Paris-based VC firm Singular raises $435 million for its second fund

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December 14, 2023 · 6 min · 1137 words · Jamie Armstrong

Playground Global closes Fund III with $410M for early-stage deep tech investments

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December 14, 2023 · 6 min · 1231 words · Rebecca Howard

Qogita — a wholesale marketplace for retailers — raises $86M Series B to compete with Ankorstore in Europe

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December 14, 2023 · 5 min · 992 words · Karen Jackson

Seed-stage investors react to higher hurdles for Series A funding

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December 14, 2023 · 5 min · 887 words · Carrie Torres

Spotify confirms test of prompt-based AI playlists feature

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December 14, 2023 · 5 min · 913 words · Joshua Kennedy

Supply chain attack targeting Ledger crypto wallet leaves users hacked

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December 14, 2023 · 5 min · 897 words · Philip Vargas

Temu’s latest lawsuit against Shein is wild

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December 14, 2023 · 7 min · 1292 words · Michael Myers

Threads is finally available to users in the EU

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December 14, 2023 · 3 min · 454 words · Jared Evans

Three years after its revamp, Firefox’s Android browser adds 450+ new extensions

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December 14, 2023 · 4 min · 745 words · Heidi Sanchez

Waymo launches curbside robotaxi pickup at Phoenix airport

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December 14, 2023 · 3 min · 501 words · John Bright

Your robotaxi ride in China is monitored – with video and audio recordings

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December 14, 2023 · 4 min · 828 words · David Olsen

Amazon competes with its own Goodreads with launch of book discovery service, ‘Your Books’

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December 13, 2023 · 4 min · 804 words · Susan Henderson

Apple introduces protection to prevent thieves from getting your passwords

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December 13, 2023 · 3 min · 520 words · Katherine Douglas