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Turns out personal computers are not dead.

Remember when the iPad came out and PCs were supposedly cup put?

Well, that was wrong. In fact, here in the US,

PC sales shot up 73% in the first quarter compared to Q1 2020 numbers,

and Apple lost its top slot to HP in America at least.

Now let's move on and see what's going on in the world of startups.

Brazilian neo-bank New Bank is now worth $30 billion and has an extra 3 quarters of a billion dollars in the bank.

Its new capital is a sort of extension to its known series G, though at a higher valuation valuation which means it's a new round but hey it's

2021 and rules are over proving that Central and Eastern Europe remains a powerhouse of

hardware engineering matched with software

Gideon Brothers, a Croatia-based robotics and AI startup, has raised a $31 million Series A round.

The buy now, pay later, Frenzy isn't going anywhere as more consumers seek alternatives

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