Runnable Hits $21M to Bet AI Agents Can Go From Building Businesses to Growing Them Runable, a Bangalore-based startup building general-purpose AI agents, has raised $21 million as it pushes into a more ambitious phase of its roadmap: helping small businesses not just get off the ground with AI, but actually run and grow using … Read more
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has spent nearly a year fighting to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, and after clearing rejections, a hostile tender offer, a bidding war against Netflix, and approval from regulators in dozens of countries, he now finds himself stuck at what might be the toughest obstacle yet: a coalition of state attorneys … Read more
China’s short drama industry has landed on a strategy that looks almost old-fashioned in its logic even as it’s powered by some of the newest generative AI tools available: throw dozens of cheap, quickly made titles at the market and let audience reaction decide which ones deserve real investment. Rather than pouring significant capital into … Read more
United Bank for Africa Plc has confirmed that its audited half-year financial statements for 2026 will reach investors later than usual, after securing an extension from the Nigerian Exchange Limited to file the results by September 30. The disclosure, made through a regulatory filing, clarifies a process that had already been quietly moving forward behind … Read more
Dangote Group is moving to build its own shipping fleet, a decision that gets to the heart of one of the most persistent problems facing Nigeria’s industrial export ambitions: there simply aren’t enough vessels available to move what the country produces. Sada Ladan-Baki, head of international trade export at Dangote Cement, confirmed the plan at … Read more
U.S set for largest mass visa revocation in the country’s history, with the Trump administration moving to cancel the business and tourism visas of as many as 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status. If it goes forward as planned, the action would represent an unprecedented scale of visa cancellation, … Read more
Attackers Bypass Windows Security Without Physical Access: New “Download More RAM” Flaw Exposes a Blind Spot in Windows 11’s Strongest Defenses For years, Microsoft has marketed Windows 11 as the most secure version of Windows ever built, leaning heavily on hardware-backed protections like virtualization-based security and hypervisor-protected code integrity to convince enterprises and consumers alike … Read more
A courtroom in Oakland has become the center of the most consequential legal fight social media has ever faced, as a coalition of states pushes Meta to answer for allegations that it deliberately engineered Instagram and Facebook to hook children and teenagers. The trial, which opened with jury selection last week, marks the first time … Read more
Meta Ordered to Pay $567M to Address Kids’ Mental Health Online: Inside the New Mexico Ruling and What It Means for Instagram and Facebook Safety A New Mexico court has delivered one of the most significant financial penalties any social media company has faced over child safety concerns, ordering Meta to pay $567 million to … Read more
TikTok Reaches $400 Million Settlement With Justice Department Over Children’s Privacy: What the COPPA Case Means for Parents and the App’s Future in the US TikTok has closed one of the most consequential legal chapters in its history in the United States, agreeing to pay $400 million to resolve a federal lawsuit accusing the company … Read more