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Tech Billionaires Back Erebor in the Wake of Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

wired.com Adam Willems 2025-07-26 18:29:20

Palmer Luckey, cofounder of the weapons manufacturer Anduril, along with firms connected to Palantir cofounders Joe Lonsdale and Peter Thiel, are investing in a new bank that is aiming to fill a gap left by Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse two years ago. The venture is expected to be backed by upwards of $250 million in funding from Luckey, Lonsdale’s venture firm 8VC, Thiel’s Founders Fund, crypto-focused VC Haun Ventures, and several angel investors whose identities are not yet publicly known.

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The Most Accurate Way to Play Game Boy Games Is Available Again, but There’s a Catch

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-07-31 14:17:55

ModRetro's Chromatic Game Boy handheld, made by arms dealer Palmer Luckey, now comes in ‘drone strike purple.’ Palmer Luckey, the man who took a career crafting VR headsets and turned it into a company that sells weapons of war to the U.S. military, also makes a Game Boy-like handheld. The ModRetro Chromatic, designed to play old Game Boy cartridges, has proved incredibly popular. Now, the handheld, in all its original colorways, is back after a year of unavailability, but with a few changes.

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Trump Wants Border Surveillance Towers That Only Palmer Luckey Can Build

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-08-01 21:35:56

Part of Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill—the massive spending bill that will make permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans while gutting social services like Medicaid—calls for new surveillance towers for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use on the northern and southern borders. That’s pretty standard procedure, except for one catch that The Intercept picked up on: the description of the project basically only fits the work of Palmer Luckey’s Anduril Industries. The provision

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The ModRetro Chromatic Is a Game Boy Fit for Your Apocalypse Bunker

wired.com Boone Ashworth 2025-08-02 14:00:44

It took just 24 hours for the ModRetro Chromatic to sell out when it launched December 2024. An unapologetic Game Boy clone packaged in a slick, tough new shell, it delivered the perfect dose of gaming nostalgia alongside a few modern upgrades. Keen to build on that success, ModRetro has revamped production efforts and rejiggered its supply chain to make sure the Chromatic can stand the test of time. Now, the snazzy, geeky gadget is available for sale again—this time with new features, new games

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Not just luck — it’s strategy: Tiffany Luck on winning over VCs at TechCrunch All Stage

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-21 02:00:00

Join Tiffany Luck, partner from NEA, at TechCrunch All Stage as she unveils the art of pitching to venture capitalists. Luck will share insider tips on what VCs truly value, empowering you to tell your story with clarity and impact without falling prey to common pitfalls that derail pitches. The goal of this session: Deliver actionable strategies for you to captivate investors and secure the funding you need to propel your startup forward. Your pitch is your power — sharpen it with insights fr

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Playdate Season 2 review: Tiny Turnip and Chance's Lucky Escape

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-21 14:45:52

It's hard to believe that Playdate Season Two is almost over already, but here we are in week five with just one more drop of new games left to go after this. In the latest batch, we got the climbing metroidvania, Tiny Turnip, and Chance's Lucky Escape, a short point-and-click adventure that leans into the absurd. In line with the rest of this season's games, which have consistently been really solid, they're both pretty damn fun. Tiny Turnip Luke Sanderson Tiny Turnip is one of the standouts

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Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey says the defense tech company will 'definitely' go public

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-15 09:02:19

Defense tech startup Anduril Industries will go public, founder and CEO Palmer Luckey said Tuesday. "We are definitely going to be a publicly traded company," he told CNBC's "Closing Bell: Overtime." "We are running this company to be the shape of a publicly traded company." He added that there isn't "really a path" for a company like Anduril to win significant trillion-dollar defense contracts without going public. Luckey did not detail an IPO timeline. Since its founding, Anduril has risen

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Tech Billionaires Back Erebor in the Wake of Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

The Most Accurate Way to Play Game Boy Games Is Available Again, but There’s a Catch

Trump Wants Border Surveillance Towers That Only Palmer Luckey Can Build

The ModRetro Chromatic Is a Game Boy Fit for Your Apocalypse Bunker

Not just luck — it’s strategy: Tiffany Luck on winning over VCs at TechCrunch All Stage

Playdate Season 2 review: Tiny Turnip and Chance's Lucky Escape

Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey says the defense tech company will 'definitely' go public

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Tech Billionaires Back Erebor in the Wake of Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

The Most Accurate Way to Play Game Boy Games Is Available Again, but There’s a Catch

Trump Wants Border Surveillance Towers That Only Palmer Luckey Can Build

The ModRetro Chromatic Is a Game Boy Fit for Your Apocalypse Bunker

Not just luck — it’s strategy: Tiffany Luck on winning over VCs at TechCrunch All Stage

Playdate Season 2 review: Tiny Turnip and Chance's Lucky Escape

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