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How Riot Games is fighting the war against video game hackers

For as long as there have been video games, there have been people willing to find ways to cheat. Hobbyists have long dedicated...

Deel officially agrees to be served legal papers in Ripplings lawsuit

HR tech giant Deel says it has formally accepted to be served legal documents in its ongoing court battle with rival Rippling in...

Why OpenAI wanted to buy Cursor but opted for thefast-growingWindsurf

Anysphere, maker of AI coding assistant Cursor, is growing so quickly, it’s not in the market to be sold, even to OpenAI, a...

PHNX Materials found a way to decarbonize concrete using dirty coal waste

Coal-fired power plants have done their fair share of damage over the past century. From climate change to acid rain, black lung to...

Defense tech Theseus landed Y Combinator, the US Special Forces, and $4.3M from a tweet

On February 18, 2024, Ian Laffey posted on X that he and two others he’d just met built a cheap drone at a...

Times Internet spin-out Abound raises $14M to let more Indian Americans send money home

Abound, a remittance app that was spun off by Times Internet in 2023, has raised $14 million in its first external funding round...

Read the email Jack Dorsey sent when he cut 931 of Blocks staff

Fintech Block laid off 931 people, roughly 8% of the company’s staff, on Tuesday, according to a leaked message from the company seen...

Bench is charging people for services they already paid for, some customers say

After Employer.com acquired bankrupt accounting startup Bench in a fire-sale late last year, CEO Jesse Tinsley pledged on LinkedIn and elsewhere to honor...

Scimplify raises $40M to help manufacturers access specialty chemicals

Scimplify, an Indian startup that helps pharmaceutical and agriculture companies access a range of specialty chemicals, has raised $40 million in a new...

Equator closes $55M fund to bring more private capital to African climate tech

African venture capital firm Equator has raised $55 million for its first fund, which will back climate tech startups through one of the...

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