SoftBank Group’s Masayoshi Son is making the next move in his far-reaching artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, fundraising $100 billion for a new chip venture. The Softbank founder has long since been clear about

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Walmart-backed PhonePe is set to launch its Android app store this week with zero commission for in-app purchases for developers. The app store is based on Indus OS’ tech, a company that PhonePe acquired in 2021. In

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FairMoney, a digital bank based in Lagos and headquartered in Paris, is in discussions to acquire Umba, a credit-led digital bank providing payroll and financial services to customers in Nigeria and Kenya, in a $20

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A coalition of international law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency, have disrupted the operations of the prolific LockBit ransomware gang. LockBit’s dark-web leak site —

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If you’ve ever traveled in rural areas in France, you may have realized a French peculiarity. Even in the seemingly less populated towns, there’s a hair salon. French startup Planity has been taking advantage of

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In a role reversal, Xalts, a Singapore fintech startup founded 18 months ago, has acquired Contour Network, a digital trade platform set up by eight major banks including HSBC, Standard Chartered and BNP. Terms of

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Cozy game PowerWash Simulator is launching a Warhammer 40,000 Special Pack in a surprising collaboration — launching next week, on February 27, 2024. PowerWash Simulator, a game centered around using a power washer

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TechTaka, a South Korean online shopping fulfillment startup that provides third-party logistics services for e-commerce sellers, has raised $9.5 million (12.6 billion KRW) in a Series B round of funding from a sole

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In many ways, I could be writing the most prophetic news pieces of my life here. The world as we know it is about to come to an end, destroyed by artificial intelligence which then sends cyborgs from the future to

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The smash hit title Helldivers 2 from Arrowhead Studios faced outages and achievement progression issues all weekend. The problems didn’t dissuade users from trying to get in for their chance to defend Super Earth,

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