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7 Ways to Limit Your Endless Doomscrolling

If you actually measure the amount of time you spend scrolling through algorithm-led social media feeds each day, it will probably add up to more hours and minutes than you’d guess. Time can quickly slip away while you’re checking up on friends, celebrities, the news, and the viral memes of the day. The term doomscrolling… Continue reading 7 Ways to Limit Your Endless Doomscrolling

Something Comically Bad Just Happened to the Inventor of Ozempic

Image by Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images / Futurism Novo Nordisk, the Danish company behind Ozempic and Wegovy, made one very dumb decision a few years ago that’s now poised to massively eat into its profits — a wild twist in the pharma company’s saga, and an all-time cautionary tale for its… Continue reading Something Comically Bad Just Happened to the Inventor of Ozempic

Profound Raises $20M as Brands Race from Blue Links to AI Answers

Series A fuels launch of Profound Lite and cements Profound as the leading marketing platform to help brands navigate an AI-first, zero-click internet NEW YORK, June 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Profound, the platform relied on by marketers to understand and control how they show up in AI responses, today announces a $20 million Series A round… Continue reading Profound Raises $20M as Brands Race from Blue Links to AI Answers

Amazon’s Zoox boosts robotaxi production ahead of first commercial launch in Las Vegas

Amazon’s Zoox robotaxi unit is ramping up vehicle production at a new facility in Hayward, California. Zoox Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle startup Zoox on Wednesday opened a sprawling new manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area, paving the way for more robotaxi production as it plans a commercial rollout of its fleet later this year.… Continue reading Amazon’s Zoox boosts robotaxi production ahead of first commercial launch in Las Vegas

German FAZ: Tesla’s last chance 009489

It would be the first commercial use of autonomous Tesla vehicles without security drivers. For Musk, this start marks the provisional end of an almost ten -year start full of delays and missed appointments on the way to autonomous driving. This epic attempt has set Tesla under enormous pressure to succeed: the robotaxi start is… Continue reading German FAZ: Tesla’s last chance 009489

German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen: VW presents driverless e-bulli004269

Volkswagen has presented his first completely autonomously driving series car. In Hamburg, Europe’s largest carmaker showed the series version of the self-driving electric bullis ID Buzz AD (for Autonomous Driving). It is to be used for the first time from 2026 in Hamburg and Los Angeles. Further cities should follow. “The Volkswagen Group is positioning… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen: VW presents driverless e-bulli004269

Clean Technica: Tesla Phantom Braking & Pedestrian Safety Concerns Continue004066

Tesla says it will begin robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, within the next few days. Maybe so. The beginning of the robotaxi service has already been delayed once. When it does begin, it will use a small fleet of Tesla Model Ys equipped with what the company calls its Full Self Driving Unsupervised software. How… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Phantom Braking & Pedestrian Safety Concerns Continue004066

Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen rejoint Owl Ventures en tant que general partner pour accélérer les investissements dans l’éducation mondiale

SAN FRANCISCO et LONDRES, 18 juin 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Owl Ventures, la plus grande société de capital-risque au monde axée sur la technologie de l’éducation gérant plus de deux milliards de dollars d’actifs, annonce aujourd’hui que Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen, vétéran et investisseur chevronné dans le domaine de la technologie, a rejoint la société en tant que… Continue reading Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen rejoint Owl Ventures en tant que general partner pour accélérer les investissements dans l’éducation mondiale

Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen Joins Owl Ventures as General Partner to Accelerate Global Education Investments

SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Owl Ventures, the world’s largest venture capital firm focused on education technology with over $2 billion in assets under management, announced today that veteran technology executive and investor Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen has joined the firm as a General Partner. He will lead Owl’s strategic expansion across Europe,… Continue reading Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen Joins Owl Ventures as General Partner to Accelerate Global Education Investments