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Nuggs, the alternative-meat company founded by serial entrepreneur Ben Pasternak (who previously co-founded the social media app Monkey), has raised $4.1 million and gotten itself a new name and a new CTO as it looks to move beyond chicken nuggets. Now called Simulate, Pasternak’s startup is readying the launch of new products including spicy nuggets, … Continue reading Nuggs rebrands as Simulate with new cash, a new CTO and an expanded line of faux-meat foods Continue Reading →

Yamo, a self-described “foodtech” startup that produces and sells healthier food for babies and young children, has raised €10.1 million in Series A funding. Backing comes from European food and agriculture tech investor Five Seasons Ventures, Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund, Ringier Digital Ventures, Müller Ventures, btov Partners, Polytech Ventures, BackBone Ventures, and Fundament. It brings total funding … Continue reading Yamo scores €10.1M Series A to offer healthier food choices for young children Continue Reading →

Radix, a U.K. startup that’s building a decentralised finance protocol on which new financial apps can connect and be built on top of, has raised $4.1 million in new funding. Backing the company, which counts the Ethereum network and a number of other “DeFi” projects as competitors, is London-based seed-stage VC LocalGlobe and TransferWise co-founder … Continue reading LocalGlobe and TransferWise’s Taavet Hinrikus back ‘frictionless finance’ startup Radix Continue Reading →

“This sub-branch of fMRI could go extinct if we can’t address this critical limitation.” It all started with a rejected grant proposal. Ahmad Hariri, a neuroscientist at Duke University, was interested in using so-called “task fMRI”—in which subjects perform specially designed cognitive tasks while having their brains scanned—combined with genetic testing and psychological evaluations. The … Continue reading Duke scientist questions his own research with new study faulting task fMRI Continue Reading →

With 250hp and 310lb-ft, the 2021 Mazda 3 Turbo gets more go. On Wednesday morning, Mazda confirmed something enthusiasts had long hoped for: for model year 2021, the carmaker will offer a turbocharged engine as an option for the Mazda 3 hatchback and sedan. The engine is the company’s 2.5L Skyactiv-G power plant, and when installed … Continue reading Mazda adds 250 horsepower turbo engine to the 2021 Mazda 3 Continue Reading →

Qualcomm’s flagship SoC gets a midcycle upgrade with the latest Wi-Fi standard. Qualcomm is announcing its midcycle chip upgrade today: the Snapdragon 865 Plus. Like always, these “Plus” chips are higher-clocked versions of the major designs that were released earlier in the year, but new for the 865 Plus specifically is Wi-Fi 6E compatibility. First, … Continue reading The new Snapdragon 865 Plus packs Wi-Fi 6E, 10% higher clocks Continue Reading →

“The visor prevents light from reflecting off of the diffuse antennas.”      11:50am ET Wednesday Update: Due to unfavorable weather at the launch site, SpaceX scrubbed Wednesday’s launch attempt. The company has not yet confirmed a new launch attempt for the mission. https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1280891332505088000%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Fscience%2F2020%2F07%2Fspacex-will-try-to-launch-starlink-satellites-with-visors-on-tuesday%2F Original post: Storms rolled through the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday afternoon—as … Continue reading Weather scrubs Wednesday’s Starlink launch attempt [Updated] Continue Reading →

Dealmaster also has deals on AirPods, Sony noise-canceling headphones, and more. Today’s Dealmaster is headlined by a bundle of deals on Nintendo Switch exclusives, with a quintet of Nintendo-made games available for $40 each across Amazon and GameStop.   FURTHER READING Super Mario Maker 2 review: A great sequel, playable on a better console The discounted … Continue reading A handful of first-party Nintendo Switch games are on sale today Continue Reading →

It will be fully compatible with USB4.     Intel has outlined what to expect from the new Thunderbolt 4 standard, which is expected to start appearing in consumer devices later this year. While it won’t offer an increase over the 40GB/s that Thunderbolt 3 does, Thunderbolt 4 has steeper minimum requirements than Thunderbolt 3 for … Continue reading Intel details Thunderbolt 4: Required DMA protection, longer cables, and more Continue Reading →

Businesses in 62 countries targeted in financial fraud scam. Microsoft has neutered a large-scale fraud campaign that used knock-off domains and malicious apps to scam customers in 62 countries around the world. The software maker and cloud-service provider last week obtained a court order that allowed it to seize six domains, five of which contained the word … Continue reading Microsoft neuters Office 365 account attacks that used clever ruse Continue Reading →