Meet Adfin, a new UK-based fintech startup that wants to help companies get their invoices paid â whatever it takes. Founded by two fintech experts, the company is starting with a problem and building a product around it. The problem is that itâs still hard to get paid if youâre set up as a sole […]
Reliance Industries, Indiaâs most valuable company, may consider spinning off its telecom arm Jio for a public listing as early as 2025, Jefferies said in a research note, with investors favouring this route over an initial public offering. The move follows Jioâs recent focus on monetisation and market share gains, signaled by its leading role […]
Apple has issued a new round of threat notifications to iPhone users across 98 countries, warning them of potential mercenary spyware attacks. Itâs the second such alert campaign from the company this year, following a similar notification sent to users in 92 nations in April. Since 2021, Apple has been regularly sending these notifications, reaching […]
Visual effects (VFX) have emerged as essential in filmmaking and have transformed storytelling and creativity in the film industry with its diverse digital techniques. However, the high cost of VFX tools often leaves independent filmmakers and content creators working with modest budgets struggling to compete with larger productions. A new company, Beeble AI, is turning […]
The distance between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon just keeps getting smaller. As venture capitalists continue to pour money into defense tech startups, theyâre turning to a new hiring pool: veterans and ex-Department of Defense officials.  Andreessen Horowitz hired Matt Shortal, an ex-fighter jet pilot, as its chief of staff; Lux Capital brought on Tony […]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with two other international consumer protection networks, announced on Thursday the results of a study into the use of âdark patternsâ â or manipulative design techniques â that can put usersâ privacy at risk or push them to buy products or services or take other actions they otherwise […]
Elon Musk faces several lawsuits for firing more than 6,000 Twitter employees, including then-CEO Parag Agrawal, following his 2022 takeover of the social media platform. On Tuesday, Musk defeated one of them, as a federal judge ruled X Corp. doesnât owe the ex-employees any more severance. The lawsuit, filed by Twitterâs former head of people […]
Meta announced on Wednesday that users aged 10 to 12 will soon be able to interact with others in VR if they have their parentsâ approval to do so. Up until now, children were not able to chat or interact with other users on Quest. In an upcoming update, Meta is adding the ability for […]
GenAI is everywhere these days, but Amazon Web Services has been perceived in some circles as being late to the game. In reality itâs still early, and the market is still shaking out. On Wednesday, AWS might have raised its generative AI street cred with a new tool called App Studio. App Studio promises to […]
Not gonna lie, things arenât looking great for NGL. The FTC is banning NGL from serving minors or advertising to them, marking the first time that the government agency has taken this sort of action against an app. You might recognize the app from your friendsâ Instagram stories, when people post links to asking friends […]
