YC alum Mendel, a ‘Ramp for LatAm enterprises,’ raises $35M Series B

March 27, 2025

Mexico City-based Mendel has raised $35 million in a Series B round of funding, it tells TechCrunch exclusively. Corporate spend management platform Mendel last raised in December 2021 — a $15 million Series A round and $20 million in debt — after participating in Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 cohort. With this latest capital infusion, the […]

With the Switch 2 coming, Nintendo is working on Virtual Game Cards for cross-device portability

March 27, 2025

Nintendo announced on Thursday that it is working on Virtual Game Cards, a feature that makes digitally downloaded games more portable across different devices. With the highly awaited Nintendo Switch 2 on the horizon, these Virtual Game Cards will make it easier for users to port over their existing Switch games to their new devices. […]

Writing a Book? Here’s How to Find Your Audience and Become a Bestselling Author

March 27, 2025

Today’s competitive literary landscape demands a nuanced approach to marketing and connecting with target readers. The role of public relations firms is multifaceted, and tailored PR solutions can help modern authors get their books into more hands.

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March 27, 2025

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The Download: how people fall for pig butchering schemes, and saving glaciers

March 27, 2025

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside a romance scam compound—and how people get tricked into being there Gavesh’s journey had started, seemingly innocently, with a job ad on Facebook promising work he desperately needed. Instead, he found himself…

Last Chance for Windows 11 Pro With Copilot at Its Lowest Price Ever

March 27, 2025

Upgrade your OS before Microsoft phases Windows 10 out.

Google rolls out new vacation-planning features to Search, Maps, and Gemini

March 27, 2025

Google is rolling out a slew of new features — some powered by AI — across Search, Maps, and Gemini that are designed to help people plan their summer vacations. The new features arrive as users have been turning to tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT for help with planning trips. Google Search’s AI Overviews, which display […]

A Bad Business Partner Could Cost You Millions — Here’s How to Avoid a Toxic Partnership

March 27, 2025

Finding the ideal business partner can elevate your business, but a poor fit can sabotage your progress. Here are three essential strategies for evaluating potential collaborators to ensure they are the right fit before you commit to working together.

Times Internet spin-out Abound raises $14M to let more Indian Americans send money home

March 27, 2025

Abound, a go-to remittance app that was spun off by India’s Times Internet, has raised $14 million in a seed round.

How to save a glacier

March 27, 2025

Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see their progress with the naked eye. (Their pace is … glacial.) But these massive bodies of ice do march downhill, with potentially planet-altering consequences. There’s a lot we don’t understand about how glaciers move and how soon some of the most significant ones could collapse into the…

The Download: future grids, and bad boy bots