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- Engadget
Google I/O 2024 live updates: Gemini AI, Android 15 and more
Engadget's liveblog of Google I/O 2024, covering the announcements about Android 15, Gemini AI and more.
- Yahoo Finance
The streaming wars are over: Morning Brief
Media executives have praised their competitors this earnings season, making one thing clear: the streaming wars have hit a ceasefire.
- TechCrunch
Uber to acquire Foodpanda's Taiwan unit from Delivery Hero for $950M in cash
Uber Technologies announced Tuesday that it will buy the Taiwan unit of Delivery Hero's Foodpanda for $950 million in cash. The deal is part of Uber Eats' strategy to expand in Asia, specifically by strengthening its position in Taiwan. On the other hand, it also underscores Delivery Hero's ongoing retreat from that same market: the sale is coming at the same that Delivery Hero has trying to sell off a package of its other operations across Southeast Asia.
- TechCrunch
Paris-based VC firm Blisce launches climate tech fund with a target of $160M
Blisce has become the latest VC firm to launch a fund dedicated to climate tech, for which it plans to raise as much as €150 million (about $162 million). The firm is hiring investor Pierre-Edouard Berion to lead the fund, and Lucie Basch, the co-founder of Too Good To Go, is going to support the fund as a venture partner. If you aren’t familiar with Blisce, the VC firm is based in Paris, has an office in New York, and is better known as the investment vehicle of Alexandre Mars (pictured above).
- Yahoo Life
Jessica Biel was 'really freaked out' when she got her first period at 11 — so she wrote a book to help other kids
Jessica Biel hopes her new book gets people talking more openly about periods.
- Yahoo Sports
12 rookie fantasy ranking hot takes heat checked by Matt Harmon
We put a bow on our draft season coverage on the pod with the one and only Dalton Del Don. It's been a minute since we've had our beloved 'Stat Nerd' co-host on the show and boy does he deliver in his glorious return. Del Don shares 12 rookie fantasy ranking hot takes that get heat checked by Matt Harmon. Some takes are thought provoking while others have Harmon's head spinning
- Yahoo Sports
NBA playoffs: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander powers Thunder rally past Mavs to tie series at 2-2
While Gilgeous-Alexander thrived, Luka Dončić struggled and missed a critical free throw in the game's final seconds.
- TechCrunch
Maad raises $3.2M seed amid B2B e-commerce sector turbulence in Africa
Maad, a B2B e-commerce startup based in Senegal, has secured $3.2 million debt-equity funding to bolster its growth in the western Africa country and to explore fresh opportunities in the wider Francophone region. The seed round was led by Ventures Platform, with participation from Seedstars International Ventures, Reflect Ventures, Oui Capital, Launch Africa, Voltron Capital and Alumni Ventures.
- Yahoo Sports
Where does Jared Goff’s $212M extension leave Dak Prescott and Cowboys?
In one scenario, Dallas makes Prescott the highest paid player in NFL history. In another, the Cowboys decline that commitment, at which point another team will make him the top paid player in NFL history.
- TechCrunch
OpenAI Startup Fund raises additional $5M
The OpenAI Startup Fund, a venture fund that invests in early-stage AI companies and has recently transferred legal control from Sam Altman to Ian Hathaway, has closed on additional $5 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The fresh funds were raised from two investors who transferred the capital into a special purpose vehicle, a legal entity associated with the OpenAI Startup Fund: OpenAI Startup Fund SPV III, L.P. This is the third time the OpenAI Startup Fund has raised an SPV.
- Yahoo Life
Olivia Munn and John Mulaney weren't 'done growing' their family when she was diagnosed with cancer — so they froze embryos. Here's how the process works amid treatment.
Munn and Mulaney were able to freeze two healthy embryos.
- TechCrunch
Anthropic is expanding to Europe and raising more money
On the heels of OpenAI announcing the latest iteration of its GPT large language model, its biggest rival in generative AI in the U.S. announced an expansion of its own. Anthropic said Monday that Claude, its AI assistant, is now live in Europe with support for "multiple languages," including French, German, Italian and Spanish across Claude.ai, its iOS app and its business plan for teams. The launch comes after Anthropic extended its API to Europe to get developers using and integrating its models.
- Yahoo Life
How risky is it to eat raw oysters? Here's how you can safely consume them, according to experts.
Raw oysters can harbor bacteria that can make you sick, but you can take steps to reduce that risk.
- Yahoo Sports
2024 NFL schedule release: Here are the games we know before Wednesday's full announcement
Before Wednesday arrives, football fans got some appetizers as some games were formally announced.
- TechCrunch
From Miles Grimshaw to Eva Ho, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs
When Keith Rabois announced he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures in January, it came as a shock to many in the venture capital ecosystem — and not just because Rabois is a big name in the industry. It was surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don't traditionally move around very much — especially those who reach the partner or general partner level as Rabois had.
- Engadget
Dyson’s first dedicated hard floor cleaner doesn’t suck
The Wash G1 is the company’s debut hard-floor cleaner, and it swaps suction for high-speed rollers, water and nylon bristles. It’ll go on sale later this year for $700.
- Yahoo Personal Finance
Bask Bank review 2024: Accounts, rates, fees, and more
Bask Bank is an online bank with competitive interest rates on high-yield savings accounts and CDs. Learn more about Bask Bank.
- Yahoo Sports
Suns hire Budenholzer, Nuggets take over & Knicks falling apart | Good Word with Goodwill
Vincent Goodwill is joined by Jake Fischer to recap the NBA Playoffs action from the weekend before talking with Krysten Peek about the 2024 NBA Draft.
- Yahoo Sports
NASCAR to launch 32-driver in-season tournament
No doubt diehard fans will view this as yet another act of desperation by NASCAR to curb its ratings woes.
- Yahoo Sports
Lions reportedly sign QB Jared Goff to 4-year, $212 million extension
The Detroit Lions have had a busy offseason, and that continued on Monday with the reported extension of quarterback Jared Goff.