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I Have Hearing Loss. These Are the Hearing Aids I Recommend
Compare the Best Hearing Aids How Much Do Hearing Aids Cost? AccordionItemContainerButton How much money should you expect to spend on a hearing aid? The answer depends primarily on whether you’re looking into over-the-counter or prescription hearing aids. Unsurprisingly, the latter is a wallet guzzler, with average costs between $2,000 to $8,000. But OTCs can read more
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The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning
On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to roll back the endangerment finding, which underpins the US’s ability to regulate the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. The rollback, the result of more than 15 years of work from right-wing special interest groups, represents the most aggressive move against climate regulation in the US read more
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Search for Nancy Guthrie continues as gloves found
FBI Canvass in Guthrie Case May Reveal ‘Digital Evidence TUCSON, Ariz. — The FBI on Wednesday took to the streets and neighborhoods surroundingNancy Guthrie’s home to canvas for clues in her disappearance. The federal law enforcement agency announced the search online, and asked the public to use caution. “This morning, numerousFBI agentsare conducting read more
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The Best WIRED-Tested Bed Frames to Upgrade Your Sleep
Thuma Classic Bed Frame Durable. Sturdy. Easy setup. Price may be too high for some. 4 Upcycled wood. Cork bottoms. Recycled plastic felt. Two screws. (Pillowboard uses recycled wool, recycled polyamide, and other recycled fibers.) 1,500 pounds Twin—California king Lifetime warranty AmazonBasics Heavy Duty Bed Frame (18-inch) Simple setup. Room for storage underneath. Very basic. read more
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Demoboost closes €2.8M to turn product demos into revenue intelligence
Warsaw-based Demoboost, a platform that enables B2B software companies to deliver scalable, data-driven product demos, has raised €2.8 million in funding to support further product development and international expansion. The round was co-led by Digital Ocean Ventures and Rafał Brzoska’s family office RIO, with participation from B-Value. As B2B software sales cycles lengthen and conversion read more
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Bracket closes $7M round to expand treasury intelligence platform
London-based Bracket, an FX, treasury, and cash management platform for mid-market businesses, has raised $7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets business and Blackfinch Ventures, with participation from existing investor Failup Ventures. Demand for modern treasury infrastructure has grown among mid-market companies, many of which continue read more
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Rivage raises €2.6M to expand payroll software across accounting firms
Paris-based Rivage has closed a €2.6 million pre-seed funding round to support the rollout of its payroll software across accounting firms. The round includes Partech, alongside business angel investors from the technology and accounting sectors, including the founders of Skello, Hexa, Quarksup, and Teledec. More than half of employees in France rely on accounting firms read more
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Electric Twin expands AI audience platform with $14M round
Electric Twin, an AI platform developing synthetic audience models designed to simulate real-world human thinking and behaviour, has raised $14 million in funding. The total includes a $10 million round led by Atomico, with participation from LocalGlobe, Mercuri and Samos Investments, as well as several angel investors, including Marc Andreessen, Cal Henderson, Eric Salama, Tom read more
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London fintech Tangible raises $4.3M in seed funding
A London-based fintech which helps companies access and manage debt finance has raised $4.3m in a seed funding round. The funding round inTangible was led by Pale Blue Dot with participation from MMC, Future Positive Capital, Unruly, SDAC, Prototype Capital, and Aperture. It follows a £4m ($5.45m) funding round Tangible carried out last year. Tangible read more
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Lifeaz raises €13M to further its efforts to improve access to life-saving interventions
Lifeaz, a France-based company focused on improving access to defibrillators for individuals and businesses, has closed a €13 million funding round. The round includes continued participation from existing investor Mutuelles Impact, initiated by La Mutualité Française and managed by XAnge in partnership with Impactivist, as well as new investments from BNP Paribas, GO CAPITAL, and read more
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Nocomed raises seed funding to address healthcareʼs biggest emissions blind spot
Nocomed, a Dublin-based sustainability software company, has raised €650,000 in seed funding to support the continued development and expansion of its platform, which focuses on supply chain-related emissions in the healthcare sector. The investment came from independent medtech investor Barry Comerford (Founder of Sauleen Holdings and Cambus Medical), software angel investor Edmund Wilson (Co-Founder of read more
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OpenAI disbands mission alignment team | TechCrunch
OpenAI has disbanded a team that was designed to communicate the company’s mission to the public and to its own employees. At the same time, the team’s former leader has been given a new role as the company’s “chief futurist.” OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch that the team’s members have now been assigned to other roles. read more
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Will Apple Music Get AI Playlists in iOS 27?
AI features are expanding to all kinds of apps, and it’s getting difficult to find a service that hasn’t embraced AI. Lately, AI playlists in music apps have been growing in popularity, and it’s plausible that we’ll see Apple adopt the trend in the near future. YouTube This week, YouTube Music started rolling out a read more
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Anthropics Claude Gets More Free Features as OpenAI Starts Showing Ads in ChatGPT
Anthropic today said that customers who use Claude without a subscription can create files, use connectors, and access skills, all of which are features that used to require a paid plan. The announcement comes two days after OpenAI said that it was starting to roll out ads for ChatGPT users who don’t have a paid read more
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xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands | TechCrunch
On Wednesday, xAI took the rare step of publishing a full 45-minute all-hands meeting video on X, making it publicly accessible. Details of the Tuesday night meeting were previously reported by The New York Times, which may have influenced xAI’s decision to post the video online. The full video reveals significant new details about Musk’s read more
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T-Mobile Launches Beta for Free Real-Time Call Translation on Any Phone
T-Mobile today announced a new live translation feature that allows conversations to be translated in real-time when calling someone from any phone on the T-Mobile network. Live translation does not require any apps, and it is a free service that T-Mobile is offering in a beta capacity. T-Mobile users can sign up to test live read more
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How to get into a16z's super-competitive Speedrun startup accelerator program | TechCrunch
Without a doubt, one of the hottest new startup accelerators in tech right now is Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun program. Launched in 2023, the accelerator has an acceptance rate of less than 1%. In a January blog post, the program said that over 19,000 startups pitched and fewer than 0.4% were accepted into the latest cohort. read more
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U.S. TikTok Introduces Local Feed to Surface Nearby Events and Content
The U.S. version of TikTok is being updated with a new community-focused “Local Feed,” according to a blog post shared by the TikTok USDS Joint Venture. The Local Feed is designed to let TikTok users “discover and connect with content, businesses, and services” wherever they are. Available from a tab on the TikTok home screen, read more
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World Monuments Fund Commits $7 M. to Protect Global Heritage Sites in 2026
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced that it will commit $7 million in 2026 to support 21 new preservation projects. Founded in 1965 and originally known as the International Fund for Monuments, the New York–based WMF has for the last 60 years worked to preserve more than 700 heritage sites across the globe. The read more
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Study of Buddhist Monks Finds Meditation Alters Brain Activity
If you’ve ever considered practicing meditation, you might believe you should relax, breathe, and empty your mind of distracting thoughts. Novices tend to think of meditation as the brain at rest, but a new international study concludes this ancient practice is quite the opposite: meditation is a state of heightened cerebral activity that profoundly alters read more
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