June 26, 2025

Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr raises $100M as military UAV demand soars

Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr has raised $100 million in an all-equity Series B round led by General Catalyst, as the startup aims to boost its R&D and local production capabilities amid growing demand for drones in battlefields and for border surveillance. Drones are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in global military operations. In recent and ongoing […]

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Kids spent 60% more time on TikTok than YouTube last year, 20% tried OpenAI’s ChatGPT

January 25, 2024

No wonder YouTube launched Shorts. A new study of children’s online habits found that children ages 4 through 18 spent a global average of 112 minutes daily on TikTok’s short video app in 2023, an increase from 107 minutes the year prior. And although YouTube remains the world’s biggest streaming app among this demographic, kids […]

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Weather Up puts a fully interactive weather app into an iOS widget

January 25, 2024

A new weather app, Weather Up 3.0, launching today, is pushing the boundaries of what iOS 17’s interactive widgets are capable of. The app is introducing fully interactive widgets, where you can tap on the forecast displayed on the widget to see more details about current conditions or the days ahead. The idea, explains developer […]

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Digs raises $7M for its collaboration platform for home builders

January 25, 2024

Vancouver, Washington-based Digs, a collaboration platform that provides homebuilders, vendors and — eventually — homeowners with something akin to a digital twin of a home, today announced that it has extended its $7 million seed round from 2023 with another $7 million. The new round was led by the Oregon Venture Fund (OVF) and Legacy Capital Ventures, […]

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mmm.page could make you enjoy the internet again

January 25, 2024

The internet can be bad. But mmm.page might just be good. The platform is hard to explain, but it describes itself as “Tumblr x Animal Crossing x Mii Plaza,” which is somehow more accurate than my idea of “MySpace meets Linktree, except not really.” The anonymous founder, XH, told TechCrunch, “I am also refining my […]

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Microsoft lays off 1,900 employees in Activision Blizzard and Xbox divisions

January 25, 2024

Three months after completing its $68.7 billion acquisition of gaming company Activision Blizzard, Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees in its gaming divisions. This amounts to about 8.6% of 22,000 Microsoft employees in gaming. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra also announced he will step down, now that the acquisition is finalized. “I want to thank everyone […]

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Jim Kwik’s Strategies for Upgrading Your Brain By Using AI

January 25, 2024
Discover the brain coach’s practical strategies for managing information overload, optimizing brain health, and leveraging AI as a tool for enhancing human intelligence and achieving unprecedented success – all while navigating a rapidly changing world.