After what was initially planned as a weeklong mission turned into months, two Boeing Starliner astronauts are now set to return home thanks to SpaceX. Yesterday, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon safely arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) to eventually ferry […]
With rising financial pressures, millions of shoppers are turning to buy now, pay later (BNPL) services to manage their purchases. Adobe’s latest forecast predicts that consumers will spend a record-breaking $18.5 billion through BNPL this holiday season. While BNPL services […]
Earlier this year, Epic Games scored a significant win against Apple, three years after filing lawsuits against both Apple and Google, accusing them of monopolizing their app stores. Now, Epic is back in court, and this time, Samsung is caught […]
Back in July, we covered OpenAI’s rapid cash burn as the company scaled at a breakneck pace. Now, a fresh report from the New York Times (NYT) suggests OpenAI may have to bump up its prices to keep things afloat. […]
Meta has been hit with a €91M ($101.5M) fine by the EU privacy regulator after it was found to have stored millions of Facebook and Instagram passwords in an unencrypted format. The penalty follows a 2019 investigation, where it was […]
Launching a startup takes grit, resilience, and a great idea. The road to success is tough—more than 90% of startups fail and don’t make it. But choosing the right university can give aspiring founders a real edge. Schools with strong […]
The British government has acquired a struggling semiconductor factory from U.S.-based firm Coherent for £20 million ($27 million). The move aims to ensure the domestic production of gallium arsenide semiconductors, essential components for military technologies, including fighter jets. In an […]
Exciting news from Tonkeeper, the non-custodial wallet for TON’s blockchain: Users can now pay transaction fees with HMSTR tokens. Tonkeeper announced on Thursday its support for HMSTR, the token associated with the popular Telegram-based web3 game Hamster Kombat. Starting October 1, […]
Distance Technologies, a Finnish startup focused on bringing mixed-reality to any car windshield or plane cockpit, has secured €10 million ($11.1 million) in seed funding led by GV (Google Ventures) and existing backers FOV Ventures and Maki.vc. This funding comes […]
Visa has announced plans to acquire Featurespace, an enterprise tech startup focused on AI-driven fraud and financial crime prevention. While the exact terms of the deal haven’t been revealed, SkyNews reported the acquisition could be worth around £700 million ($935 […]
Just a day after former CTO Mira Murati left the company, OpenAI is reportedly in talks to grant co-founder and CEO Sam Altman a 7% equity stake as it considers a shift to become a for-profit business. This would be […]
Mira Murati, OpenAI’s Chief Technology Officer, announced on September 25, 2024, that she will be stepping down after more than six years at the company. Her decision marks the latest in a series of high-profile exits at OpenAI this year. […]
Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research and key witness in the case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced on Tuesday in New York federal court to two years in prison. She was also ordered to forfeit $11 billion […]
Since the launch of ChatGPT two years ago, there’s been a sharp increase in the mainstream adoption of AI, which is now reshaping various industries. But behind its success is a challenge that’s hard to ignore: the skyrocketing cost of […]
Meridian, a Hong Kong-based decentralized liquidity marketplace and liquid staking protocol, has secured $4 million in seed funding to advance DeFi on the Movement ecosystem. The funding round was co-led by ParaFi Capital and Borderless Capital, with additional backing from […]
Nebius Group, an Amsterdam-based company that emerged from the split of Russian tech giant Yandex, said on Wednesday it plans to invest over $1 billion into AI infrastructure in Europe by mid-2025. In an announcement, Nebius founder and CEO Arkady […]
Earlier this month, we wrote about Smartsheet following reports that a consortium led by Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone was in discussions to acquire the workplace collaboration software company. Today, Reuters reported that Smartsheet has agreed to go private in […]
Knownwell, a Virginia-based AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) startup, has secured $4 million in seed funding to speed up the growth of its Commercial Intelligence platform, which is designed for professional services firms. This round, which follows a $2 million pre-seed investment from […]
China’s food delivery giant, Meituan, is reportedly looking to secure up to $2 billion through a dual-tranche dollar bond deal, according to Reuters, which cited two sources familiar with the details. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said […]
NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson returned to Earth aboard the Russian Soyuz M-25 spacecraft. Dyson, alongside Russian astronauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, landed safely on Monday after departing the International Space Station (ISS). The capsule, carrying the three astronauts, touched […]