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BusinessAug 27, 2026
Atoire Raises $9.5m to Sell Luxury Goods Without the Luxury Markup
Same factories, same Italian leather, a few hundred dollars instead of a few thousand. a16z Speedrun and Lightspeed's Jeremy Liew are backing it.
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BusinessAug 27, 2026
A Feeding Bowl That Listens to Your Dog Chew
Hoomanely's EverBowl records eating speed, swallowing sounds and facial thermals to spot illness weeks before an owner would.
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TechnologyAug 27, 2026
A Former PG&E Engineer Is Building 'Google Maps for the Underground'
Utility strikes happen 200,000 times a year in the US because nobody has a single map of what is buried where.
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TechnologyAug 26, 2026
Would You Pay £20 a Month for an Algorithm to Pick Your Friends?
Paid social clubs are spreading across UK cities as third spaces close and 40% of adults under 30 report feeling lonely.
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Aug 25, 2026
Cypher Tank Returns to Lugano With Bigger Stakes for Bitcoin Founders
Season two of the Shark Tank-style pitch series expands to 12 finalists and three $100,000 prizes, after a debut that drew 4,000 participants from 64 countries.
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