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How Duolingo became a $2.4B language unicorn

At the heart of Duolingo is its mission: to scale free education and increase income potential through language learning. However, the same mission that has helped it grow to a business valued at $2.4

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Peloton’s leaky API let anyone grab rider’s private account data

Halfway through my Monday afternoon workout last week, I got a message from a security researcher with a screenshot of my Peloton account data.My Peloton profile is set to private and my friend’

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Gamified connecting rowing machine maker Ergatta raises $30M

As the world takes its first steps back to relative normalcy, there remains a major question mark around how profoundly our day-to-day is going to be changed for good. Nowhere does that question loom

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Running apps still lag behind on privacy and security

Some of the most popular running apps are still lagging behind on security and privacy. That’s the verdict from security researchers who examined the leading running apps five years apart and fo

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Daily Crunch: Spotify unveils an in-car entertainment system

Spotify wants to have a bigger presence in your car, Apple hints at iPad-centric announcements and Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop goes on sale. This is your Daily Crunch for April 13, 2021.The b

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Home gym startup Tempo raises $220M to meet surge in demand for its workout device

When the pandemic forced everyone to stay at home last year, many gym-goers looked to at-home fitness makers to fill the void for their cardiovascular and strength-training workouts.To help meet that

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As working out goes virtual, Moxie raises $6.3M Seed+ round led by Resolute Ventures

With the pandemic sending the planet indoors to workout, the at-home fitness market has boomed. It was only in October last year that three-year-old Future closed $24 million in Series B and Playbook

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Indoor studios reopen but face competition from at-home equipment

02:38 Indoor fitness studios in New York City have been allowed to reopen marking a big step forward for a sector hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.But over the past year fitness habit

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Spotify adds three new types of personalized playlists with launch of ‘Spotify Mixes’

Spotify this morning announced it’s significantly expanding its selection of personalized playlists with the addition of three new categories of playlists under the heading of “Spotify Mix

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How a homegrown experiment became one of the fastest-growing companies in fitness tech

Fitness is about resistance — running against the wind, firing up muscles against the dead gravity of weights, fortifying the mind against that nagging feeling that a park bench and a scoop of ice cre

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Can Tonal become the luxury fitness market champion?

Over the last three sections of this EC-1, we’ve seen the genesis of Tonal, transforming from a series of prototypes in the mind of CEO and founder Aly Orady into a unique strength-training entrant in

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Motosumo scores $6M to spin up a challenge to Peloton

Denmark-based Motosumo has scored a $6M Series A raise led by London’s Magenta Partners, alongside existing investors. The new funding will go on doubling its network of spin class instructors a

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Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day: Part 2

We’ve reached the end of Y Combinator’s biggest Demo Day, which saw more than 300 companies pitching back-to-back over eight hours.Earlier, we highlighted some of the companies that caught

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Manny Pacquiao on next rival: Mikey Garcia or Terence Crawford?

Manny Pacquiao, the only eight-division boxing world champion in history. /CFP Manny Pacquiao, the only eight-division boxing world champion in history, expects to return to the ring, and he i

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Atlanta Braves extend contract of manager Brian Snitker

Brian Snitker, manager of the Atlanta Braves, puts on his cap before Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St Louis, Missouri, U.S., Oc

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Sporting moments of the week (February 8-14)

With the support of his ski poles, Maxence Muzaton of France successfully avoids falling after an incredible display of balance during the Alpine World Ski Championships men's downhill event i

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Goody raises $4 million for its mobile app that lets you send gifts via text

Unless you’ve got someone’s Amazon Wish List, gift giving today can still be fairly difficult. You don’t necessarily know a friend or family member’s shipping address, their si