March 14, 2025

This annual shot might protect against HIV infections

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Honeycomb Insurance grabs $36M Series B from solo VC-led Zeev Ventures

May 7, 2024

When Itai Ben-Zaken’s first startup failed in 2018, the former BCG consultant and Wharton MBA spent months trying to understand what he could have done differently during the five years he ran the company. After analyzing most of his major decisions, he concluded that while Comprendi, a digital ad recommendation business, was an interesting offering, […]

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Akamai confirms acquisition of Noname for $450M

May 7, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, TechCrunch broke the news that Akamai was in discussions to acquire Noname Security, a specialist in API security, for around $500 million. Today the deal is official, albeit at a lower price. Akamai has confirmed that it is buying the company in a $450 million deal. The deal underscores the […]

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Amazon finally puts down e-commerce roots in Africa

May 7, 2024

Amazon’s highly awaited entry into Africa has come to fruition, with the tech giant announcing the launch of its e-commerce marketplace in South Africa on Tuesday. In a statement, the e-commerce giant revealed that its localized platform, Amazon.co.za, will provide customers with access to a wide array of local and international brands spanning 20 product […]

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Electricity Maps calculates the carbon intensity of electricity consumption to optimize usage at scale

May 7, 2024

If you’re an electricity nerd, chances are you’ve already spent quite a few hours looking at Electricity Maps and its mesmerizing export flow animations. This open-source data visualization project has been around since 2016. But companies like Google and Samsung are increasingly relying on this rich data set to hit their sustainability goals and empower […]

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This year’s Met Gala theme is AI deepfakes

May 7, 2024

Whether you love or hate celebrity culture, the Met Gala is an event. Those less jaded among us get to see all of the biggest stars take their boldest fashion risks of the year — unlike an award show, it’s an event that encourages avant garde extravagance. And if you find the whole thing vapid, […]

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Boeing Starliner’s first crewed mission scrubbed

May 7, 2024

Boeing’s Starliner launch tonight has been postponed “out of an abundance of caution” scarcely two hours before the historic liftoff. The scrub is reportedly due to an issue with the oxygen relief valve on the Atlas V rocket’s upper stage. There are backup launch opportunities on May 7, 10 and 11. After years of delays […]

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Wayve raises $1 billion to take its Tesla-like technology for self-driving to many carmakers

May 6, 2024

Wayve, a UK-born startup developing a self-learning rather than rule-based system for autonomous driving, has closed a $1.05 billion in Series C funding led by SoftBank Group. This is the UK’s largest AI fundraise ever and sits among the top 20 AI fundraises globally to date. Also participating in the raise was NVIDIA and existing […]

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