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Dubai-based buy now pay later startup Postpay has raised $10 million from global buy now pay later leader Afterpay and Australia-based AP Ventures, it announced in a statement on Monday. The round takes Postpay’s total financing to date to $35 million. It had previously raised $5 million in equity and $20 million, the startup told ...
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14 months ago a jury ruled against Boeing, awarding $81 million in damages to failed electric airplane startup Zunum. "Zunum alleged that Boeing, while ostensibly investing seed money to get the startup off the ground, stole Zunum's technology and actively undermined its attempts to build a business," the Seattle Times reported at the time. But two months later that verdict was overturned, Reuters reports, with U.S. district judge James Robart... Read more ›
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David Sacks, the White House AI czar, doesn't believe "AI psychosis" is real. But he does believe there's a mental health crisis in the country. Read more ›
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Surbhi Madan, a senior software engineer at Google, says her life and career in the US feel temporary because of her visa. Read more ›
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In addition to 'Superman,' Terence Stamp could also be seen (or heard) in 'Haunted Mansion,' 'Halo 3,' and 'Elder Scrolls IV.' Read more ›
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Today marks 43 years since the first commercial compact disc (CD) pressing. Polygram in Germany is credited with pressing the first copies of Abba's The Visitors on this date, back in 1982. Read more ›
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A large new submarine drone, dubbed Excalibur, can be controlled while it is 'submerged on the other side of the world.' Read more ›
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Terrence Rohan, managing director of the Otherwise Fund, was one of Figma's first backers. He spoke to BI about the traits he looks for in a founder. Read more ›
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The first-ever World Humanoid Robot Games have come to a close with some new world records, but don't expect them to beat humans in a 100-meter dash any time soon. The three-day robotics event in Beijing, China that saw humanoid robots compete in everything from boxing to cleaning concluded this weekend. According to the World Humanoid Robot Games, more than 280 teams from 16 countries, including the US, Germany, Brazil... Read more ›
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Crypto loans are back near bull-market highs, but last week’s $1B liquidation shows leverage is cutting both ways. Read more ›
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Valve’s Steam Beta is testing an overlay that tracks GPU usage more accurately than Windows Task Manager, including multi-process games. Early rollout is inconsistent, but once stable, it could give gamers real-time, reliable performance stats without extra apps, rivaling tools like MSI Afterburner. Read more ›
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Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 18, No. 799. Read more ›
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President Donald Trump’s administration is scrutinizing higher education. Last week, the White House issued a memorandum requiring all universities receiving federal funds to submit admissions data on all applicants to the Department of Education. The goal is to enforce the 2023 Supreme Court decision that ended race-based affirmative action. Days before the memo was released, […] Read more ›
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"AI itself is going to be gone by the time you finish a Ph.D.," Jad Tarifi, the founder of Google's first generative AI team, said. Read more ›
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Anthropic's latest feature for two of its Claude AI models could be the beginning of the end for the AI jailbreaking community. The company announced in a post on its website that the Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 models now have the power to end a conversation with users. According to Anthropic, this feature will only be used in "rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive user interactions." To... Read more ›
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Last week, Apple released and then pulled a software tool that accidentally contained identifiers for many unreleased devices and chips, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. His findings included new models of the Studio Display, Apple TV, Apple Watches, Apple Vision Pro, iPad mini, HomePod mini, and more. Here is what was uncovered in the file, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris:A new HomePod mini with an S9 chip or... Read more ›
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I spent six days exploring three cities in Italy — Venice, Rome, and Milan. It was my first time visiting the country, and I left with some regrets. Read more ›
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EV sales are up 27% for the first seven months of 2025 — for the world. But in America "For the first half of 2025, EV registrations rose 7% to 620,642, with market share inching up just 0.1 percentage point to 7.5 percent," reports Automotive News. America's new EV registrations were up 4.6% in June (compared to June of 2024), "But EV market share fell for the month and stayed... Read more ›
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"Consensus kills ambition": Procedural hurdles once again foil progress on a global agreement to end plastic pollution. Read more ›
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Sony seems ready to get the ball rolling on more 'KPop Demon Hunters,' it's just a question of if Netflix is joining in on the fun. Read more ›
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Microsoft wants to keep you safe by ensuring that you always update your apps. Read more ›
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Egyptian grocery delivery platform Breadfast has raised $10 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as part of its Series B2 funding round, according to EBRD’s official project listing. The round is led by Africa-focused VC firm Novastar Ventures and has not been announced by the company yet. Breadfast previously raised $26 ... Read more ›
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Saudi venture capital firm Impact46 has invested over $6.6 million across five gaming studios; Fahy, NJD, Game Cooks, Starvania, and Alpaka, as part of its $40 million Gaming Fund launched in March 2024. The investments span mobile, PC, console, VR, and hybrid-casual game development, with the studios focused on creating culturally localized content with global ... Read more ›
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Pakistani fintech Abhi has launched its earned wage access (EWA) platform in Saudi Arabia, marking the startup’s second Middle Eastern market after the UAE. The launch comes over a year after Abhi announced a strategic partnership with Alraedah Digital Solutions that committed $200 million over three years to develop localized financial products for the Saudi ... Read more ›
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Tarjama and Arabic.AI CEO Nour Al Hassan has called for AI sovereignty in the MENA region following leaked comments from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calling Gulf leaders “dictators” and describing regional funding as a “real downside.” In leaked Slack messages first reported by Wired, the AI leader said that taking funding from Middle East leaders; ... Read more ›
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