Menlo Ventures raises $3bn on the back of one Anthropic bet
Menlo Ventures has raised $3bn, the biggest haul in its 50-year history. It is funded, in effect, by a single bet on Anthropic that is
Walmart buys Vibe.co for $1.4bn to chase Amazon in ads
Walmart is paying a reported $1.4bn for a connected-TV ad startup worth $410m nine months ago. The price tells you how far retailers will now
When Paris is hotter than Mecca: How Europe’s heatwave compares globally
Paris and other European cities are seeing temperatures above 40C (104F), levels normally seen across the Middle East.
Deaths, disruptions across Europe: What you should know about the heatwave
Experts say the climate crisis is making Europe’s heatwaves more frequent and more intense.
What does Pakistan stand to gain from helping broker the US-Iran deal?
Pakistan sees strategic opportunity in the US-Iran thaw, including trade, energy access and renewed regional relevance.
YouTube settles social media addiction lawsuit brought by teenager amid tidal wave of court cases
YouTube’s owner, Google, has settled a lawsuit brought by a teenager suing the world’s biggest social media companies over their role in the youth mental
UN nuclear chief says inspectors will visit Iran sites as part of war deal
Rafael Grossi says the global nuclear watchdog is “working on modalities” but an Iranian minister says such access would only be part of a final
Power outages hit France as record heatwave set to peak
About 68,000 homes in Brittany have been affected, with electricity unlikely to be fully restored until Wednesday night.
France confirms first Ebola case
More than 260 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are known to have died during the current outbreak.
Ukraine strikes knock out power in key city in Russian-occupied Crimea
Sevastopol’s Moscow-installed governor warns there will be no electricity in some areas until the evening.
Scientists say they’ve reversed brain aging with a simple nasal spray
Researchers at Texas A&M have developed a nasal spray that appears to reverse brain aging by calming inflammation and restoring the brain’s energy systems. After
Queenless wasp colonies explode into chaos but hidden helpers save them
When a queen wasp suddenly disappears, her colony doesn’t calmly choose a successor — it erupts into chaos. Researchers found that female wasps immediately begin
Venomous Himalayan pit viper was actually 5 different species all along
Hidden deep in the towering mountains of the Himalayas, one of Asia’s most mysterious venomous snakes has been keeping a major secret for over 160
FairJourney Bio and AbTherx partner to offer fully integrated antibody discovery
FairJourney Bio (“FJBio”), a global antibody discovery expert, has entered a partnership with AbTherx, Inc. to bring transgenic mouse-based antibody discovery in-house. The agreement gives