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Thoma Bravo closes $5.3 billion Darktrace acquisition weeks after founding investor Mike Lynch’s death

Thoma Bravo closes $5.3 billion Darktrace acquisition weeks...

Co-founder and former Mike Lynch protégé Poppy Gustafsson stepped down as CEO weeks...

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Sequoia backs Pydantic to expand beyond its open source data-validation framework

Sequoia backs Pydantic to expand beyond its open source...

Sequoia is investing $12.5M in UK startup Pydantic to help it expand beyond its...

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Meta will produce its Quest 3S next-generation VR and AR headsets in Vietnam

Meta will produce its Quest 3S next-generation VR and AR...

The announcement comes as Vietnam looks to boost its attractiveness as a destination...

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U.S. economy is on the cusp of another Roaring ’20s, says UBS

U.S. economy is on the cusp of another Roaring ’20s, says...

"It’s quite possible that by early 2025 only the most pessimistic investors will...

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These eerily prescient words from Hollywood icon Sharon Stone might have foretold the Chappell Roan fiasco

These eerily prescient words from Hollywood icon Sharon...

"Nobody likes you when you have boundaries,” the Basic Instinct star said last year.

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Google will invest $1 billion in Thailand to build new infrastructure for AI and cloud computing

Google will invest $1 billion in Thailand to build new...

Google's expansion in Thailand will add $4 billion to the kingdom's GDP by 2029...

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Gen Z is breaking into the trade sector as college disillusionment rises

Gen Z is breaking into the trade sector as college disillusionment...

The youngest working generation looks to blue-collar jobs while prioritizing stability

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Sizzler offers chance for free steak for a year

Sizzler offers chance for free steak for a year

But contest is only open to people in a few states.

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Cruise gets $1.5 million penalty for keeping pedestrian crash details from safety regulator

Cruise gets $1.5 million penalty for keeping pedestrian...

General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary Cruise must pay a $1.5 million penalty to...

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Snapchat’s new Footsteps feature tracks your location history

Snapchat’s new Footsteps feature tracks your location history

Snapchat is quietly rolling out a new “Footsteps” feature to all iOS users this...

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After delivering astronauts to ISS, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 grounded after third anomaly in three months

After delivering astronauts to ISS, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 grounded...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is grounded again after the vehicle’s second stage did...

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iOS 18 Control Center: 18 apps that add useful actions to your iPhone

iOS 18 Control Center: 18 apps that add useful actions...

We’ve compiled a list of iOS 18 apps that users can try in order to take advantage...

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TechCrunch Space: The dawn of the space age

TechCrunch Space: The dawn of the space age

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Flagging again that the final agenda...

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The VC buying up prized real estate in SF says not to ‘listen to agitators’

The VC buying up prized real estate in SF says not to ‘listen...

VC Neil Mehta, the Greenoaks Capital co-founder tied to a growing number of building...

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Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup

Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI...

A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launched with a tweet thread and YouTube video...

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11x.ai, a developer of AI sales reps, has raised $50M Series B led by A16Z, sources say

11x.ai, a developer of AI sales reps, has raised $50M Series...

11x.ai, a startup that develops AI-powered sales development bots, has secured roughly...

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Gen Alpha is stealing zipper pulls from Nike backpacks to resell them to victims at hiked-up prices

Gen Alpha is stealing zipper pulls from Nike backpacks...

The iPad kid generation has targeted Nike Elite as its latest brand obsession.

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Satya Nadella’s triumphant tenure hits a new peak as Microsoft tops $3 trillion in market value—its stock is up 1,006% since he took over 

Satya Nadella’s triumphant tenure hits a new peak as Microsoft...

Microsoft just became the second company ever—after Apple—to cross the $3 trillion...