SVB’s collapse drove 26K customers to Mercury in 4 months
When Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in March, a flurry of startups rushed to step in to help fill a gap in the startup and venture...
Bangladesh government website leaks citizens’ personal data
A Bangladeshi government website leaked the personal information of citizens, including full names, phone numbers, email addresses, and national ID numbers. Viktor Markopoulos, a researcher...
As Threads soars, Twitter rival Bluesky hits its first million installs
As Instagram’s new Twitter rival Threads soars into the double-digit millions after launching on Wednesday, another Twitter alternative, Bluesky, has hit a milestone of its...
SpeedyBrand uses generative AI to create SEO-optimized content
While working at Vetan, a startup helping small- and medium-sized (SMBs) businesses manage employee payroll, Jatin Mehta realized that SMBs often lack the tools to...
Shazam can now identify songs from YouTube, Instagram and TikTok on iOS
Apple is rolling out a new update to Shazam, the company’s app that helps users identify songs. In addition to recognizing songs using the microphone,...
Apple purges predatory lending apps in India following scrutiny
Apple removed several predatory lending apps from the App Store in India this week, days after users and media questioned the legitimacy of those services....
Indonesian aquaculture startup eFishery nets $200M at unicorn valuation
After reports that it is raising new funding, Indonesian aquaculture startup eFishery announced today that it has netted $200 million in a Series D. The...
EU’s competition unit takes a deeper look at Amazon’s iRobot acquisition
Amazon’s planned acquisition of iRobot is now under in-depth antitrust scrutiny in the European Union. The $1.7BN deal for the ecommerce behemoth to pick up...
Threads doesn’t deserve my FOMO, but here we are
Be still, my heart. No matter how much FOMO you feel, do not burden me with another social network. Yet, resisting the latest fad app...
Threads won’t be fun — but it will give brands a refuge from Twitter
There are many Twitters now, but we may never have another Twitter again. As the eminent Twitter of its time, Twitter served up a lively,...