July 4, 2025

The Download: India’s AI independence, and predicting future epidemics

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside India’s scramble for AI independence Despite its status as a global tech hub, India lags far behind the likes of the US and China when it comes to homegrown AI. That gap…

Google removes hundreds of Kenya-focused loan apps from Play Store

March 24, 2023

Google has taken down hundreds of loan apps from the Play Store in Kenya, after its new policy, which requires digital lenders in the East African country to submit proof of license, took effect in January. The policy followed the coming into force of Kenya’s Digital Credit Providers (DCP) regulations last year, requiring entities providing […]

Google removes hundreds of Kenya-focused loan apps from Play Store by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

1 Stock That Profits From the Rise of Remote Work

March 24, 2023
Video conferencing software company Zoom Video (ZM) posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and provided a positive earnings outlook for the current quarter. Moreover, given the rise in demand for technology and…

Crypto giant Binance temporarily suspends spot trading

March 24, 2023

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said Friday it has temporarily suspended all spot trading on its platform as it works to resolve an issue. The exchange did not identify the nature of the issue, but said it was working to bring it back “as soon as possible,” suggesting the bottleneck isn’t significant. Binance commands […]

Crypto giant Binance temporarily suspends spot trading by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Newly-revealed coronavirus data has reignited a debate over the virus’s origins

March 24, 2023
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. This week, coronavirus has been back in the news in a big way. We’ve seen the resurgence of a debate that has been swirling since the start of the pandemic—where did the…

US, South Korea both seek Do Kwon’s extradition to face charges

March 24, 2023

Do Kwon, the founder of Terraform Labs, which operated the so-called TerraUSD stablecoin and its sister token LUNA, was arrested in Montenegro Thursday morning after months in hiding while trying to board a flight to flee Dubai with falsified documents.  Thursday night — a few hours after Kwon was arrested at the airport in Podgorica, the […]

US, South Korea both seek Do Kwon’s extradition to face charges by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

New accounts now have to wait only 30 days for Twitter Blue

March 24, 2023

Twitter has changed many things related to its subscription program Twitter Blue in the last few hours. The company said that the paid plan is now available for purchase globally. It also changed the cooling-off period for new accounts to buy Twitter Blue to 30 days. When Elon Musk first launched the Twitter Blue plan […]

New accounts now have to wait only 30 days for Twitter Blue by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Why Failure is a Choice You Make

March 24, 2023
Failure is a product of our mind and therefore we determine if it exists or not. Learn more empowering ways to view situations where failure becomes a stepping stone, not a roadblock.