Drizzle on top: a new high-end dog food brand is coming for the 1%

by News Feed Editor | Apr 28, 2026 | Technology

The pet food aisle has never been more crowded, which is exactly why Hillary Coles says she was skeptical when Atomic Labs came calling. “I had the same reaction you did,” Coles told me on a call Monday afternoon, a day before her new company, Golden Child, opened for...

India’s Snabbit closes $56M round as investor interest in on-demand home services heats up

by News Feed Editor | Apr 27, 2026 | Technology

Snabbit, an Indian on-demand home services startup, has closed a $56 million funding round, confirming TechCrunch’s earlier report. Co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital, Mirae Asset Venture Investments’ Unicorn Growth Fund, and Bertelsmann India Investments, the...

Microsoft and OpenAI gut their exclusive deal, freeing OpenAI to sell on AWS and Google Cloud

by News Feed Editor | Apr 27, 2026 | Technology

Microsoft and OpenAI on Monday announced a sweeping overhaul of the partnership that has defined the commercial AI era, dismantling key pillars of exclusivity and revenue-sharing that bound the two companies together for years and replacing them with a looser,...

Open source Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 and V2.5-Pro are among the most efficient (and affordable) at agentic ‘claw’ tasks

by News Feed Editor | Apr 27, 2026 | Technology

Xiaomi, the Chinese firm best known for its smartphones and electric vehicles, has lately been shipping some incredibly affordable and high-powered open source AI large language models.The trend continued today with the release of Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 and Xiaomi...

Letterboxd, the social platform for film buffs, reportedly looking for new owner

by News Feed Editor | Apr 27, 2026 | Technology

Letterboxd has surged in popularity in recent years. Once a niche site for only the most fervent of film nerds, the site — which allows users to rate, review, and recommend movies to one another — has continued to add accounts by the tens of millions, thanks largely...

Consumers lost $2.1B to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports

by News Feed Editor | Apr 27, 2026 | Technology

Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, according to a new report from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The agency reports that losses from social media scams have increased eightfold and that social media scams resulted in higher losses...