Apr. 26—An autopsy is planned after the body of a 53-year-old woman was found overnight in the 3200 block of North Second Street.
The woman's name has not been released. The body was found by family members and the death is under investigation, Capt. Jeff Wilson of the St. Joseph Police Department said. He added that no foul play has been identified at this point.
The European Union has deepened the investigation of Elon Musk-owned social network, X, that it opened back in December under the bloc's online governance and content moderation rulebook, the Digital Services Act (DSA). On Wednesday, the Commission said it had sent X a formal request for information (RFI) under the DSA, seeking more details about aspects of the ongoing probe. The investigation is on illegal content risks, manipulative design, shortcomings in ads transparency, and platform data access for researchers.
Monzo has raised another £150 million ($190 million), as the challenger bank looks to expand its presence internationally — particularly in the U.S. The new round comes just two months after Monzo raised £340 million ($425 million), meaning the London-based company has now raised north of $610 million in 2024, and $1.5 billion since its inception nine years ago. The first tranche of the Series I round saw Alphabet's CapitalG and Google's GV make a rare co-investment, alongside notable backers including HongShan Capital (formerly Sequoia Capital China), Passion Capital and Tencent.
Gary Cohen, who previous held chief executive role at Timex and Qualitor Automotive, will be heading up the company, marking a major shift from his predecessor, Angle, a cofounder of the company who held the role from 1997 until January of this year. Cohen joins iRobot at a tumultuous time. In 2002, iRobot effectively birthed the robotic vacuum, launching what is, to date, the only mainstream home robot category.
Howard Schultz has weighed in on Starbucks recent troubles, but there are no leadership changes in the works.
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High interest rates and financial pressures make it more important than ever for finance teams to have a better handle on their cash flow, and several startups are hoping to help. Two-year-old Israeli startup Panax is one, and it just raised a $10 million Series A round of funding led by Team8, with participation from TLV Partners. SVB's collapse created tailwinds for the cash management category, which includes players such as Embat, Kyriba, Statement and Vesto.
Canada-based Maia Farms recently raised $1.7 million to develop a blend of mushroom and plant-based protein using biomass fermentation. Then there’s Meati Foods, which claims it's like no other alternative protein. “It's truly a next generation revolutionary protein,” CEO Phil Graves told TechCrunch.
For decades, the Global Positioning System (GPS) has maintained a de facto monopoly on positioning, navigation and timing, because it’s cheap and already integrated into billions of devices around the world. The startup plans to launch a satellite constellation in low Earth orbit that would act as a commercial GPS alternative. Xona was founded in 2019 by seven Stanford graduate school alumni; most met during grad school.
Bluesky should launch a DMs feature in the next couple months, among other updates.
The biggest news stories this morning: Google announces the $499 Pixel 8a early, Apple’s M4 chip arrives with a big focus on AI, Nintendo to announce Switch successor before March 2025.
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Stock buybacks are soaring in another sign that companies are feeling better about the macroeconomic outlook.
Google on Wednesday launched its digital wallet in India with local integrations, nearly two years after the app was relaunched as a digital wallet platform in the U.S. As TechCrunch exclusively reported last month, Google Wallet will operate in India alongside the existing Google Pay app, which will remain the company’s payments app in the country. Google had replaced its Pay app with Wallet in the U.S. in February.
Playoff inexperience hasn't been an issue for the Thunder in a 5-0 postseason start
With free agency and the draft behind us, what 32 teams look like today will likely be what they look like Week 1 and beyond for the 2024 season. Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski reveal the post-draft fantasy power rankings. The duo break down the rankings in six tiers: Elite offensive ecosystems, teams on the cusp of being complete mixed bag ecosystems, offensive ecosystems with something to prove, offenses that could go either way, and offenses that are best to stay away from in fantasy.
Robinson had surgery on the ankle in December and missed 50 regular-season games.
As the dust settles from Tom Brady's Netflix roast, there's apparently one person upset about the content... and it's not the former NFL quarterback.
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