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Jon Stewart gives a teardown of Trump’s fraud case

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Another Jon Stewart-hosted Daily Show, another diatribe against Donald Trump. This week Stewart turned his attention to Trump’s ongoing fraud case, the penalty for which was slashed yesterday to $175 million. “What did Trump actually do to earn this penalty?” asks Stewart in the clip above. “Well it turns out that for a decade, whenever … Read more

Pitch Deck Teardown: Protecto’s $4M seed deck

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In an era where data is king and its volume and complexity are exploding, Protecto aims to eliminate the long-standing dilemma businesses face between leveraging AI’s power while ensuring data privacy. As the adoption of generative AI tools like ChatGPT skyrockets, wayward data becomes easier to find, process and do naughty things with. Protecto’s APIs … Read more

Pitch Deck Teardown: SuperScale’s $5.4M Series A deck

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There are two industries that make a ton of money but they’re traditionally largely ignored by venture capital — movies and gaming. That comes as a bit of a surprise to many: Venture capitalists are known for their keen eye on high-growth opportunities, predominantly casting their lot with tech startups, healthcare innovations, and the next … Read more

iFixit’s first Vision Pro teardown looks inside Apple’s new headset

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Disconnecting those Buff Lightning connectors for the battery cable and strap arms is pretty easy, requiring only a SIM eject tool. After that, the disassembly is pretty standard for Apple hardware: heat gun, prying, screws everywhere, brackets, and connectors. The details of the EyeSight feature that shows a rendered version of the wearer’s eyes have … Read more

PS5 ‘slim’ teardown shows the clever engineering of its detachable disc drive

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The new PlayStation 5 hasn’t come out yet — it doesn’t even have a specific release date — but a few YouTubers have gotten their hands on it, including Dave Lee from the Dave2D channel. Lee posted his teardown of the console yesterday, and if you’ve been curious about how that detachable disc drive works, … Read more

Pitch Deck Teardown: Aether’s $49M Series A deck

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Aether’s pitch deck is a real head-scratcher. The company says that it raised almost $50 million to “extract lithium from previously inaccessible reserves.” That makes sense: Lithium is a valuable, hard-to-get resource that is being used by the bucketload in batteries and other electronics. But, the pitch deck relegates this use case (which is the … Read more

Pixel 8 Pro teardown exposes its temperature sensor and a sticky battery setup

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iFixit’s Shahram Mokhtari starts by removing the Pixel 8 Pro’s screen using a heating mat, a clamp, and a pick. After disconnecting the display from the device, Mokhtari folds back the 5G mmWave antenna cable and unscrews the main frame. From there, Mokhtari attempts to remove the 5,050mAh battery by pulling at the plastic tabs … Read more