeek’s sudden rise to fame in January with the release of its open “reasoning” model, R1, the company is now operating under new, tighter government-influenced restrictions, according to The Information. Some of the company’s employees have been prevented from traveling abroad freely, and the Chinese government is now playing a role in screening potential investors
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-17 02:05:29
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Apple is planning to bring live translation to AirPods, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The feature, which will let users translate conversations in real time, will be “tied” to the forthcoming iOS 19, Gurman says. As noted by Gurman, the feature can help translate a conversation from, for example, Spanish to English by playing
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-18 10:57:32
In Brief Huawei is at the center of a fresh scandal in Europe, following reports that lobbyists representing the Chinese tech titan bribed members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to curry favor with lawmakers. After being cast out of the U.S. market over fears that its telecommunications equipment could be infiltrated by the Chinese government for nefarious purposes, it seems Huawei feared similar actions in Europe. Several countries in the bloc are currently phasing out Huawei equipment (th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 10:30:53
A man has been arrested by UK police for suspected manslaughter after the likely death of one person following the collision of two ships in the North Sea, according to Sky News. A container ship hit a stationary tanker that was carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military on Monday off the eastern coast of England. Humberside Police in the UK released a statement to Sky News explaining they had arrested a 59-year-old man “on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the collisio
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-23 18:15:35
Hinge Health, a provider of digital physical therapy services, filed to go public on Monday, the latest sign that the IPO market is starting to crack open. Hinge Health uses software to help patients treat musculoskeletal injuries, chronic pain and carry out post-surgery rehabilitation remotely. The company's revenue last year increased 33% to $390 million, according to its prospectus, and its net loss for the year narrowed to $11.9 million from $108.1 million a year earlier. The IPO market ha
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-25 01:00:01
Meta 's Facebook's influence remains strong globally, but younger users are logging in less. Only 32% of U.S. teens use Facebook today, down from 71% in 2014, according to a 2024 Pew Research study. However, Facebook's resale platform Marketplace is one reason young people are on the platform. "I only use Facebook for Marketplace," said Mirka Arevalo, a student at Buffalo University. "I go in knowing what I want, not just casually browsing." Launched in 2016, Facebook Marketplace has grown int
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-27 03:00:00
There was a time when "fast food" was synonymous with "cheap food," but that's not always the case now due to rising inflation. Sure, getting dinner at a drive-through still is cheaper than sitting down at a steakhouse but prices soared in 2024 at some of the most well-known fast food chains, making it less affordable than in past years. One restaurant in particular doubled its menu item prices in the last decade. According to a survey conducted by Lending Tree, which surveyed 2,000 Americans,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-29 04:35:31
A 41-year-old from Oregon was arraigned in federal court Wednesday for allegedly “possessing” Molotov cocktails near a Tesla dealership in Salem, Oregon, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The charges come as Americans across the country have been protesting at Tesla dealerships to express their disapproval of Elon Musk and the way he’s been dismantling the U.S. federal government in an oligarchic coup. Adam Matthew Lansky has been charged with “illegally possessi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-01 12:39:37
President Donald Trump has delayed tariffs on automobile imports from Canada and Mexico for one month after requests from executives at the Big Three automakers — General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis — according to Politico. The reprieve comes less than two days after Trump issued 25% tariffs on all goods from the U.S.’s neighbors, which had previously been duty-free under a North American trade agreement (sometimes characterized as NAFTA 2,0) negotiated during his first term. The automakers h
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-04 08:47:59
Though only out for a grand total of four days, Monster Hunter Wilds has sold an astonishing 8 million copies. That’s according to Capcom, reporting that the monster hunting action RPG has become the company’s fastest selling title ever . For now, players seem to be enjoying the hell outta Monster Hunter Wilds so much that it’s causing commotion in the real world. According to a report in Gamespot, MonHun fans are finding the cheese naan that players can make in the game so appealing that it’s
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-07 08:30:08
Image by Getty / Futurism Developments The United States just had its first measles death in a decade, the Associated Press reports, a grim inflection point as the extremely contagious — yet easily preventable — respiratory disease continues to spread nationwide. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, the "school-aged child" was "not vaccinated" before being hospitalized after testing positive for measles. As of this week, there have been 124 confirmed cases since late Ja
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-11 11:00:00
The studio previously shared that the game would be built with “machine-learning-driven terrain generation technology,” and in this new trailer, you can see some gorgeous, wooded areas on display. In the game, you’ll also have to deal with various types of weather, including pouring rain and heavy snow. The point of the game, according to a fact sheet, is to explore and survive so that you can find a weather station to call for help.
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