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The Robinhood investment fund’s initial public offering attracted more than 150,000 retail investors, the CEO says

The Robinhood investment fund’s initial public offering attracted more than 150,000 retail investors, the CEO says

๐Ÿ”ฅ Check out this insightful post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Fintech,Venture,Robinhood,venture,Vlad Tenev โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is touting the success of his new fintech venture, Ventures Fund I, which allows retail investors to invest in private technology companies like Stripe, Oura, Databricks, OpenAI, and others, through a publicly traded fund listed on the New York Stock Exchange. โ€œWe had approximately 150,000 retail investors participating in the IPO, so it's quite democratic,โ€ Tenev noted in an interview at the Wall Street Journal's "Future of Everything" conference this week. The fund, which was launched in March, comes…
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Parents Increasingly Reject Vitamin K Shots for Newborns, Hospitals Report โ€” ProPublica

Parents Increasingly Reject Vitamin K Shots for Newborns, Hospitals Report โ€” ProPublica

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this trending post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Reporting Highlights An Essential Shot: Vitamin K shots, which help the blood to clot, are one of three key interventions for newborns, along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine.ย  Increasing Rejections: The government doesnโ€™t track vitamin K rejections, but hospitals have seen a rise in parents opting out of the shots for their newborns, often driven by unfounded fears.ย  Troubling Data: Hundreds of children die each year from spontaneous bleeding in the brain, a common result of vitamin K deficiency, suggesting…
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AI evaluation startup Braintrust confirms the hack occurred, asking each customer to rotate sensitive keys

AI evaluation startup Braintrust confirms the hack occurred, asking each customer to rotate sensitive keys

๐Ÿ’ฅ Read this awesome post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Security,AI,Braintrust,cybersecurity,data breach,hackers,hacking โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Artificial intelligence evaluation startup Braintrust has urged customers to revoke and replace their API keys after a previous breach of customer secrets. According to an email sent to customers on Monday and seen by TechCrunch, the startup confirmed โ€œunauthorized accessโ€ to one of its Amazon Web Services cloud accounts, which contains API keys that customers use to access cloud-based AI models. โ€œWe have reached out to one affected customer and have so far found no evidence of broader exposure,โ€ the email said. The email…
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Colombia hosts talks on exiting fossil fuels as global energy crisis deepens

Colombia hosts talks on exiting fossil fuels as global energy crisis deepens

๐Ÿ”ฅ Check out this insightful post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Just across the road from the site of the first international conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels, in Colombia, oil tankers routinely unload at the Pozos Colorados terminal, with its large tank farm.The tension between climate ambition and fossil-fuel dependency is at the heart of the meeting, which began Friday in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta. It has drawn more than 50 countries โ€” from oil producers such as Nigeria to big consumers such as Germany, plus the European Union โ€” in…
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Google updates AI search to include ‘expert advice’ from Reddit and other web forums

Google updates AI search to include ‘expert advice’ from Reddit and other web forums

๐Ÿ’ฅ Check out this awesome post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: AI,ai overviews,Google,Google Search,Reddit ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Google is updating Search to improve its AI experience by adding additional context to links, such as conversations from web forums, as well as a feature that highlights links from user news subscriptions. While citing web forums and discussion boards can help users find answers to more specialized queries, this design choice can also be messy. Image credits:Google (Opens in a new window) Two years ago, Google overhauled its search experience to put AI front and center โ€” when you search for…
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Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license

Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license

โœจ Read this awesome post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: With the rather excellent Steam Controller now on its way to the lucky few that managed to order one, Valve has released a full set of CAD files for their new hardware. The idea is to let enterprising modders create their own Steam Controller add-ons, like skins, charging stands, grip extenders or smartphone mounts. The Valve release includes files for the external shell ("surface topology") of the Controller and Puck, with a .STP, .STL and engineering diagram of each device, with the latter showing areas…
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Chrome on Android now supports approximate location sharing instead of exact sharing

Chrome on Android now supports approximate location sharing instead of exact sharing

๐Ÿš€ Check out this awesome post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Apps,Android,Chrome,Google ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Google announced this week that Chrome on Android now lets users share their approximate location with websites instead of their exact location. The tech giant says that while some instances require an exact location, like when you're placing a delivery order or trying to find the nearest ATM, there are instances where your approximate location is enough, like when you can access local weather and news. โ€œBy letting you share your approximate location, we give you more control over your location data,โ€ Google explained…
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Ted Turner, CNN founder who pioneered cable TV news, dies at 87

Ted Turner, CNN founder who pioneered cable TV news, dies at 87

๐Ÿ’ฅ Discover this insightful post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87. The Ohio-born Atlanta businessman, nicknamed โ€œThe Mouth of the Southโ€ for his outspoken nature, built a media empire that encompassed cableโ€™s first superstation and popular channels for movies and cartoons, plus professional sports teams like the Atlanta Braves. Turner was also an internationally known…
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Ethos raises $22.75M from a16z for its expert network with voice onboarding

Ethos raises $22.75M from a16z for its expert network with voice onboarding

๐Ÿ’ฅ Explore this trending post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Enterprise,AI,Fundraising,General Catalyst,a16z,voice AI,expert networks ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: When companies are looking for opinions or advice on a project, they tend to go to LinkedIn or use expert networks like GLG, Third Bridge, or Alphasights. But they often do not find high-quality entries, despite their searches. Today, these sites ask experts to fill out a form based on their job title, which is then used to match them with companies that need their help. Ethos, based in London, believes that artificial intelligence can improve both aspects of this experience. For…
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Multi-stroke text effect in CSS

Multi-stroke text effect in CSS

๐Ÿš€ Check out this insightful post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: I used to see that retro multi-stroke text effect quite often and tried to replicate it using the CSS text-stroke property, but the results never quite matched. Because text-stroke accepts a single value, stacking elements was the only workaround I could think of, though it didn't seem to work. (more…)
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