A new U.K. law requiring pornography websites to verify the age of their users took effect on Friday. According to reports, around 6,000 porn sites have stated they will begin age verification to comply with the Online Safety Act. However,…
After spending the past week in the headlines due to a seemingly inescapable social media scandal, data operations startup Astronomer is trying to shift the narrative with a tongue-in-cheek video starring actress and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow, previously married to…
Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they have supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach. Hackers gained access to 72,000 images, including 13,000 selfies and photo IDs submitted for account…
U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed that hackers stole the personal information of the majority of its customers, financial professionals, and employees during a data breach in mid-July. Allianz Life spokesperson Brett Weinberg stated that on July 16, 2025,…
GM’s electric vehicles have been gaining momentum lately. After years of relying solely on the Chevy Bolt, the automaker has expanded its lineup to 17 fully electrified models, pushing it into second place in the U.S. EV market behind Tesla.…
India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services, many of which have millions of viewers and paying subscribers, for allegedly promoting “obscene” content. This marks one of the country’s largest digital crackdowns to date. The affected platforms include lesser-known…
AI referrals to websites are growing rapidly but still lag far behind the traffic generated by Google Search. According to new data from market intelligence provider Similarweb, AI platforms generated over 1.13 billion referrals to the top 1,000 websites globally…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday that former OpenAI researcher Shengjia Zhao will lead research efforts at the company’s new AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Zhao played a key role in several of OpenAI’s major breakthroughs, including ChatGPT,…
Intel continues to streamline its business. The company plans to spin off its Network and Edge group, which is responsible for making chips for the telecom industry. Intel will be an anchor investor in the stand-alone business and will seek…
Early-stage founders often feel pressured to define their total addressable market (TAM) before launching their startups. But Index Ventures partner Jahanvi Sardana offers a refreshing perspective: many successful companies emerged from markets that barely existed at the time. Speaking at…
