Fifteen-minute-long TikTok videos, pricey olive oil, and Nvidia is going after PC chips now, too

The Justice Department is expanding its inquiry into Tesla's business practices to look into how far Tesla vehicles can actually go on a single charge and what "personal benefits" senior management may have received from the company. 

The FCC is investigating AI-enhanced robocalls.

Nvidia dominates the market for AI computing chips; now it's coming after Intel’s longtime stronghold of personal computers.

Japan is also digging into whether Google violated its antitrust laws.

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Island, a three-year-old Dallas startup that has developed a web browser for enterprises that offers companies enhanced security, manageability, and customization, raised a $100 million round at a $1.5 billion valuation. Prysm Capital and Canapi Ventures co-led the deal, with additional participation from Insight Partners, Stripes, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts, and Georgian. The company has raised a total of $325+ million. More here.

MangoBoost, a seven-year-old startup based in Seattle and Seoul whose software helps data centers reduce power consumption and optimize performance, raised a $55 million Series A at a $300 million, according to TechCrunch. IMM Investment and Shinhan Venture Investment co-led the deal, while Korea Development Bank, KB Investment, IM Capital, and Premier Partners also took part. The company has raised a total of $65 million. TechCrunch has more here. 

Qosmosys, Singapore-based startup, has closed a $100 million seed round to develop its lunar lander tech. The company did not disclose its investors, nor did a Qosmosys spokesperson respond to TechCrunch’s email. In a press release published to its website, the startup simply said that it practices a “unique and protective funding model.” More here.

Nomad Homes, a four-year-old Dubai startup that has created a marketplace for residential real estate listings across Europe and the Middle East, raised a $20 million Series A extension round led by Acrew Capital, with 01 Advisors, HighSage Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Partech, Precursor Ventures, Potluck Ventures, and Knollwood also pitching in. TechCrunch has more here.

Signos, a five-year-old startup based in Burlingame, Ca., whose portable device tracks glucose levels in real-time and helps people make healthier lifestyle choices, raised a $20 million Series B round co-led by Cheyenne Ventures and GV, with Dexcom Ventures and Samsung Next also pitching in. Axios has more here.

Cyviation, a two-year-old Israeli startup that helps to protect aircraft from cyberattacks, raised a $4 million round from a group of private investors from Highline Capital, Stonecourt Capital, and Alora Ventures. StartupHub.ai has more here.

Harmonic Security, a London and San Francisco startup founded this year that is developing software to help secure generative AI deployments in the enterprise, raised a $7 million seed round led by Ten Eleven Ventures, with Storm Ventures also taking part. SecurityWeek has more here.

iQure, a four-year-old startup based in Princeton, NJ, that is developing epilepsy and pain management therapeutics, raised a $1.2 million round. Ventura BioMed Investors and OKG Capital were the co-leads. More here.

Upland, a five-year-old startup based in Palo Alto, Ca., that allows users to buy, sell, and trade virtual properties mapped to the real world, raised a $7 million Series A extension. Investors included EOS Network Ventures as well as previous investors C3 Venture Capital and Animoca Brands. The company has raised a total of $25 million. VentureBeat has more here.

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Hello Bello, a baby products startup founded by actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, is going bankrupt.

Databricks is acquiring Arcion, a seven-year-old startup whose no-code connectors allow enterprise customers to ingest data from a multitude of different sources and applications, for $100 million. Databricks, whose analytics platform is designed to help organizations process, analyze, and visualize large volumes of data, raised a $500 million Series I round at a $43 billion valuation this past September.

Lightspeed Venture Partners has brought aboard Aaron Frank, whose company became the foundation for the Apple Card, to help seek out deals in payments and lending as a venture partner.

VCs Marc Andreessen and John Doerr will be among the attendees at the second AI Insights Forum hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., tomorrow, Tuesday, on Capitol Hill. The session is part of an effort to get the chamber up to speed on AI to determine how best to approach AI regulation.

Elon Musk now has a new enemy - Wikimedia. "I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia," he tweeted on Sunday. 

Speaking of Musk, it's been a year since he acquired Twitter, and Fast Company asked former Twitter staffers what they think of the changes he has wrought. 

TechCrunch+ examines the sad state of U.S. venture capital exits.

Why olive oil is so expensive right now.

Microsoft says it will invest $3.2 billion in Australia to expand its cloud computing and AI infrastructure over the next two years, in what it describes as its largest investment in the country in four decades.

TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 15-minute videos.

Quantum technology threatens to turn encryption on its head, and the race to implement possible fixes is growing more urgent. 

It's surprisingly easy to hack Github's starred ratings system: Wired did it for only $6.

Moody's has started to use generative AI to create its reports.

"Teens want parents to track their phones and monitor their every move," argues the WSJ, as teens everywhere roll their eyeballs. 

A startup fabricated an HIV/AIDS drug in space, but the FAA won't let the company bring the samples back to Earth. 

Order a Starbucks latté with one push of an iPhone button.

A Maryland man has survived for over a month with a pig heart implant. (Said his doctors, "That's not all, folks!")

Tinder is rolling out a new product that will let your mom choose your date.

Mr. Beast (accompanied by Mark Cuban and Justin Timberlake) examines six houses for sale for prices ranging from $1 to $139 million.

Photo-worthy croissants.