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- Indian fintech Jar turns cash flow positive
Indian fintech Jar has turned cash flow positive, an executive at the Tiger Global-backed startup confirmed on Wednesday. The three-year-old startup, which offers savings and investment services to consumers, achieved the milestone while still gr
- Vertice raises $50M for its AI-powered SaaS spend platform
Vertice has made a name for itself over the years in the crowded world of expenditure management by focusing on applying AI to optimize an area where businesses are sinking hundreds of billions of dollars annually: software and cloud spend. The L
- Truecaller brings real-time caller ID to iPhone users
Truecaller for iOS has been updated with live caller ID support for its premium iPhone users.
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- Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous dark web exchange Silk Road, which was best known as a once-thriving online marketplace for illegal drugs. Trump announced the news in a Truth Social post, saying the
- MrBeast is reportedly now among those trying to buy TikTok
An unlikely group, including Mr Beast and Bench acquirer Employer.com, has submitted a bid to buy TikTok.
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- Cutting-edge Chinese âreasoningâ model rivals OpenAI o1âand itâs free to downloadDeepSeek R1 is free to run locally and modify, and it matches OpenAI's o1 in several benchmarks.
- Home Microsoft 365 plans use Copilot AI features as pretext for a price hike"Classic" plans without AI or price increases are only for current subscribers.
- Microsoft patches Windows to eliminate Secure Boot bypass threatFile that neutered Secure Boot passed Microsoft's internal review process.
- US splits world into three tiers for AI chip accessWhile close US allies get unrestricted AI chip access, the rest of the world has numerical limits.
- 161 years ago, a New Zealand sheep farmer predicted AI doomButler's "Darwin among the machines" warned of a future mechanical race that could subjugate humanity.
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- TurboTax Coupons and Deals: Extra 20% OffWith TurboTax, tax season doesnât have to be stressful. Find deals for saving money right here on WIRED.
- Trump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in PrisonDonald Trump pardoned the creator of the worldâs first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause cĂ©lĂšbre in some parts of the crypto community.
- Trumpâs Plan to Leave the WHO Is a Health DisasterThe exit will cut a huge chunk from the World Health Organizationâs budget, but the short-term financial gain for the US could come at the cost of disease outbreaks flaring up across the world.
- Trump Says He Ended the âEV Mandate.â What Does That Mean?Policy experts say the implications of Donald Trumpâs executive order for EV ownersâand the EV-curiousâwonât be clear for a while.
- How Meta Tried to Lure TikTok Users to InstagramIn the days before TikTok went dark, Instagram and Facebook released a flurry of new features and ran advertisements promoting its platforms as a comparable alternative.
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- Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug MarketplaceRoss Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
- Trump Announces $100 Billion A.I. InitiativeOpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank formed a new joint venture called Stargate to invest in data centers, building on major U.S. investments in the technology.
- What Trumpâs Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really MeansThe presidentâs Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear.
- CapCut, a Video-Editing App From ByteDance, Returns for U.S. UsersOther apps from the company behind TikTok, including CapCut and Lemon8, went dark this weekend before flickering back. The federal law banning TikTok also applies to them.
- Trumpâs Executive Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws PushbackAutomakers and even some Republicans may fight to preserve funds, and environmental activists will likely sue, but some experts said that some changes may not survive legal challenges.