October 2025

Threads officially debuts communities, dedicated spaces to have casual chats around a topic.

Being an entrepreneur is not defined by credentials, business plans or funding — it’s a mindset rooted in a specific set of internal qualities.

From driveway experiment to NBA training staple, Shoot360 is gamifying basketball and building community hubs across the globe.

After a restaurant burned down near her home, Shanya Gill set out to improve fire safety.

Slow or stopped permitting and a frozen visa process are existential threats for some startups.

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The Trump administration canceled over 300 awards related to clean energy on October 1. The states with affected projects all voted for Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

A former OpenAI researcher looked into how ChatGPT can mislead delusional users about their reality and its own capabilities

AI search startup Perplexity is making its new Comet browser available to everyone in the world for free as it works to position the product against big browsers and search engines. For certain paid subscribers, the startup has also launched a new ‘background assistant’ to handle multiple tasks via Comet.  

Amazon’s new “Add to Delivery” button makes it easier for Prime members to buy more and tack on items to existing orders.