A Cat-and-Mouse Game of Russian Internet Restrictions and Evasion
As the Kremlin spends heavily on censorship technology, Russians are scrambling to find new ways to circumvent the limits.
Category: Tech
Whoop, a Wearable Health Device Maker, Raises $575 Million
With elite athletes like LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo as investors, the company, now valued at $10 billion, is courting everyday health enthusiasts.
Empirical Ventures secures £10M from the British Business Bank to back UK ‘venture scientists
Empirical Ventures, which backs what it calls “venture scientists”, PhDs building deeptech companies across energy, materials, and life sciences, has received a fresh £10M commitment
How the Silicon Valley sneaker that was once worth $4 billion ended up selling for $39M
The wool sneaker brand that briefly hit a $4 billion valuation in 2021 has agreed to sell all its assets and IP to American Exchange
Uber is acquiring Blacklane, the Berlin chauffeur platform backed by Sixt and Mercedes-Benz
The deal, financial terms undisclosed, expected to close by end of 2026, arrives weeks after Uber launched its own Uber Elite chauffeur service and positions
Judge throws out Musk’s advertising boycott lawsuit against X’s former sponsors
A US federal judge has dismissed Elon Musk’s antitrust lawsuit against advertisers who pulled their spending from X, ruling that the company failed to state
Water utility announces it’s ditching fluoride—then reveals it did so years ago
Residents of Birmingham, Alabama, were abruptly informed earlier this month that their water utility had decided to stop adding fluoride to city water. Then, days
F1 in Japan: Oh no, what have they done to all the fast corners?
Following this past weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, Formula 1 goes into a five-week hiatus now that war in the Gulf has made it impossible to
ScaleOps raises $130M to autonomously manage cloud and AI infrastructure
The New York and Israel-based startup, founded by a former Run:ai engineer and professional triathlete, has grown 350%+ year-on-year and counts Adobe, Wiz, DocuSign, and
Midas raises $50M Series A to solve tokenised finance’s liquidity problem
The Berlin-based RWA tokenisation platform, which has powered $1.7B+ in asset issuance and won EU regulatory approval to serve retail investors, is using the round
From satellite ops to nordic launchpad
Bjørn Ottar Elseth, an aerospace engineer and strategic advisor, has dedicated his career to connecting technology, leadership, and collaboration in ways that support meaningful industrial
Rebellions closes $400M pre-IPO round at a $2.34B valuation
The South Korean fabless AI chip company, backed by Samsung, SK Hynix, and Aramco, raises $650M in six months and targets Meta and xAI as
States Plow Ahead With A.I. Regulation, Defying Trump
States ranging from California to Utah are taking steps to place guardrails on the technology even after the president ordered them to stop.
What to Know About California’s Executive Order on A.I.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, issued an order requiring safety and privacy guardrails for artificial intelligence companies contracting with the state.