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Dream11-backed NFT startup Rario founders to leave a year after $120M funding

The two founders of Rario, the cricket NFT startup in which India’s Dream11 led a $120 million funding round last year, are leaving the firm, people familiar with the matter said. Ankit Wadhwa, who serves as Rario CEO, and Sunny … Continue reading

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The Lotus Emeya is a super speedy EV sedan designed to take on Porsche

Lotus revealed Thursday evening in New York City the Emeya, an all-electric four-door grand tourer that aims to compete with the likes of Porsche on speed, tech and luxury and help transform the Chinese-owned British automaker into a global performance … Continue reading

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Zopa, the UK neobank, hits 1M customers and raises another $93M

In 2021, UK neobank Zopa, which has been around since 2004, leapt to a $1 billion valuation on the back of a big investment from SoftBank and a plan to go public by 2022. Now it’s 2023, and Zopa is … Continue reading

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BMW feels the heat, stops charging for warming cheeks

When BMW started charging an $18 per month subscription for heated seats in 2022, the backlash was swift and brutal. Customers banded together, urging others not to encourage this type of behavior from automakers, lest it open the door to … Continue reading

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Relativity Space leases historic test stand from NASA to boost Terran R development

Relativity Space is amping up its investment at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, with the company announcing today that it would lease a historic first stage test stand to advance the development of the Terran R launch vehicle. Per the new … Continue reading

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Cruise nears approval to mass-produce robotaxis with no steering wheel, pedals

Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said Thursday at an investor conference that the company is “just days away” from getting the green light to begin mass production of its purpose-built autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals. The National Highway … Continue reading

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Artists sign open letter saying generative AI is good, actually

Artists are among the many groups who will feel the effects of AI over the next few years, but it’s not doom and gloom for everyone. A group of artists have organized an open letter to Congress, arguing that generative … Continue reading

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Apple fixes zero-day bugs used to plant Pegasus spyware

Apple released security updates on Thursday that patch two zero-day exploits — meaning hacking techniques that were unknown at the time Apple found out about them — used against a member of a civil society organization in Washington D.C., according … Continue reading

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FCC finally gets its 5th Commissioner in Anna Gomez

The FCC is whole again with the Senate’s confirmation of Anna Gomez as the agency’s 5th Commissioner, empowering it to take more and faster action regarding all matters regulatory in communication and, increasingly, space. Gomez was nominated to the seat … Continue reading

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Threads expands search to ‘most’ English and Spanish-speaking countries, including U.S.

A week after Instagram Threads announced it had begun testing a search feature in Australia and New Zealand, the feature is today expanding to “most” English and Spanish-speaking countries,, according to a post on Threads by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. … Continue reading

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