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Vodafone and Three’s $19B merger cleared by UK regulators — with conditions

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has greenlighted the longstanding planned merger between two of the country’s biggest telecommunication operators. Vodafone and Three constitute two of the U.K.’s four infrastructure-owning mobile network operators (MNOs), alongside O2 and EE. As such, when the duo … Continue reading

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Lawhive raises $40M to go after ‘Main Street’ US lawyers

U.K.-based legal tech startup Lawhive, which allows small, ‘Main Street’ law firms to run their affairs through an AI-based SaaS platform, is on something of a tear. In April it raised an $11.9 million Seed round. It’s now raised a … Continue reading

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Bitcoin zooms past $100,000 mark for the first time

Bitcoin prices have been on the rise this year and the cryptocurrency has reached the mark of $100,000 price point for the first time on Wednesday. The cryptocurrency’s price has jumped more than 5% in the last 24 hours. The … Continue reading

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Cleerly raises $106M from Insight Partners for AI heart health early detection

Although heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, a significant portion of people who experience heart attacks are unaware that they have the underlying condition. Cleerly, a cardiovascular imaging startup, hopes to fix this. By … Continue reading

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A billionaire private astronaut and SpaceX supporter may be the next NASA head

Incoming President Donald Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut, to lead NASA through what could be one of the most consequential periods in the agency’s history.  During the four years of Trump’s second term, NASA … Continue reading

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OpenAI inks deal to upgrade Anduril’s anti-drone tech

OpenAI plans to team up with Anduril, the defense startup, to supply its AI tech to systems the U.S. military uses to counter drone attacks. The Wall Street Journal reports that Anduril will incorporate OpenAI tech into software that assesses … Continue reading

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Nonprofit 1863 Ventures has closed, reborn into for-profit New Majority Ventures

The nonprofit organization 1863 Ventures, which focused on providing capital and mentorship to early-staged underrepresented founders, will close and become a for-profit entity called New Majority Ventures, according to its founder Melissa Bradley. The new organization will rely on a … Continue reading

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LLMs may have a killer enterprise app: ‘digital labor’ — at least if Salesforce AgentForce is any indicator

Marc Benioff says that Salesforce has become the “largest supplier of digital labor, and this is just the beginning.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Key leaders behind Google’s viral NotebookLM are leaving to create their own startup

Core members of Google’s NotebookLM team are exiting to launch a startup, sharing some details exclusively with TechCrunch. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The pope gets his first electric popemobile from Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz has delivered the first all-electric popemobile to the Vatican: a modified version of the German automaker’s G-Class SUV. Some of the biggest changes from the standard G-Class involve using the four electric motors at each wheel to carefully control … Continue reading

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