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Fintech startup Parker files for bankruptcy
Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services for e-commerce businesses, has filed for bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down. The startup was part of Y Combinator's winter 2019 cohort, and its…
German Drone Startup May See $18b Valuation in Fundraising: FT
German drone startup Helsing GmbH may see its valuation jump to about $18 billion in a new financing round, up from about $14 billion implied in a fundraising last year, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Plans for a $1.2 billion funding…
Revival of Blackberry nostalgia and keyboard fuels smartphone startups
When Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, physical keyboards quickly lost ground to touchscreens and faded from mainstream smartphones. Now, a new wave of startups, including U.K.-based Clicks Technology and Chinese firm Unihertz, is bringing them…
SpaceX's blockbuster IPO is coming. This overlooked industrial company will be a big winner
Elon Musk 's SpaceX is planning the largest stock debut in history. One likely winner from the deal: an overlooked industrial company founded decades before the Wright brothers ever took to the skies. Industrial gases giant Linde has a small but…
The electric scooter rental company Lime has filed for IPO
Lime, the micromobility company known for its electric scooters and bicycles which are dumped across city streets, has filed for an initial public offering. The rental startup, which is officially known as Neutron Holdings, filed with the…
Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you
If you dread making your bed each morning, now robots may be able to do the job for you. In a video released Friday, two of Figure AI's humanoids walk into a minimalist bedroom and begin tidying it up. One hangs up a coat, another closes a laptop…
Jim Cramer on Shopify: 'You Want to Buy It When the Stock's Ice Cold'
Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOP) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer shared his thoughts on as he discussed Big Tech's AI spending. Cramer called the company the “envy of many businesses,” as he said Or how about Shopify? I just interviewed…
Hong Kong economy posts best quarter in five years, fueled by global AI boom
Hong Kong's economy has achieved its most robust performance in five years, driven by a powerful surge in trade that is directly linked to the global boom in artificial intelligence. This technological wave is reshaping the city's economic…
Rajasthan set to become global hub for agro-based industries with crop diversity: CM
With the diversity in its agricultural produce, Rajasthan is set to become a global hub for agro-based industries and value-added products, offering immense investment potential in food processing, cold chains, and spice parks, Chief Minister…
Young entrepreneur turns humble dessert shop into rapidly expanding empire
Neil Hershman is a self-proclaimed dessert-lover, and at 23, he didn't care for 'sitting in front of a computer all day' at his asset-management job. So he bought a 16 Handles frozen-yogurt shop. Then he bought two more. Now in his early 30s, he is…
Péter Magyar sworn in as Hungary's new prime minister
May 9 (UPI) -- Péter Magyar has been sworn in as Hungary's new prime minister, ending Viktor Orban's 16-year, right-wing leadership. 'I will not rule over Hungary -- I will serve my country,' Magyar said Saturday after he took the oath of…
Claude Won't Blackmail You (Anymore) says Anthropic
Back in 2025, we saw how AI startup Anthropic's chatbot, Claude 4, could engage in extremely unethical behaviors like blackmail when its self-preservation was threatened. These included revealing the extramarital affair of the engineer in charge of…
Potential boat explosion injures 15 people in Florida
Nation/World A possible boat explosion near Florida's Haulover Sandbar injured at least 15 people Saturday. MIAMI — At least 15 people were hurt by a possible boat explosion in Florida on Saturday, reports say. The incident happened near…
What I saw at the Musk-OpenAI trial: petty billionaires, protests and a stern judge
For the past couple of weeks, on the fourth floor of a courthouse on a quiet street in downtown Oakland, the world's richest man and one of the world's most valuable startups have been at war over the future of artificial intelligence. Being one of…
Wall Street Keeps Testing AI Traders, But Most Are Still Underperforming
Recent trading competitions suggest large language models are still unreliable portfolio managers, according to Bloomberg. Tests involving models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI have often delivered underwhelming results: many lost money…
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