December 26, 2025

MIT Technology Review’s most popular stories of 2025

It’s been a busy and productive year here at MIT Technology Review. We published magazine issues on power, creativity, innovation, bodies, relationships, and security. We hosted 14 exclusive virtual conversations with our editors and outside experts in our subscriber-only series, Roundtables, and held two events on MIT’s campus. And we published hundreds of articles online,…

Indifi raises $35M to expand digital lending to more small businesses

June 13, 2023

Indifi Technologies, an Indian startup offering digital lending to small and medium businesses, has raised $35 million in a new funding round led by ICICI Venture, the investment arm of ICICI Bank. Existing investors, including British International Investment, OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, Omidyar Network India, Flourish Ventures and CX Partners also participated in […]

Indifi raises $35M to expand digital lending to more small businesses by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

India threatened to shut down Twitter and raid employees’ homes, Jack Dorsey says

June 13, 2023

Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder, says India — despite its status as the world’s largest democracy — regularly issued requests for the social media giant to remove certain posts and accounts, often accompanying these demands with threats of legal repercussions in cases of noncompliance. “India is one of the countries which had many requests around farmers […]

India threatened to shut down Twitter and raid employees’ homes, Jack Dorsey says by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Thousands of subreddits go dark to protest Reddit’s API pricing

June 13, 2023

Over 8,000 subreddits went dark in protest of Reddit’s API pricing, which will shut down many third-party apps like Apollo and Reddit is Fun because of the high fees.  The blackout, which began on Monday and will last for 48 hours, is a coordinated effort between tens of thousands of moderators and millions of Reddit […]

Thousands of subreddits go dark to protest Reddit’s API pricing by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch

FTC reportedly seeks injunction to stop Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal

June 12, 2023

Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has received a mixed response from regulators around the world, but the Federal Trade Commission may be its biggest critic. The agency has reportedly applied for an injunction to prevent the deal going ahead before its own official judgment on the situation later this year. Microsoft announced its […]

FTC reportedly seeks injunction to stop Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch