OurCrowd makes the first 8 investments from its Israel Resilience Fund
Israeli investment platform OurCrowd today announced that it now has $13 million in capital commitments for its $50 million Israel Resilience Fund, a fund the organization...
Re-commerce marketplace Soum gets $18M backing to scale in MENA
The global re-commerce market is poised for growth as consumers increasingly settle for pre-owned goods to save on cost, and as some observe conscious consumption. With...
Grindr Unwrapped 2023: Padam, Jennifer Coolidge, ‘Gimme One Margarita’ reign supreme
What do “Padam Padam,” Heartstopper, and “These gays, they’re trying to murder me” have in common? They’re all major moments in 2023’s Grindr Unwrapped. Move over,...
NASA beamed a cat video back to Earth from deep space
NASA has a lot on its plate, between staring at strange things on Uranus, monitoring solar flares, investigating Enceladus, visualising Mars’ wet past, probing dead stars,...
Grandmother Knows All the Devil’s Pressure Points
The Devil Knows More From Being Old Than From Being the Devil (1991/1941) For my grandmother, Estelle My Name Is Not in Existence (1975/1983) After CooXooEii...
Anna Biller on How the Gothic Gives Voice to Women’s Pleasure—and Pain
“There are rules for contemporary literature, and I’m breaking a lot of them for a lot of people,” filmmaker Anna Biller told me by phone. Her...
Microsoft Copilot now lets you create AI songs from text prompts. Yes, there’s a catch.
Microsoft Copilot has a new tool that allows you to create an AI song using a single line of text. The tool is an integration with...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for December 20, 2023
Today’s Featured Book Deals $1.99 Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen Get This Deal $2.99 Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown Get This Deal...
10 Bookish Puzzles for Cozy Winter Nights
Even though I am a lifelong indoor kid, being relentlessly inside through the harsh winter months can get difficult. It’s important to have some sort of...
Book Trends 2024: Top Genres, Trends, and Changes to Watch Out For
The publishing industry is volatile, relying on hits, bestsellers, and trends to thrive. Kindle and ebooks became popular in the 2010s. Then, in 2014, young adult...
