Emil Michael, now a senior Pentagon official, says he’ll never forgive Uber investors who ousted him and Kalanick

March 24, 2026

When asked whether he was still “salty” about about being shown the door at Uber, alongside co-founder Travis Kalanick, Michael didn’t equivocate. “I’ll never forget that, nor forgive,” he said.

Bengaluru food delivery startup Swish raises $38M: its third round in 18 months

March 23, 2026

Swish has more than doubled its valuation in a year as its full-stack, hyperlocal model positions ultra-fast food delivery as a high-frequency habit.

Despite bitter rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs back $35M predictions markets VC fund

March 23, 2026

As prediction markets explode, the new firm called 5(c) Capital, will back startups supporting the burgeoning category.

Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund

March 23, 2026

London’s Air Street Capital has raised a large Fund III with eyes locked on backing early-stage European and North American AI companies.

Apple Maps may be about to get ads

March 23, 2026

Apple Maps may soon serve ads in top results when users search on terms like “restaurants.”

Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones

March 23, 2026

Leaked “DarkSword” exploits published to GitHub allow hackers and cybercriminals to target iPhone users running old versions of iOS with spyware, according to cybersecurity researchers.

Zipline snaps up another $200M to fuel its drone delivery expansion

March 23, 2026

The funding adds to a previous round, announced in January, that valued the drone startup at $7.6 billion.

Bernie Sanders’ AI ‘gotcha’ video flops, but the memes are great

March 23, 2026

Sen. Bernie Sanders thinks he’s tricked Claude into revealing the AI industry’s secrets, but he really just exposed how agreeable chatbots can become.

The Entrepreneur’s Strategic Guide to Buying a Business

March 23, 2026

Discover what it really takes to acquire a business and unlock its potential.

Russian authorities block paywall removal site Archive.today

March 23, 2026

A notice on the popular paywall-bypass website Archive.today said that access is blocked “by decision of [Russian] public authorities.”

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