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Tier and Dott, two leading European scooter- and bike-sharing services, are becoming one service called Dott. The two startups have already laid out plans to merge and form a single company back in January 2024. With this merger, the companies didn't want to build a conglomerate of micromobili

Update: Meta responded to technewss with more information about when it trains AI on Ray-Ban Meta photos, and when it doesn’t. You can read about that here. Meta’s AI-powered Ray-Bans have a discreet camera on the front, for taking photos not just when you ask them to, but also when t

A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launched with an X post thread and YouTube video on Saturday and created immediate controversy. And some of that is splashing onto YC itself. PearAI offers an AI coding editor. The startup's founder Duke Pan has openly said that it’s a cloned copy of a

11x.ai, a startup that develops AI-powered sales development bots, has secured roughly $50 million in Series B funding, technewss has learned. The new round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the company at around $350 million, multiple sources told technewss. The recent deal follows the co

VC Neil Mehta, the Greenoaks Capital co-founder tied to a growing number of building purchases across several blocks of San Francisco's once-glittering Fillmore Street, defended himself on Monday via an op-ed in The San Francisco Standard, saying the moves are solely about revitalizing a “cit

Snapchat is quietly rolling out a new “Footsteps” feature to all iOS users this week, the company confirmed to technewss on Monday. The new feature, which was previously only available to Snapchat+ subscribers, uses Snap Map to let you see how much of the world you've explored and track wh

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is grounded again after the vehicle's second stage did not come down in the expected area of the ocean, following an otherwise successful mission that delivered a Dragon capsule and its crew to orbit. “We will resume launching once we better understand root cause

Apple's iOS 18 software update rolled out earlier this month, and it brought significant changes to the iOS Control Center, which provides convenient access to commonly used functions with a simple swipe down on the Home Screen. Now, in addition to the existing controls like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, F

It's been quite the year for gaming industry exec Pany Haritatos.  Last month, he quietly closed an oversubscribed $28 million Series A for his new game studio startup Series Entertainment, according to an SEC document and confirmation from the company. Investors include Netflix, Dell Tec

You may have seen plenty of online ads about paid VPN services. However, as we explained in a previous article, it's not a good idea to tunnel all your internet traffic through a VPN service. Unlike what they say on their websites, VPN companies usually don't care about protecting your pri

If you’ve heard that a VPN provider can help protect your privacy and security online, don’t believe the hype. The truth is that most people don’t actually need a VPN.  By funneling all of your internet traffic through their own servers, VPN providers expose their customers to t

The consumerization of medtech marches on: Amsterdam-based startup Lapsi Health has just clinched FDA approval for its first clinical support tool, a digital stethoscope. The U.S. medical devices regulator, the Food & Drug Administration, has cleared it as a Class IIA (medium risk) medical devi

VPNs are practically everywhere. In editorials, in advertorials, and featured by influencers on your favorite YouTube shows. There are ads for VPNs on websites, during television commercials, plastered on billboards, and on subway ads. There might even be a VPN ad somewhere on this very webpage rig

It's impossible to spend an hour or two on YouTube without encountering an ad or a paid promotion for a VPN subscription service like NordVPN, ExpressVPN, or Surfshark. The companies behind these services usually tell you that a VPN is a great way to browse the web safely and privately, let you