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Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics has raised $1 billion in equity funding led by Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire, who will join the company’s board, alongside a $200 million credit line from Erebor and other banks. The deal, confirmed by founder and CEO Isaiah Taylor on Monday, underscores growing investor appetite for small modular reactors (SMRs) as…
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The actor desperate to delete their two James Bond auditions from history: “It has plagued my life”
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Lucy Dacus shares cover of ‘Clay Pigeons’ for Blaze Foley tribute album
Singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus has released a cover of “Clay Pigeons” as part of a forthcoming tribute album honouring the late Texas folk musician Blaze Foley. The contribution places Dacus, known for her work as a solo artist and as a member of the supergroup boygenius, among artists paying homage to Foley’s influential but under-recognised songwriting…
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Megan Moroney’s 4-Word Message After an Abrupt Concert Cancellation Proves You Can’t Keep a Diva Down
Country singer Megan Moroney has returned to the stage in Portland, Oregon, days after abruptly cutting short a Denver concert due to illness. Moroney fell ill just a few songs into her 28 July show, telling the crowd she was too unwell to continue and promising to make it up to them, and later called…
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Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries
Base Power, a startup that installs backyard batteries to help ease strain on the US electrical grid, has raised $1 billion in a Series D funding round, less than a year after its previous billion-dollar raise. The new round values the company at $13 billion post-money and comes as electricity demand surges across the US,…
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Child gets nasty shock after family walked FAR too close to angry bison in Yellowstone, weeks after elderly grandpa was tossed into the air
A young child was injured after their family approached too close to an agitated bison in Yellowstone National Park, the latest in a string of incidents highlighting the dangers of visitors ignoring safe-distance guidance around the park’s wildlife. The incident comes just weeks after an elderly grandfather was tossed into the air by a bison…
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TalkFuse afternoon briefing, 3 Aug 2026 16:34
Parents in Sheffield were left frustrated by a nursery closure during a PM visit, while TfL nabbed a serial fare dodger; Team Scotland closed a triumphant Commonwealth Games, and Ariana Grande has pulled out of the West End’s Sunday in the Park with George.
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Yungblud finds support from the metal community after recent breakdown – AudioPhix
Yungblud finds support from the metal community after recent breakdown AudioPhix
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Here’s why you shouldn’t buy new headphones without Bluetooth multipoint
Wireless headphone and earbud shoppers should prioritise Bluetooth multipoint, a feature that lets a device stay connected to two audio sources at once, over more heavily marketed specs like active noise cancellation. Unlike the old headphone jack, which allowed instant switching between devices with a simple plug swap, standard Bluetooth connections are often fiddly and…
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Samsung, who’ve been accused of worsening the RAM crisis via price fixing, reckon components will only get more expensive in 2027
Samsung has warned that the ongoing global memory chip shortage is set to worsen in 2027, with supply unlikely to ease before 2028. The company is one of several major RAM manufacturers facing accusations of price fixing and deliberately limiting supply to consumer markets in order to profit from surging demand from AI firms, a…