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Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
Bluesky, the decentralised social network that gained millions of users after Elon Musk’s takeover of X, is now seeing its mobile app usage shrink significantly nearly two years on. Data from digital intelligence firm Similarweb shows monthly and daily active users have fallen sharply, suggesting many people who joined in the post-election exodus from X…
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What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?
The European Commission has confirmed that the Scaleup Europe Fund is now fully operational, with its first backing going to ICEYE, a Finnish satellite intelligence company valued at more than $11 billion. The fund is a public-private vehicle designed to keep promising European deep-tech companies from having to seek late-stage funding, and thus relocate, abroad,…
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Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s longtime COO, is leaving to ‘start something new’
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s longtime chief operating officer, has announced he is leaving the company to “start something new,” according to an internal message he shared publicly on Tuesday. Lightcap is one of OpenAI’s longest-serving executives, and his departure adds to a wider reshuffle of senior leadership at the AI lab as it prepares for a…
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General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI
River AI, a startup founded two months ago by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has raised $1.1 billion in a seed/Series A round led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC, with Nvidia, AMD Ventures, Y Combinator and Temasek also participating. The scale of the investment is striking for such a young company, underlining both the intensity…
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The budget-friendly Pixel Buds 2a are even cheaper right now
The Google Pixel Buds 2a have received a fresh price cut, making them one of the more affordable options for Android users seeking wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation. The earbuds are being highlighted alongside several other current deals, including a Nintendo Switch 2 game, a smart charging accessory, and a wake-up light, as part…
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Paralives’ latest update throws out its wonderfully awful homunculi babies and makes it so that dead bodies should no longer litter the streets
Life simulation game Paralives has received a new early access update that reworks the appearance of its in-game babies, following player complaints that they looked unsettling. The changes reflect the responsiveness possible during early access development, where developer feedback can lead to relatively quick adjustments, though the update also brings a wider range of gameplay…
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How the iPhone has changed in the last five years
Engadget’s Ben Stegner charts how the iPhone has evolved since the iPhone 13 launched in 2021, tracing changes to its display, buttons, camera, charging port, operating system and software design. The piece highlights how features once reserved for Pro-tier models, such as faster refresh rates, have gradually trickled down to the standard iPhone lineup, and…
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Texas sterile fly facility set for spring opening
A sterile fly facility is set to open in Texas this spring amid a New World Screwworm (NWS) outbreak that has affected two states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday. The USDA social media account dedicated to providing updates on the federal response to the NWS spread said the facility will open seven…
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Dark Pictures and Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games to undergo a huge layoff following mixed reception to its latest game
Supermassive Games, the studio behind Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology, has announced it will cut up to 75 jobs after its latest release, Directive 8020, failed to win over critics or players. The company confirmed the news in a statement posted to X, describing the move as a “redundancy consultation” necessary to ensure…