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Sources: Apple plans to launch iPhone 18 Pro models, a thin iPhone 18, and a foldable iPhone in fall 2026 but the standard iPhone 18 in spring 2027 — After years of incremental changes to the iPhone, Apple is mixing things up much more dramatically. Later this year it's expected to introduce …
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Ookla: Starlink use rose by 35% above average in Spain and Portugal on April 28, as a widespread electricity outage exposed vulnerabilities in telecoms networks — Widespread electricity outage on the Iberian peninsula exposed vulnerabilities in telecoms — Spanish and Portuguese mobile … | Chloe Cornish / Financial Times: |
Filings: Abu Dhabi-based AI group G42 set-up a US company to boost its presence in the country, as the UAE plans to invest tens of billions of dollars in the US — State-backed group accelerates investment plans as it deepens collaboration over the technology| New York Times: |
Sensor Tower: Temu cut US digital ad spending by an estimated 31% and Shein by 19% in the two week period from March 31 as the de minimis exemption is closed — For Meta, Alphabet and other platforms, the elimination of the tariff exemption for inexpensive goods is already cutting into advertising revenue.
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Inside Japan's Disco Corp, which makes ~75% of the world's chip cutting tools, and where no staffer has a boss, with decisions made using a currency called Will — It's the start of another day for an ordinary Tokyo salaryman. On a rain-drenched Monday morning, the engineer stows …
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Rhode Island-based Utilidata, which develops AI-enabled smart meters and grid control devices with Nvidia chips for energy utilities, raised a $60.3M Series C — Utilidata and Nvidia think their AI-enabled smart meters can help solve tricky grid challenges, from growing data center demand to more rooftop solar and EVs.
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Salt Lake City-based Canopy, which provides a firm-wide operating system for accounting, raised a $70M Series C led by Viking Global Investors — Canopy, a Salt Lake City, UT-based provider of a firm-wide operating system for accounting, raised $70M in Series C funding.
More: Business Wire, VC News Daily, and Pulse 2.0
| Aaron Weitzman / Axios: |
NYC-based Blooming Health, an online coordination network for social service agencies and aging care providers, raised a $26M Series A led by Insight Partners — Blooming Health, a social services and health care coordination network, raised a $26 million Series A led by Insight Partners, CEO Nima Roohi tells Axios exclusively.
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| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Doppel, which provides an AI-powered social engineering detection service for enterprises, raised a $35M Series B led by Bessemer at a $205M valuation — Cybersecurity startup Doppel Inc. today disclosed that it has closed a $35 million funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
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| Tom Matsuda / Sifted: |
London-based Navro, which develops APIs to enable businesses to send and receive international payments with various payment options, raised a $41M Series B — Founder and CEO Aran Brown says the US and Asia are key geographies for expansion — Navro, a London-based payments fintech …
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| Lucy Adams / Tech.eu: |
Berlin-based Pliant, which helps corporates combine physical and virtual credit cards with automation tools to streamline spending, raised a $40M Series B — The company plans to hire additional talent and expand its partner network to facilitate growth. — Berlin-based fintech has secured …
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Duolingo's “AI-first” announcement highlights the unfolding AI jobs crisis, with attrition in creative fields, hiring cuts, declining freelance incomes, more — On Monday, April 29th, Luis von Ahn, the billionaire CEO of the popular language learning app Duolingo …
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| Bloomberg: |
An in-depth look at the impact of stratospheric pollution from satellite reentries on the ozone layer, as Starlink and others launch more internet satellites — for Bloomberg Green + The Big Take May 1, 2025 — Elon Musk's SpaceX has more than 7,000 satellites in orbit to create its Starlink internet constellation.
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| Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: |
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs calls crypto an “untested investment” and vetoes a bill that would have allowed the state to invest in bitcoin using seized funds — The bill, Senate Bill 1025, aimed to create a digital assets reserve managed by the state. — What to know:Sponsor Posts
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