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Video-generation startup PixVerse raises $439M, valuation soars past $2B
With the cash, the company aims to expand its world model offering and reach customers across geographies.
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Already rich, already successful, why the last wave of tech winners is grinding again
They’re rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI’s defining moment and, presumably, the...
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Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation
The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and oth...
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Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be “everything for everyone”
Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company’s financial-services ambitions, its i...
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The USMNT's struggles at the World Cup can't be fi...
Everyone thinks they can fix the USMNT. But maybe the U.S. is actually making progress and luck just hasn't been on...
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Messi is about to play England for the first time ...
Until Wednesday's second semifinal of the 2026 World Cup kicks off, it's a strange historical quirk that Lionel Mes...
Business
Bangkok fire death toll rises to 30, as police probe possible negligence
Thailand authorities say that 24 people remain in critical condition in hospital after the blaze tore through a pub...
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Transfer rumors, news: Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs e...
Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are interested in Benfica winger Andreas Schjelderup. Transfer Talk has th...
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Kane rejects England 'division,' backs Bellingham
Captain Harry Kane has dismissed the idea of division in the England squad, insisting there is "complete togetherne...
World
With US-Iran trust broken again, can Pakistan bring them back to talks?
Islamabad is still urging dialogue, but analysts say it has few tools to halt the latest round of US-Iran escalatio...
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Why is India blocking film on a man who counted Punjab insurgency killings?
Satluj, based on life and murder of rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, is still finding its audience despite the...
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‘Beijing is laughing’ at US-Mexico-Canada stalled trade talks
A US trade expert says the US, Mexico, and Canada need to hold trilateral talks to get a cross-border trade deal si...