Benchmark Capital, the storied Silicon Valley VC firm known for early investments in eBay, Snap, Uber, and Twitter, is breaking with one of its signature traditions: keeping its funds to about $425 million and backing only young startups. After more than two decades of restricting its vehicles to that amount or lower, the outfit has…
The European Commission has announced a new European Technological Sovereignty Package, designed to further reduce its reliance on foreign tech. The EU wants to focus on building out Europe’s capacity in areas such as semiconductors, AI, cloud computing and open-source projects. The package consists of two legislative proposals. The first is the Chips Act 2.0,…
A scent diffuser can make a big difference in your day-to-day quality of life. I didn’t think they were all that special until I started testing them, and now I can’t imagine my home not smelling great all the time. Pura makes many of our favorite diffusers, and with a Pura discount code, you can…
A new app arrives this fall months before Meta planned to shut it down. Meta recently made major cuts across its entire VR and metaverse division, laying off hundreds and shuttering three studios. The company also announced that the popular exercise app Supernatural would no longer be updated with fresh content. This was a bummer…
Tomato prices have recently soared to highs not seen in 45 years. It’s thanks to a number of supply-chain disruptions, and it’s not likely to get better soon. Grocery prices keep rising, and one ingredient crucial to BLTs, salads, and fresh salsas has gotten particularly expensive.
Reviewers are making claims about the upcoming drag queen-led movie, and director Adam Shankman is struggling to quell the discourse. By all accounts, the new RuPaul Charles-led movie Stop! That! Train! is meant to be nothing more than a stupid good time.
Those who purchased the early build of Prologue: Go Wayback! could get a refund. Brendan Greene and his studio PlayerUnknown Productions just announced a downsizing effort. This is the developer originally behind the megahit battle royale PUBG. The company is laying off an unspecified number of employees and cancelling further development of one title, the…
That era is over. A planning cycle. A strategy cycle. A reorg every few years. A new tool rollout that people had time to absorb. A period of change, followed by a period of stability.
UK Labour MP Jess Asato is suing xAI over sexually explicit AI-generated images that were created of her by Grok, The Financial Times reports. The lawsuit is the first high-profile test of whether AI companies can be held responsible for content people produce with their tools in the UK. Grok users started producing and sharing…
Current owners can also look forward to the new Mayhem Collection DLC, which launches the same day. Warner Bros. Games Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is arguably the best Lego video game yet. On Metacritic, it has an average score of over 84 across three different platforms (Xbox S/X, PS5 and…
