How AI Changes the Math for Startups According to a Microsoft VP

Microsoft’s Amanda Silver explains how AI agents will reduce startup costs and enable smaller teams to launch higher-valuation ventures, comparing it to the cloud computing revolution. How AI Changes the Math for Startups According to a Microsoft VP Redmond: Microsoft’s Amanda Silver has worked with developers for 24 years, focusing on helping startups build AI … Read more

UpScrolled’s social network is struggling to moderate hate speech after fast growth

Social media platform UpScrolled faces challenges moderating hate speech after a period of rapid user growth, testing its safety tools. UpScrolled’s social network is struggling to moderate hate speech after fast growth San Francisco: A popular social media platform called UpScrolled is having trouble keeping its users safe. The website grew very fast — almost … Read more

Iran’s Complete Digital Surveillance System Is Nearly Ready

Iran is building an all-encompassing digital surveillance system that monitors citizens’ daily life, blocking outside connections and controlling what information can be accessed or shared. Iran’s Complete Digital Surveillance System Is Nearly Ready Tehran: Iran has built a big digital system to watch what people do every day, experts say. The system uses cameras, face … Read more

Twilio Cofounder’s Fusion Startup Lands $450M from Bessemer and GV

Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson’s fusion startup has raised $450 million to build powerful lasers for grid-scale power plants by 2030. Twilio Cofounder’s Fusion Startup Lands $450M from Bessemer and GV Inertia Fusion: $450 Million Boost for Laser Power Plants Lawrence Livermore Tech Paves Way for Fusion Breakthroughs Big Money Flows to Fusion: Over $10 Billion … Read more

India accelerates AI takedown rules for social media platforms

India mandates faster removal of AI deepfakes on social media with strict deadlines. India accelerates AI takedown rules for social media platforms New Delhi: India made new rules for social media platforms. These rules say companies must remove fake videos called “deepfakes” very quickly. India has over one billion internet users, so these rules will … Read more

MrBeast’s Beast Industries Acquires Gen Z-Focused Fintech App Step

YouTube star MrBeast buys Step, a banking app with 7 million users, to promote financial literacy among Gen Z. MrBeast’s Beast Industries Acquires Gen Z-Focused Fintech App Step New York: YouTube’s biggest creator, known as MrBeast, announced his company Beast Industries is buying Step. Step is an app that helps teenagers with banking. It lets … Read more

RFK Jr. Fills Autism Panel With Anti-Vaccine Activists

Health Secretary Kennedy appoints anti-vaccine activists to key autism committee, raising concerns about pseudoscientific treatments going mainstream. RFK Jr. Fills Autism Panel With Anti-Vaccine Activists Washington, DC: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made new appointments to a group that studies autism, but many of the new members think vaccines cause autism. This goes … Read more

Figure Skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics Are Pushing the Limits of What’s Possible

Young skaters are landing jumps once thought impossible as the sport evolves toward even greater technical difficulty Figure Skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics Are Pushing the Limits of What’s Possible Colorado Springs, Colorado: In 2021, Russian coach Alexei Mishin said no skater would ever do a quad axel. The next year, Yuzuru Hanyu from … Read more