India’s fintech jar is cash flow positive
India's fintech jar has become cash-flow positive, executives at the Tiger Global-backed startup confirmed on Wednesday, as it ramps up its offering. The three-year-old startup, which gives users the ability to start saving and investing, achieved a milestone while still growing more than 10 times last year, according to investor records reviewed by TechCrunch. The push for profitability comes...
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg was sentenced by a judge for allegedly deleting emails
A Delaware judge has sanctioned Sheryl Sandberg, Meta's former COO and board member, for allegedly deleting emails related to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. The decision arose out of a case brought by Meta shareholders against Sandberg and another former Meta board member, Jeff Zients, late last year. The plaintiffs allege that Sandberg and Zients used private email accounts...
MrBeast is reportedly now among those trying to buy TikTok
Jesse Tinsley, CEO of workforce management company Employer.com, made what might be the wildest acquisition of the year. First, Employer.com announced plans last month to acquire Bench, a Canadian accounting startup that suddenly shut down over the holidays. Now Tinsley and Employer.com have joined forces with YouTuber MrBeast and others to save TikTok by submitting an all-cash offer for...
Truecaller brings real-time caller ID to iPhone users
The popular caller ID app Truecaller has long put off iPhone users because it doesn't provide real-time caller information - a feature that Android users have been enjoying for some time. Today, that changes as the company rolls out an update that brings real-time caller ID support to iOS customers. The company was able to implement the feature because...
Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous dark web exchange Silk Road, best known as a once-thriving online marketplace for illegal drugs. Trump announced the news in a Truth Social post, saying the pardon was a tribute to Ulbricht's mother and the Libertarian movement. Trump's post on Truth Social Tuesday. Image Credit: Truth Social...
Trump Says He’s Ending ‘EV Mandate.’ What Does It Mean?
From the campaign trail, President Donald Trump has been consistent: He will "end the electric vehicle mandate." So it's no surprise that those words appeared in an executive order signed on Monday, just hours after being sworn into office. Here's the catch: The US has never had an EV mandate, or any law or regulation requiring American buyers to...
Trump’s Plan to Leave WHO a Health Disaster
In the summer of 2020, 15 recognized leaders in US public health gathered to write an article in The Lancet — one of the most famous medical journals in the world — rejecting Donald Trump's intention to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization, a later decision. Nearly five years later, one of Trump's second term presidents has...
Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years In Prison
The accusation of murder-for-hire, in fact, prevented the first Trump administration from pardoning Ulbricht: the White House in 2020 considered releasing Ulbricht but ultimately rejected the idea because of the role of violence in the case, according to one of the former. government officials involved in the process spoke to WIRED on condition of anonymity. Since then, the Trump...
Microsoft is not the exclusive cloud provider of OpenAI
Microsoft was once the exclusive data center infrastructure provider for OpenAI to train and run AI models. Never. Coinciding with the announcement of Stargate, OpenAI's new AI infrastructure deal with SoftBank, Oracle, and others, Microsoft said it has signed a new agreement with OpenAI that gives it a "right of first refusal" on new OpenAI cloud computing capacity. That...
How Meta is Trying to Bring TikTok Users to Instagram
This is too good an opportunity for Meta to ignore: On January 19, TikTok, one of the biggest social media competitors, is set to go dark across the United States as the new national security law goes into effect. In the days and weeks leading up to the ban, as millions of Americans struggled to find viable alternatives to...
