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Apple’s over-ear headphones reportedly have swappable ear pads and headbands

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s unannounced high-end over-ear headphones will reportedly come with interchangeable parts. Bloomberg reports that Apple is developing new high-end headphones that include swappable ear pads and headbands that magnetically attach. The modular design, similar to some other high-end headphone brands, is reportedly designed for owners to switch out

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UK-based digital health startup Medopad, which uses AI to monitor patients, rebrands to Huma and acquires AI startups BioBeats and Tarilian Laser Technologies (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: UK-based digital health startup Medopad, which uses AI to monitor patients, rebrands to Huma and acquires AI startups BioBeats and Tarilian Laser Technologies  —  Digital health company Medopad today announced that it’s rebranding to Huma and acquiring two companies — BioBeats … UK-based digital health startup Medopad, which uses AI to

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Berlin-based Taxfix, which develops a mobile tax filing app that maximizes refunds, raises $65M Series C led by Index Ventures (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Taxfix, which develops a mobile tax filing app that maximizes refunds, raises $65M Series C led by Index Ventures  —  Berlin-based startup Taxfix has raised a $65 million Series C funding round.  Index Ventures is leading the round with Neil Rimer joining the board. Berlin-based Taxfix, which develops a mobile

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Q&A with Pam Kostka, CEO of nonprofit All Raise which launched two years ago, on the mixed progress it has made in closing the gender gap in the US VC industry (Biz Carson/Protocol)

Biz Carson / Protocol: Q&A with Pam Kostka, CEO of nonprofit All Raise which launched two years ago, on the mixed progress it has made in closing the gender gap in the US VC industry  —  Silicon Valley was making (some) progress on diversity.  Now All Raise CEO Pam Kostka is trying to prevent a

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India-based Setu, which provides APIs that allow banks to connect with companies and small businesses offering financial services, raises $15M Series A (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

{$inline_image} Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India-based Setu, which provides APIs that allow banks to connect with companies and small businesses offering financial services, raises $15M Series A  —  India’s push to digital payments in the last three years has seen tens of millions of people get comfortable with exchanging money online for the first time.

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India-based Setu, which provides APIs that allow banks to connect with companies and small businesses offering financial services, raises $15M Series A (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India-based Setu, which provides APIs that allow banks to connect with companies and small businesses offering financial services, raises $15M Series A  —  India’s push to digital payments in the last three years has seen tens of millions of people get comfortable with exchanging money online for the first time. India-based

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Tencent, Alibaba, and SoftBank invest heavily in popular fantasy sports and online rummy apps in India that use loopholes in anti-gambling laws to offer prizes (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Tencent, Alibaba, and SoftBank invest heavily in popular fantasy sports and online rummy apps in India that use loopholes in anti-gambling laws to offer prizes  —  – Tech giants spending on Indian apps for fantasy sports, rummy  — Ambani says business will be bigger than movies, TV and music Tencent, Alibaba, and SoftBank invest

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