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Insight Partners is reportedly on the cusp of on more than $10 billion in capital commitments for its 13th fund, per the FT.  The FT report notes that two of Insight’s portfolio companies were acquired in the last week. One of these, the threat intelligence company Recorded Future, which sold …

Scientists and philosophers have spent centuries trying to determine exactly what purpose dreams serve. And for a long time, we’ve kind of moved between calling the science of dreams mainstream and fringe research. However, creative studies and new technology could finally give us an edge in understanding why we dream, …

During the WWDC 2024 keynote, Apple introduced a single Watch Face exclusive to watchOS 11. However, after the announcement of the Apple Watch Series 10, the company unveiled two more faces for users, which are available with the Release Candidate version of watchOS 11. Here’s everything you need to know …

Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspected gunman involved in an apparent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in Florida on Sunday, was charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction over 20 years ago. “I figured he was either dead or in prison …

Netflix stopped offering free trials for its streaming service a few years ago, but there is one way to get a month of Netflix for free. According to Playbill, anyone who buys a ticket to the upcoming Broadway show Stranger Things: The First Shadow from now through the end of …

Glen Powell’s megawatt smile, leading man charisma and that chiseled-by-the-gods jawline have made him one of Hollywood’s breakout stars of 2024. HIs increasingly well-honed ability to pick winning projects — including films like Anyone But You, Twisters, and Netflix’s Hit Man — hasn’t hurt, either. Of course, even movie stars …

Scientists have captured audio from the largest living thing on the planet, and it’s absolutely haunting. The audio was captured using a hydrophone, which was placed under “Pando,” a lone male quaking aspen that has gradually grown to include 6,000 metric tons of living material. And now, we can finally …

Blockchain technology is all about decentralization and virtualization. So it’s a little ironic that humans love to come together in person at big blockchain events. Such was the case last week in Seoul, where a record 17,000 people and 300 speakers came together for Korea Blockchain Week. Like traditional tech …

Nick Frosst, the co-founder of $5.5 billion Canadian AI startup Cohere, has been a musician his whole life. He told TechCrunch that once he started singing, he never shut up. That’s still true today. In addition to his full-time job at Cohere, Frosst is also the front man of Good …

Platforms to connect apps that wouldn’t normally talk to each other have been around for a minute (see: Zapier). But they have not gotten dramatically simpler to use if you’re nontechnical. Generative AI has lowered the barrier to entry somewhat. However, getting the most out of these platforms — and …