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Monthly Archives: May 2025
From ‘Cockroach Award’ to the Big Board: Hinge Health’s unlikely path to IPO
Hinge Health, a 10-year-old digital health company, is poised to kick off its IPO roadshow at a time when fellow upstarts are delaying plans to go public.
Beware phony IT calls after Co-op and M&S hacks, says UK cyber centre
The NCSC urges firms to check IT help desk “password reset processes” as hackers target retailers.
The Dream of the Metaverse Is Dying. Manufacturing Is Keeping It Alive
Forget Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of VR meetings; the industrial metaverse bridges digital and physical worlds in a way that’s actually useful.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
TeleMessage, a modified Signal clone used by US govt. officials, has been hacked
A hacker has exploited a vulnerability in TeleMessage, which provides modded versions of encrypted messaging apps such as Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp, to extract archived messages and other data relating to U.S. government officials and companies who used the tool, … Continue reading
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Apple plans to split iPhone 18 launch into two phases in 2026
Apple is planning to split the launch of its iPhone 18 range, expected in 2026, by about half a year, The Information reported, citing supply chain sources. The company is planning to release the Pro versions of the iPhone 18 … Continue reading
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Anysphere, which makes Cursor, has reportedly raised $900M at $9B valuation
Anysphere, the maker of AI-powered coding tool Cursor, has attracted $900 million in a fresh round of funding led by Thrive Capital, Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources familiar with the deal. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Accel are also participating … Continue reading
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MoneyFellows raises $13M to take its group savings model outside Egypt
While most African digital lenders depend on working capital to fuel growth, MoneyFellows has quietly done what few others have: lend billions of Egyptian pounds with almost no debt or balance sheet exposure. Now, after raising $13 million in a … Continue reading
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Is Duolingo the face of an AI jobs crisis?
Duolingo announced plans this week to replace contractors with AI and become an “AI-first” company — a move that journalist Brian Merchant pointed to as a sign that the AI jobs crisis “is here, now.” In fact, Merchant spoke to … Continue reading
Trump says he’s willing to delay TikTok ban again
President Donald Trump has already delayed a TikTok ban twice, and he said Sunday that he’s willing to do it again. Axios reports that during an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Trump said that if a deal isn’t made … Continue reading