Indian artificial intelligence company Sarvam has raised $234 million in the first close of a planned $300 million Series B round, valuing the Bengaluru-based company at $1.5 billion. The funding…
An Earth observation satellite has used a vision-language model to identify requested features in imagery without relying on analysts on the ground, marking the first reported use of this type…
Fox Corporation has agreed to acquire streaming company Roku in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $22 billion. The deal combines Fox’s news, sports, and streaming operations with Roku’s connected…
Orbio has raised $21 million in Series A funding to expand its AI agents for recruiting, onboarding, and managing frontline employees. Dawn Capital led the round, bringing the enterprise startup’s…
Charlie Javice, the convicted founder of financial aid startup Frank, is reportedly seeking a presidential pardon while appealing her conviction for defrauding JPMorgan Chase in a $175 million acquisition. People…
KPMG has withdrawn a report about agentic AI after several organizations said descriptions of their AI use were false or misleading. Research group GPTZero said many of the report’s citations…
The FBI has revealed a 22,000-square-foot replica town in Huntsville, Alabama, where investigators train to respond to cyberattacks involving homes, businesses, hospitals, vehicles, and critical infrastructure. Known as the Kinetic…
Aurigny chief executive Nico Bezuidenhout has questioned whether Guernsey’s publicly owned airline should still be required to break even when about 70% of its operations now involve essential lifeline services.…
The UK’s competition watchdog is investigating whether Ryanair unfairly charges parents to sit beside their children on flights. The Competition and Markets Authority said the airline’s mandatory family seat typically…
Wild agave growing across India’s Deccan Plateau is becoming a source of income for farmers and a raw material for the country’s small but growing agave-based drinks industry. Masapalli Venkatesh…
Spain could receive 100 million international tourists in 2026 as geopolitical instability redirects some travellers from the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean. The expected growth is also adding pressure to…
Nike and other major brands are releasing lengthy, celebrity-filled campaigns around the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, with commercials increasingly presented as entertainment rather than conventional product advertising. Nike’s six-minute…
The Bank of England has kept its benchmark interest rate at 3.75% for a third consecutive meeting, leaving borrowing costs at their lowest level since February 2023. Further cuts had…
The U.S. economy has continued to grow despite tariffs, immigration restrictions, energy disruption, and persistent inflation, supported by business investment, productivity gains, domestic energy production, and flexible financing markets. The…
Bluesky has launched support for group chats, giving users a way to hold private conversations with up to 50 people as the social network adds more community-focused features. The feature…
Meta has previewed new features for Edits, its Instagram video-editing app, including an AI assistant, a desktop version, a Beta tab, and expanded audience insights. The company showed the upcoming…