More top stories Meanwhile, it looks like giant funds are back for a bit: Notion closed on €300 million in capital commitments for its fifth fund to invest in business software, but the firm is not into the generative AI hype. On the other end is new fund Public Ventures, which announced its intention to raise $100 million toward investments in early-stage life science and clean tech startups in Canada. Two clouds make a right: DigitalOcean, a cloud computing company, is shelling out $111 million in cash to acquire cloud computing startup Paperspace. Speaking of giant funds: Japanese robotics startup Telexistence found itself on the other end of venture capital firms raising big funds when SoftBank led its $170 million funding round. Frontline workers deserve love, too: Thrive Capital doubles down on Clair with $25 million in new funding for the fintech helping frontline workers get paid instantly. MOVEit moved it for more companies: More organizations have confirmed they are part of the MOVEit-related breaches as hackers claim to publish stolen data. We touched on Threads so much today: But with so many Twitter-like options out there now, my colleagues focused on Mastodon and Bluesky as ones that are top of mind for people leaving Twitter, and explain why they need to be better: For your streaming pleasure: Spotify is removing the App Store payment option for legacy subscribers, YouTube is experimenting with a new lock screen feature for Premium users, and TikTok has a new music streaming service in Brazil and Indonesia called TikTok Music. In today's talk of all things that go: Austin dwellers will now be able to see Volkswagen testing its self-driving ID Buzz vans. Over in India, the sale of electric two-wheeler sales hit a speed bump. And Fiat is full of surprises for its cute EV. To the moon: The Indian Space Research Organisation plans to launch its Chandrayaan-3 moon lander next week, four years after a previous mission failed. | 
