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S2G Ventures is graduating today, so to speak. The climate tech investment firm has been living under Builders Vision, an umbrella organization for Walmart heir Lukas Walton’s philanthropic and investment activities, for the past three years. Walton was S2G’s sole limited partner.
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Extreme weather is having a dire effects on animals. Here’s what’s being done to protect them.
As animals like howler monkeys fall dead from trees in Mexico due to high temperatures, conservationists explain their plan to protect wildlife during what is expected to be an unusually hot summer.
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Food supply chain software maker Silo lays off ~30% of staff amid M&A discussions
Silo, a Bay Area food supply chain startup, has hit a rough patch. Silo has confirmed the headcount reductions, clarifying the cuts were across the board and not focused on individual departments. At the same time, Silo remains dedicated to serving our customers and the perishables industry at large, and will continue to focus more nimbly on building next-generation supply chain management software solutions.
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Meta’s new AI council is composed entirely of white men
Meta on Wednesday announced the creation of an AI advisory council with only white men on it. Women and people of color have been speaking out for decades about being ignored and excluded from the world of artificial intelligence despite them being qualified and playing a key role in the evolution of this space. Meta did not immediately respond to our request to comment about the diversity of the advisory board.
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'Maxton Hall' is Prime Video's biggest hit. Fans credit the chemistry between its stars.
Prime Video's slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance takes place in a heightened world of extreme privilege and family drama.
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Oneil Cruz hitting angry, Shohei Ohtani leading the league, the Royals are turning heads with Jake Eisenberg
Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman talk about Oneil Cruz's smashing night at the dish, Kyle Tucker and Shohei Ohtani leading the league and are joined by Royals broadcaster Jake Eisenberg to talk about Kansas City’s success in 2024.
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INDIKA weaves a mature tale of absurdity, hypocrisy and sexual violence
INDIKA demonstrates how a video game can tell a strange and beautiful story that involves, but isn't overwhelmed by, themes of sexual abuse.
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Photos: Deadly tornadoes sweep through Iowa, leaving homes and businesses in Greenfield destroyed
Greenfield, Iowa, was hit with massive tornadoes on Tuesday — as well as other parts of the Midwest — continuing the streak of severe weather storms across the country.
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The It List: 'Furiosa' blazes into theaters, 'Hit Man' cements Glen Powell's leading man status, 'Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter' examines rift between brothers
We're officially in blockbuster season as Anya Taylor-Joy and Glen Powell anchor two of May's buzziest films.
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Knicks' Jalen Brunson undergoes 'successful surgery' on fractured hand, will be reevaluated in 6-8 weeks
Jalen Brunson and Bojan Bogdanović, who underwent wrist surgery, will be reevaluated in two months.
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Ford Mustang GTD heads to Europe for testing prior to Le Mans
The 800-horsepower Ford Mustang GTD is sold out in the USA. Now it's headed to Europe, where it will appear at both dealerships and race tracks.
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The DOJ makes its first known arrest for AI-generated CSAM
The US Department of Justice arrested a Wisconsin man last week for generating and distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse material. As far as we know, this is the first case of its kind as the DOJ looks to establish a judicial precedent that exploitative materials are still harmful even when no children were used to create them.
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Macy's beats low Q1 estimates as it weighs between a turnaround and a buyout
Macy’s recorded another quarter of sales declines, but not as much as Wall Street feared.
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Conservative cell carrier Patriot Mobile hit by data breach
U.S. cell carrier Patriot Mobile experienced a data breach that included subscribers’ personal information, including full names, email addresses, home ZIP codes and account PINs, TechCrunch has learned. Patriot Mobile, which reportedly has fewer than 100,000 subscribers, bills itself as “America’s only Christian conservative wireless provider and our mission is to passionately defend our God-given Constitutional rights and freedoms while glorifying God.” A hacker who claimed responsibility for the breach provided TechCrunch with a sample of data stolen from Patriot Mobile.
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Data-labeling startup Scale AI raises $1B as valuation doubles to $13.8B
Scale AI, which provides data-labeling services to companies that want to train machine learning models, has raised a $1 billion Series F round from a slew of big-name institutional and corporate investors that include Amazon and Meta. The fundraise is a mix of primary and secondary funding, and is the latest in a slew of big venture capital investments in AI. Amazon recently closed a $4 billion investment in OpenAI rival Anthropic, and the likes of Mistral AI and Perplexity are also in the process of raising more billion-dollar rounds at lofty valuations.
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Interest rate cuts have a complicated history with the stock market: Morning Brief
Lower interest rates, in theory, are good for stocks. But history says rate cuts from the Fed this year might not warrant an enthusiastic response.
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The Morning After: Microsoft introduces its AI-centric Copilot+ PCs
The biggest news stories this morning: Microsoft rebuilt Windows 11 around AI and Arm chips, Another patient will get Neuralink’s brain implant, Volvo and Aurora introduce their first self-driving truck.
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VinFast crash that killed family of four now under federal investigation
The top vehicle safety regulator in the U.S. has launched a formal probe into an April crash involving the all-electric VinFast VF8 SUV that claimed the lives of a family of four, TechCrunch has learned. A spokesperson for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) told TechCrunch on Monday that its Special Crash Investigations division will "document the crash circumstances and the ensuing fire." The victims, who have been identified by the Alameda County Sheriff's Department as Tarun and Rincy George, and their two children, did not own the vehicle.
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Jamie Dimon says the end to his time as JPMorgan CEO is 'not 5 years anymore'
The CEO of JPMorgan Chase made it clear Monday he now envisions a day when he will no longer run the largest US bank in fewer than five years.
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Rafael Devers hits home run in record 6th straight game to lift Red Sox past Rays
Rafael Devers is now just two home runs shy of matching MLB’s all-time record.