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Dubai-based cloud kitchen startup Kitopi has raised $415 million in a Series C led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2, it announced in a statement today. It is one of the largest-ever financing rounds raised by a venture-backed company in the Middle East & North Africa. It is also the first investment by SoftBank in a ...
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Astronomer said CEO Andy Byron has resigned after a viral incident at a Coldplay concert. Read more ›
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An experimental LLM from OpenAI solved some of the world's hardest math problems at the 2025 International Math Olympiad, the company said. Read more ›
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In-N-Out's billionaire owner, Lynsi Snyder, said challenges running a business in California prompted her to relocate to Tennessee. Read more ›
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The reptilian race still has some part to play in 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' before all is said and done. Read more ›
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EA is planning a three-day event that will finally include the reveal of the next Battlefield game. Rumour has it, it's called - yup, you've guessed it - Battlefield 6. Read more Read more ›
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I didn't expect to be so anxious when my daughter was cell-phone free. I realized how addicted I am to the phone and how I need to change my habits. Read more ›
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After a disastrous launch and dismal sales, Tesla is now offering to give away its most valuable software to convince people to buy its polarizing electric truck. Read more ›
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Ubisoft's own shareholders have directly challenged the publisher to respond to the huge swell of support behind Stop Killing Games – a consumer movement generated by Ubisoft's decision to take The Crew offline last year. Read more Read more ›
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At 31 I emptied my retirement account to pay for my son's preschool. I'm sad knowing I won't be able to have more kids Read more ›
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Warframe fans won't need to be reminded it's a big weekend for developer Digital Extremes and its long-running sci-fi shooter. Thanks to this year's TennoCon live event, which is traditionally the time for the studio to dazzle its community with all sorts of things to come, we've now got a pretty good idea of what Warframe's next twelve months look like. Read more Read more ›
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It's officially Warframe weekend, what with developer Digital Extreme's tenth TennoCon live event now here, and it's brought plenty of news about exciting things to come. Including, it turns out, a native Switch 2 version of the free-to-play sci-fi shooter - just as soon as Digital Extremes can get a developer kit from Nintendo, at least. Read more Read more ›
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Microsoft signed a contract with Vaulted Deep to sequester 4.9 million metric tons of waste deep underground, offsetting its carbon emissions. Read more ›
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By promising to pay for AI failures, the Chinese EV giant is challenging Tesla's "use at your own risk" model. Read more ›
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The discarded Nintendo SD cards contained a boot image that Nintendo used for the factory setup of its Wii U consoles. Read more ›
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Warframe has been around for a while, and with its age it's garnered a reputation for being a little daunting for new players eager to jump into a galaxy of sci-fi action and emotional rollercoasters. There have been attempts to fix this with revamped tutorialisation and an option to leap to newer content, but a core part of the experience has remained a wall of complexity: modding. Read more Read more ›
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We ranked every major Lex Luthor performance, including Nicholas Hoult's, to crown Superman's best on-screen nemesis. Read more ›
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Magecart-style attack on OpenCart sites uses hidden scripts to inject fake checkout forms, steal card data, and delay fraudulent transactions by several months. Read more ›
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Instead of getting married or having kids, I've spent my 20s and 30s solo traveling to 90 countries. Solo trips teach me about myself and the world. Read more ›
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All of the iPhone 17 models coming later this year will feature two display upgrades, according to information shared by Digital Chat Station, an account with more than three million followers on Chinese social media platform Weibo. First, the account said that the entire iPhone 17 series will feature thinner bezels. Apple says the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max feature the thinnest bezels around the screen of... Read more ›
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Noon has launched geo-targeted ads on the back of its delivery riders through a new partnership with Flyby, a UAE-based company that produces digital smart boxes for fleets, the company announced on Thursday. The rollout includes hundreds of Noon riders across the UAE, equipped with Flyby’s “Digital Delivery Boxes.” These internet-connected screens display static ads ... Read more ›
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Riyadh-based embedded insurance platform Yasmina has raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by Scene Holding, with participation from Access Bridge Ventures, Arzan VC, and early backing from Sanabil Investment Accelerator by 500 MENA, it announced today. Founded in 2023 by Masoud Alhelou and Bashar Abalkhail, Yasmina positions itself as Saudi Arabia’s first ... Read more ›
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Saudi-based alternative investment platform Sukna Capital has secured regulatory approval to launch a first-of-its-kind open-ended direct financing fund targeting SMEs in the region. The Sukna Fund for Direct Financing (SFDF), now greenlit by Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority (CMA), will allow institutional investors to deploy non-dilutive, sharia-compliant capital to small and mid-sized businesses. Unlike typical ... Read more ›
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Lucidya, the Riyadh-headquartered customer experience management platform, has closed a $30 million Series B round. The round was led by Impact46, with participation from Aramco’s investment arm Wa’ed Ventures, government-backed Takamol Ventures, and SparkLabs. Existing investors Rua Growth Fund and ARG participated in the round. The startup previously raised $6 million in a funding round ... Read more ›
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Palm, an Egyptian fintech focused on goal-based saving, has raised over $1 million in a pre-seed round led by 4DX Ventures, with participation from Plus VC and a group of international angels, it announced today. The exact size of the round was not disclosed Founded in 2024 by Mazen El Kerdany and Ahmed Ashour, Palm ... Read more ›
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Casablanca-headquartered Ora has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding to scale its two core consumer platforms: food delivery app Kooul and mobile wallet Ora Cash. The round was led by Azur Innovation Fund, joined by three strategic local investors, and brings the company’s total local fundraising to $11.9 million since January 2023. Founded in ... Read more ›
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Cairo-based venture capital firm A15 has returned more than ten times the capital invested (10x DPI) to limited partners from its inaugural Fund I, it announced in a statement today. The exact fund size and returns were not disclosed, but the milestone places A15 among a select group of global VC firms that have achieved ... Read more ›
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Meta has acquired PlayAI, a California-based voice AI company founded and led by Egyptian engineer Mahmoud Felfel. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Mahmoud, who completed his Bachelor of Engineering from Egypt’s Mansoura University in 2012, co-founded PlayAI with Hammad Syed in 2020. The duo previously worked together as software engineers at ... Read more ›
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Abu Dhabi-headquartered fertility platform Ovasave has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding to expand its at-home hormone testing and egg freezing services into Saudi Arabia. The round was led by PlusVC, Annex Investments, and New York-based 25 Madison, with participation from UAE and Saudi angel investors. Founded in 2023 by Majd Abu Zant and Torkia ... Read more ›
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Wittify.ai, a Riyadh-headquartered AI startup, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding from Saudi angel investors. The startup did not share the exact details of investors but has told MENAbytes that the investors include high net worth individuals (HNWIs) from Alrajhi, Alsowayan, and Alateeq families. The company develops AI agents for Arabic-speaking markets with proprietary ... Read more ›
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