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India startup funding hits $11B in 2025 as investors grow more selective

India’s startup ecosystem raised nearly $11 billion in 2025, but investors wrote far fewer checks and grew more selective about where they took risk, underscoring

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As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help

In recent years, people have been increasingly looking for new ways to form platonic connections, as loneliness and social isolation have become more prevalent. In

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The best distraction blockers to jumpstart your focus in the new year

If you’re someone who struggles to stay on task or simply want to boost your productivity as the new year approaches, there are several apps

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The year data centers went from backend to center stage

There was a time when most Americans had little to no knowledge about their local data center. Long the invisible but critical backbone of the

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ServiceNow to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75B

Enterprise software company ServiceNow agreed to acquire nine-year-old cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion in cash. The deal is a massive valuation jump for the

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Alphabet to buy Intersect Power to bypass energy grid bottlenecks

Google parent Alphabet has agreed to buy Intersect Power, a data center and clean energy developer, for $4.75 billion in cash, plus the assumption of

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A rough week for hardware companies

In just about a week, iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filed for bankruptcy. They’re very different companies — selling Roombas, lidar, and e-bikes,

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‘It felt so wrong’: Colin Angle on iRobot, the FTC, and the Amazon deal that never was

When iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Sunday, it marked the end of an era for one of America’s most beloved robotics companies. The

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Ex-Splunk execs’ startup Resolve AI hits $1 billion valuation with Series A

Resolve AI, a startup developing an autonomous site reliability engineer (SRE), a tool that automatically maintains software systems, has raised a Series A led by

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Apple becomes a debt collector with its new developer agreement

Apple on Wednesday released an updated developer license agreement that gives the company permission to recoup unpaid funds, such as commissions or any other fees,