Views on sponsored videos on YouTube have risen 28 percent year-on-year. The number of sponsored videos itself has grown by 54 percent in the first half of 2025 according to a report. Ad spend through creator channels has been steadily…
Intuit has signed a multi-year contract with OpenAI valued at over one hundred million dollars. This agreement will enable Intuit’s tax and financial applications to function directly within ChatGPT. It also expands the company’s use of OpenAI’s models throughout its…
Data intelligence company Databricks is reportedly in talks to raise new capital, just a few months after its last funding round. According to reports, Databricks is holding conversations to raise a funding round that would value the company at a…
Following a series of lawsuits and investigations concerning its child safety systems, Roblox will implement mandatory facial verification for all users who wish to access communication features, starting in January. The platform is also introducing age-based chat, meaning users will…
Mastodon’s creator, Eugen Rochko, is stepping down as CEO of the open source, decentralized social network and X rival. This change is part of the organization’s transition to a non-profit structure, which was announced at the beginning of the year.…
When Nigel Morris expresses concern about the economy, it is wise to listen. As the co-founder of Capital One, Morris pioneered lending to subprime borrowers and built an empire by understanding the financial stress the average American can handle. Now,…
The death of a neighborhood bodega cat named Kit Kat has shaken San Francisco’s Mission District. After Kit Kat was run over by a Waymo robotaxi on the evening of October 27, locals created a shrine to memorialize him. The…
Flatpay, which facilitates card payments for small and medium businesses, has joined the ranks of European fintech unicorns. This term refers to startups valued at more than one billion dollars. This milestone has driven some of the region’s biggest exits,…
While U.S. giants like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic race to develop the large language models for their AI products, startups such as Sakana AI, Mistral AI, DeepSeek, and AI21 Labs are carving out their own niche. These companies are creating…
South Korea’s major defense companies have accumulated approximately 69 billion dollars in order backlogs as of late 2024. The country is accelerating its investment in advanced weapons systems and expanding its defense partnerships, particularly with Europe. Following the new EU-South…
