Black Friday deal knocks $450 off the Dell XPS 15 laptop

If you’re thinking of getting a laptop that’s both thin and light, your mind might immediately go to something like the MacBook Air...

Rising interest rates are helping more than just fintech-focused companies

The shift from a zero interest rate environment, ZIRP in the common tongue, is providing a notable boost to a number of fintech...

X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film

Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. As part of a “timeline takeover” —...

Microsoft is launching its mobile game store in July

Microsoft will launch its own mobile game store in July, the company announced at the Bloomberg Technology Summit on Thursday. Xbox president Sarah Bond...

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, May 20 (game #78)

If you found yesterday's Strands puzzle from the NYT to be a little too easy, then fear not – today's is back to...

Google Maps partners with India’s ONDC to add metro ticket booking

Google Maps will soon allow users in India to book metro tickets directly through the mapping app, the search giant announced as it...

Will the OpenAI chaos boost open-source models?

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers...

Avenir seeks to raise $800M for new fund

Avenir Growth Partners is seeking to raise $800 million for its fifth fund, it disclosed in a securities filing, two years after it...

Sample Series A extension pitch deck: Phospholutions’ $10.15M deck

I haven’t seen a lot of agriculture tech startups submit their pitch decks for this series, so I was delighted to get one...

YouTube releases eraser tool to remove copyrighted music from videos

YouTube has launched an improved eraser tool that lets creators remove copyrighted music from their videos while keeping other audio intact. The revamped...