Nepal has made a dramatic U-turn, reversing a social media ban imposed last week. The decision to lift the ban came after it sparked nationwide “Gen Z” protests that reportedly left at least 19 people dead. The original ban blocked…
Snap is breaking itself apart and rebuilding from within. In a new annual company letter, CEO Evan Spiegel announced the company is restructuring around small “startup squads” of 10 to 15 people to better compete against larger competitors. The move…
Semiconductor giant Intel continues to shake up its senior leadership since Lip-Bu Tan took the helm as CEO in March. The company announced on Monday that Michelle Johnston Holthaus will depart after more than three decades. Johnston Holthaus was most…
Two current and two former Meta employees have disclosed documents to Congress alleging that the company may have suppressed research on children’s safety. According to a report from The Washington Post, these claims state that Meta changed its policies around…
Sam Altman, an enthusiast of X and a shareholder in Reddit, had an epiphany on Monday. He realized that bots have made it impossible to determine whether social media posts are actually written by humans. This thought came to him…
Cybersecurity is a massive sector, but startups in this category are more likely to be acquired than to go public. Even Wiz, which for a time held the title of the fastest-growing startup, abandoned its IPO ambitions when it agreed…
Nuclear startup Deep Fission announced Monday that it has gone public through a reverse merger, netting the company $30 million. The startup is proposing to build small, cylindrical nuclear power plants and lower them into 30-inch diameter holes drilled one…
Google is expanding AI Mode, its AI-powered Search experience, to five new languages, opening access to additional users around the world. This move follows over six months of the feature being limited to English. On Monday, Google announced that AI…
Cognition AI, the startup behind the AI coding agent Devin, has reached a $10.2 billion valuation. This milestone follows a successful $400 million funding round, which marks a significant jump from the company’s $4 billion valuation earlier this year. The…
Venture capital firm Insight Partners has completed notifying individuals whose personal information was stolen in a January data breach. The list of affected parties includes the firm’s limited partners. In a statement, the company said it finished its review of…
