Google Pay is rolling out updates to display card benefits and perks before checkout, introduce 'buy now, pay later' options with partners like Affirm and Zip, and allow users to fill in card details with biometrics or PIN instead of security codes.

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Meta has updated its Ray-Ban smart glasses with a new hands-free feature, allowing users to share images directly to their Instagram Story without needing to take out their phone. Users can say 'Hey Meta, share my last photo to Instagram' or 'Hey Meta, post a photo to Instagram' to take a new photo.

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Spotify has launched its own font, Spotify Mix, in collaboration with Berlin-based Dinamo Typefaces. The sans-serif font aims to establish Spotify's unique visual identity. The font is designed to be simple and easy to read, making it suitable for digital use.

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Marty Kagan and Hasan Alayli, Cisco veterans, co-founded Cedexis in 2008. They joined forces to develop observability tech for content delivery networks. As Cedexis grew, they focused on reducing data storage costs, leading to the launch of Hydrolix, aiming to improve log data storage speed.

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Bolster, an AI startup, has raised $14 million to expand its work on the CheckPhish portal and business services. The funding will help the company tackle phishing emails with malicious links, a common cybercrime tactic.

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TechCrunch reporter Rebecca Bellan interviewed Australian venture capitalists Dan Krasnostein from Square Peg and Gabrielle Munzer from Main Sequence about early-stage funding in Australia. Bellan spent three years in New Zealand and Auckland before moving to Australia to report on the startup scene.

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Space Venture Capital, an Austin-based micro-fund, has closed its $20M Fund II for Fron, a significant investment in the space and defense sector. The fund aims to support early-stage startups in the hard tech space, marking a shift in the venture capital industry's approach to investing in space and defense.

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Patronus AI, a company that helps ensure large language models comply with regulations, raised $17 million in Series A funding just 8 months after a $3 million seed round. The company aims to help customers in regulated industries ensure their models meet legal and regulatory requirements.

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Linktree, a link-in-bio startup, has surpassed 50 million users, a significant increase from its 2.7 million users in 2019. The company added nearly 10 million users in five months, reaching 47 million users in March. Linktree is considered one of the top link-in-bio tools.

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