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Synapse’s collapse has frozen nearly $160M from fintech users — here’s how it happened

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The collapse and bankruptcy of BaaS fintech Synapse has revealed how treacherous things are for the often-interdependent fintech world when one key player hits trouble.  Synapse operated a service that allowed others (mainly fintechs) to embed banking services into their offerings. For instance, a software provider that specialized in payroll for 1099 contractor-heavy businesses used […]

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Here’s the full list of 28 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2024

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For some, AI fatigue is real — but clearly venture investors haven’t grown tired of the category. In the first half of 2024 alone, more than $35.5 billion was invested into AI startups globally, recent Crunchbase data found. Five of the six venture rounds of more than $1 billion raised in the first half of 2024

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From Ethan Choi to Spencer Peterson, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs

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When Keith Rabois announced he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures in January, it came as a shock to many in the venture capital ecosystem — and not just because Rabois is a big name in the industry. It was surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don’t traditionally move

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Wikipedia’s mobile website finally gets a dark mode — here’s how to turn it on

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Half a decade ago, a ton of apps started to implement a dark mode. This included YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Hulu and WhatsApp. Apple and Google began offering a systemwide dark theme for their mobile operating systems in 2018. However, Wikipedia has finally caught up and has started implementing dark mode for its mobile website in

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How Apple Intelligence will change how you use Siri on your iPhone | TechCrunch

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Following years of talk around Apple’s lack of innovation when it comes to Siri, Apple has promised the launch of a smarter version of its digital assistant coming this fall. Siri is getting a slew of new features and updates thanks to the addition of Apple Intelligence, the company’s generative AI offering, and a partnership

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YouTube and LinkedIn have games now, and here’s how you can play them

Media & Entertainment /

The trend of media companies bringing games to their platforms has been unfolding in recent years.  In a world where user attention is increasingly competitive and attention spans are dwindling, streaming services and apps are looking for ways to captivate their audience. It makes sense for companies to expand into gaming to retain users on

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How to set up parental controls on Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and more popular sites

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Parental controls are offered by almost every popular media network, but many parents aren’t aware of them. Fewer than 10% of teens on Instagram had enabled parental control settings by the end of 2022 and only a single-digit percentage of parents had used the controls, according to a Washington Post report from earlier this year.

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