Stablecoins are becoming a core part of financial infrastructure in emerging markets, expanding beyond cross-border payments into consumer finance and more — Five years ago, SpaceX launched Starlink, which has since grown into its biggest revenue driver, expanding to more than 100 countries.
Intel received €515.55M in default interest from the EU after it was reimbursed a €1.06B fine levied in 2009; EU's top court sided with Intel in October 2024 — U.S. chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) has received 515.55 million euros ($536 million) in default interest from EU antitrust regulators related …
Reliance Retail launches the Shein app in India, with control over operations and data and Shein acting as a technology partner, years after the app's ban — Chinese fast-fashion platform Shein has relaunched in India through a partnership with local conglomerate Reliance's retail chain …
A look at Future You, an AI-based research tool that lets users interact with a virtual older self and is currently being used by 60,000 people from 190 nations — A new artificial-intelligence tool allowed me to talk to my 80-year-old self. It's going to be quite a life.
A US man pleads guilty to a cyberstalking campaign against a professor, including by creating chatbots on Crushon.ai and JanitorAI using her personal info — James Florence, 36, agreed to plead guilty after using victim's information to guide chatbots in impersonation
India announces a new $1.15B Fund of Funds for startups with an “expanded scope” compared to previous initiatives, and extends tax benefits for startups — India announced a new $1.15 billion Fund of Funds for startups on Saturday while unveiling sweeping regulatory reforms …
In a Reddit AMA, Sam Altman admitted that DeepSeek has lessened OpenAI's lead and said OpenAI has been “on the wrong side of history” concerning open sourcing — To cap off a day of product releases, OpenAI researchers, engineers, and executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman …
A look at the online scam industry in Southeast Asia and how Indians became its targets; 2,358 Indians were rescued from scam compounds between 2022 and 2024 — Essential background on how the online scam industry sprung up and evolved - and how Indians became its targets.
Israel-based Anchor, a platform for automated invoice management and collection, raised a $20M Series A, and plans to expand in the US and double its workforce — The company, which saw 500% growth in 2024, plans to expand in the U.S. and double its workforce. — Anchor — Funding — Fintech
A close look at DeepSeek, which is estimated to have access to ~50K Hopper GPUs, a total server capex of ~$1.3B, and a GPU spend of $500M+ over its history — The DeepSeek Narrative Takes the World by Storm — DeepSeek took the world by storm. For the last week, DeepSeek has been the only topic …
Adobe Chief Strategy Officer Scott Belsky leaves the company to join A24 film studio as a partner; he co-founded Behance, which Adobe acquired for $150M in 2012 — Belsky is an entrepreneur, author and creator who in 2006 founded Behance, an online platform that is used by more than 50 million professionals …
How Epic is transforming Fortnite into a content platform, paying $350M to creators in 2024; 36.5% of the total playtime was spent in games made by creators — What are creator made islands competing for players' attention if nothing but decentralized channels in a centralized ecosystem?
STMicro reports Q4 revenue down 22.4% YoY to $3.32B, net income down 68.3% YoY to $341M, and projects Q1 revenue down 27.6% YoY to $2.51B, below $2.72B est. — STMicroelectronics (STMPA.PA), one of Europe's largest chipmakers, said on Thursday it expected sales to fall further in the first quarter of 2025 …
A look at Huawei's HarmonyOS Next, a China-only OS decoupled from Android that is still missing many third-party apps, despite supporting some key ones in China — New HarmonyOS software is of existential importance to China's tech champion. — Huawei Technologies Co.'s ambition …
A look at MrDeepFakes, a site with obscure ownership that hosts non-consensual deepfake porn, has close to 650K members, and gets millions of visits per month — This article is the result of a collaboration with German YouTube channel STRG_F. You can watch their documentary here.
Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal : Chinese video game giant NetEase reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to ~$4B and net profit down 29% to ~$903...
