More top reads Mega deal: India's Udaan, a business-to-business e-commerce startup, scores $340 million in new funding. Read about one of India's largest funding deals this year. Not just human, but superhuman: OpenAI thinks superhuman AI is coming and, of course, wants to build tools to control it. Here is the company's plan. A dose of their own medicine: Microsoft disrupts a cybercrime operation by selling fraudulent accounts to a notorious hacking gang. Take that! Mission accomplished: Amazon's Project Kuiper confirms its super-fast satellite communication tech works in space. Learn more. Connected home: Google Nest Renew and OhmConnect merge into "Renew Home" with a $100 million boost from Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners. Here's how it will work. No strings attached: Meta's Threads is finally available to users in the European Union. Welcome! At it again: Apple again targets iMessage-on-Android app Beeper, but the company isn't taking it lying down. There's a fix. A good sign: Paris-based venture capital firm Singular raises $435 million for its second fund. Learn more. You've got email . . . and a calendar: Encrypted email service Proton Mail finally gets its own desktop app. See what you get. Pivot: Jumia, a Pan-African e-commerce company, discontinues its food delivery across seven markets, instead shifting focus to expanding its physical goods business. Here's why. The elephant in the social media room: Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival "a far more attractive option." Get the scoop. Shop till you drop: Social commerce platform Maka raises $2.65 million to simplify buying fashion and beauty products in Africa. Read more. Pay for play: Andreessen Horowitz says it will give literally any politician money if they help deregulate tech. Call it optimism. Even more for your Thursday: Spotify confirms test of prompt-based AI playlists feature Temu's latest lawsuit against Shein is wild (TC+) Boston Dynamics joins forces with firm behind 'Avatar,' 'Jurassic Park' animatronics Linktree acquires link-in-bio platform Koji in its second investment of the year BoxGroup closes on $425M for two funds to back early-stage startups | 
