India’s appetite for instant convenience — once confined to food and grocery delivery — is expanding into house help. That shift has helped Snabbit, an on-demand home-help startup, secure $30 million in new funding and lift its valuation to $180 million, up from $80 million five months ago. The all-equity …
Read More »Samsung posts 32% profit rise on-year in third quarter
Samsung posts 32% profit rise on-year in third quarter. Photo: Jung Yeon-je / AFPSource: AFP South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics posted on Thursday a 32 percent rise in profits on-year for the third quarter, driven by AI-fuelled market demand for memory chips. The artificial intelligence industry has provided a …
Read More »Trump says South Korea can build a nuclear-powered submarine
President Trump said Wednesday that South Korea can build a nuclear-powered submarine. “Our Military Alliance is stronger than ever before and, based on that, I have given them approval to build a Nuclear Powered Submarine, rather than the old fashioned, and far less nimble, diesel powered Submarines that they have …
Read More »And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2025 is: Glīd
For three days this week, 20 startups participated in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt. Each was selected to represent the best of the Startup Battlefield 200 and competed for a chance to take home the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000. After all that intense pitching, we have a winner. …
Read More »Lady Who Lodged At Hotel in Nasarawa State Shares What She Saw After Opening Wardrobe
A Nigerian lady and her friends spent time at a hotel in Nasarawa state, and they noticed something strange When they opened what they thought was the wardrobe in the room, it turned out to be an entrance to the toilet A video of the hotel went viral online after …
Read More »Busted’s Matt Willis reveals the heartbreaking reason he REGRETS winning I’m A Celebrity
BUSTED’S Matt Willis has revealed the heartbreaking reason he regrets signing up to I’m A Celebrity. The former band member, 42, admitted that the level of fame that came with being crowned King of the Jungle “spun me out”, worsening his drink and drug addiction. Sign up for the TV …
Read More »2024’s Startup Battlefield runner-up geCKo Materials reveals four new products at TechCrunch Disrupt
The 2024 runner-up in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, geCKo Materials, returned to the stage at this year’s show to debut new products as it pushes deeper into commercializing its tech. Founder Dr. Capella Kerst revealed four new uses of geCKo’s super-strong dry adhesive: a semiconductor wafer handling tool, a …
Read More »Uber plans San Francisco robotaxis in Waymo challenge
Uber says that more than 100 self-driving vehicles made by Silicon Valley-based Lucid are being readied for the ride-sharing platform. Photo: Adam Gray / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFPSource: AFP Uber said Wednesday it will launch its own robotaxi service in San Francisco late next year, taking on …
Read More »Bipartisan endorsement backs Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey governor race
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A former Biden administration spokesman and a veteran GOP communicator who both advise affordability-focused policy group the Cost Coalition are backing New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill’s run for governor, Fox News Digital has learned. “After analyzing the plans of …
Read More »Brazil, Venezuela, and Peru React to New U.S. Tariff Regime
With a new US tariff regime in place, the region’s economies face their greatest disruption in at least a generation. When US President Donald Trump initiated a new regime of tariffs on global imports reaching the US, investors reacted by retracting forecasts and rethinking investment dynamics while companies globally started …
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