[ad_1] NBA champion Tristan Thompson announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 that he’s partnering with global telecom company World Mobile to launch a community-owned mobile network called Uplift. The network offers unlimited data plans starting at $9.99 per month. Uplift is built on blockchain technology and a decentralized physical infrastructure network …

[ad_1] Pastor Folu Adeboye recalled the terrifying New Year’s Day moment that could have ended in tragedy She shared how a strange food gift almost claimed the lives of the Adeboye household What she decided to do next left her family and church members in awe of divine discernment Pastor …

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[ad_1] IntrCity SmartBus, a tech-enabled intercity bus platform in India, has raised $30 million in funding to expand its network across smaller cities and towns in the South Asian nation. The all-equity Series D round, led by A91 Partners, values the Noida-based startup at $140 million post-money. Intercity travel is …

[ad_1] Volkswagen has struggled with the shift to electric vehicles. Photo: Tobias SCHWARZ / AFPSource: AFP Volkswagen reported its first quarterly loss for five years Thursday, topping one billion euros, as the German auto giant struggles with US tariffs and a troubled electric shift at subsidiary Porsche. The loss in …

[ad_1] Cluely’s Roy Lee has a message for startup founders: you should be thinking harder about how to go viral. “Generally, if you’re not in deep tech, then you need to low-key deep focus on distribution,” Lee told the crowd at Disrupt 2025. But he also made it clear that …

[ad_1] Japan’s national flag flutters in the wind on the Bank of Japan (BoJ) head office building in Tokyo. Photo: Kazuhiro NOGI / AFPSource: AFP The Bank of Japan kept interest rates on hold Thursday at 0.5 percent, warning of lingering economic “high uncertainties” linked to US trade tariffs. The …

[ad_1] 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 …

[ad_1] 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 …

[ad_1] 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 …

[ad_1] 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 …

[ad_1] 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, …

[ad_1] 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 …

[ad_1] 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 …

[ad_1] Bending Spoons, one of Europe’s largest mobile app developers, announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to buy AOL from Yahoo, which is backed by private equity giant Apollo. Bending Spoons says it has secured a $2.8 billion debt financing package to support the purchase. The acquisition is expected …