Tattd gave four TechCrunch writers tattoos at Startup Battlefield

[ad_1] On Tuesday morning at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, our senior producer Maggie Nye rolled up her jacket sleeve to show me her new tattoo: a classic, pixelated cursor arrow. TechCrunch’s Becca Szkutak got a matching cursor, while Theresa Loconsolo got a smiling moon. I guessed that at some point during …

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Charity Egua Receives Digital Tech Leader of the Year Award at the Global Visionary Leadership Summit 2025

Pioneering Tech Leader Shapes Africa’s Digital Future with Human-Centred Leadership The Global Visionary Leadership Summit 2025, held at the Silverbird Galleria in Abuja under the theme “Empowering Leaders: Inspiring Impact,” convened leading innovators, policymakers and thought-leaders from across Africa. Among the honoured guests was African Youth Ambassador, Amb. Charity Egua, …

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Panama wins canal expansion arbitration against Spanish company

[ad_1] Panama has won an arbitration with Spanish company Sacyr over the expansion of its famed canal. Photo: Martin BERNETTI / AFP/FileSource: AFP Panama’s government won a lawsuit against Spanish company Sacyr, officials said Friday, after the firm claimed it was owed around $2.3 billion for its work expanding the …

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What is Bending Spoons? Everything to know about AOL’s acquirer

[ad_1] Bending Spoons’ four cofounders this week joined the billionaire ranks. CEO Luca Ferrari’s stake in the Milan-based tech conglomerate is now reportedly worth $1.4 billion, while cofounders Matteo Danieli, Luca Querella, and Francesco Patarnello each hold stakes worth $1.3 billion, according to Forbes estimates based on shareholder data published …

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Meta bought 1 GW of solar this week

[ad_1] Meta signed three deals this week to procure nearly 1 gigawatt of solar power as it races to power its lofty AI ambitions. The trio of agreements brings Meta’s total solar purchases to over 3 gigawatts of capacity this year. Solar is cheap and quick to build, and as …

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Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces ‘dislikes’ beta

[ad_1] Social network Bluesky, which on Friday announced a new milestone of 40 million users, will soon start testing “dislikes” as a way to improve personalization on its main Discover feed and others. The news was shared alongside a host of other conversation control updates and changes, which include smaller …

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Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot

[ad_1] ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big …

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