Major dating apps like Tinder and Hinge are starting to look a lot like each other with similar features. We asked experts why.
China’s $47B semiconductor fund puts chip sovereignty front and center
China has closed a third state-backed investment fund to bolster its semiconductor industry and reduce reliance on other nations, both for using and for manufacturing wafers — prioritizing […]
Adani to battle Reliance, Walmart in India’s e-commerce, payments race, report says
India’s Adani Group is in discussions to venture into e-commerce and digital payments, according to a report, as the conglomerate seeks to diversify its portfolio and compete with […]
Former OpenAI execs call for more intense regulation, point to toxic leadership
Former OpenAI members Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley published an Op-Ed calling out OpenAI’s toxic leadership structure and calling for more intense regulation.
AI tutors are quietly changing how kids in the US study, and the leading apps are from China
Evan, a high school sophomore from Houston, was stuck on a calculus problem. He pulled up Answer AI on his iPhone, snapped a photo of the problem from […]
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on the Telegram security clash and the “edge lords” at OpenAI
Meredith Whittaker has had it with the “frat house” contingent of the tech industry. I sat down with the CEO of Signal at VivaTech in Paris to go […]
Jio Financial unit to buy $4.32B of telecom gear from Reliance Retail
Jio Leasing Services Ltd (JLSL), a subsidiary of Jio Financial Services, plans to buy customer premises equipment, devices and telecom equipment worth $4.32 billion from Reliance Retail over […]
Farcaster, a crypto-based social network, raised $150M with just 80K daily users
Farcaster, a blockchain-based social protocol founded by two Coinbase alumni, announced on Tuesday that it closed a $150 million fundraise. Led by Paradigm, the platform also raised money […]
Dread Delusion’s 1.0 Release Was Worth The Wait
I first played the retro-inspired RPG Dread Delusion nearly two years ago in the first days of its early access period. I liked what I played in the handful of hours I put into it thanks to the throwback Morrowind-esque world and mechanics, as well as the hint of cosmic horror. But as someone who has a tendency to get …
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Founders Fund leads financing of composites startup Layup Parts
Scarcely five months after its founding, hard tech startup Layup Parts has landed a $9 million round of financing led by Founders Fund to transform composites manufacturing. Lux Capital […]