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Accel turns to rural India in hunt for future unicorns

Accel, India’s most successful e-commerce investor, is making a contrarian move by turning its focus to smaller towns and villages. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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VW to invest up to $5bn in Tesla rival Rivian

Shares in the US-based electric truck and SUV maker jumped by around 50% after the announcement.

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Atari plans ‘expanded edition’ of its 50th anniversary anthology of 1980s console classics

Few words will put a catch in the throat of a Gen Xer like “Atari.” No matter how badly that brand has been botched since Warner Bros. bought out founder Nolan Bushnell and sent head-smacking mistakes like E.T. and Pac-Man … Continue reading

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Farming Simulator 25 coming in November to PC and consoles

GIANTS Software has confirmed the launch of Farming Simulator 25 as the ever-popular series introduces the latest installment of agricultural action, available on November 12. Nobody takes the art of farming as seriously as Simulator and fans are in for … Continue reading

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iOS 18 Beta 2 brings RCS toggle but many users left disappointed

At the WWDC 2024 event earlier this month, Apple introduced the iOS 18 update and set the tone for several new iPhone features.  New light-touch additions will include the ability to place app icons anywhere on the home screen, to … Continue reading

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Dead by Daylight’s next survivor is no cowering victim, she’s Lara Croft

One of the worst-kept secrets in live-service games this year can finally be confirmed: Lara Croft will join the lineup of survivors in the asymmetrical, multiplayer survival horror game Dead By Daylight. In a post on X, Behaviour Interactive confirmed … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says he loves Sam Altman, believes he’s sincere about AI safety

Microsoft’s AI CEO has a cozy relationship with the man who used to be his rival, he said on Tuesday. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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10 of the most exciting digital health startups of 2024, according to VCs

In the post-COVID world, VCs say it’s not as easy to get excited about investing in digital health. Deal activity in healthcare IT was relatively flat in Q1 2024 at 74 total deals, valued at about $1 billion total, up … Continue reading

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Welcome to the fediverse: Your guide to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, and more

Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away (this one, in fact), a few internet rebels decided that they were tired of the corporate overlords controlling their online lives. Thus, the fediverse was born — an attempt … Continue reading

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This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel

Giving robots a human-like exterior has been the standard for years — centuries even. But giving them actual, living skin that can be manipulated horrifying, slimy expressions? That’s new. The new work, published in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science, … Continue reading

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