Praising Adolf Hitler to denying holocaust, and Hamas attacks: How Nick Fuentes, Charlie Kirk’s critic, became controversy’s favorite child and America’s ‘most canceled man’The death of Charlie Kirk puts Nicholas Joseph Fuentes in focus. Fuentes, a far-right figure, has often sparked controversy for his views. ...
14 Sep, 2025, 02.44 PM IST
NIT Trichy graduate worth Rs 9,000 crore alleges wife of harassment. Who is Prasanna Sarkar?Prasanna Sankar claims harassment by his estranged wife and Chennai Police amid a contentious divorce and custody battle. He alleges false ...
24 Mar, 2025, 12.39 PM IST
British teenager faces two decades in UAE jail for holiday romance with 17-year-old in DubaiAn 18-year-old Briton faces possible imprisonment in Dubai. He is accused of having a relationship with a 17-year-old girl during a holiday...
22 Nov, 2024, 12.42 PM IST
Two men stole $230 million in cryptocurrency and went on a spending spree, US saysThe men, Malone Lam, 20, and Jeandiel Serrano, 21, conspired last month to steal the cryptocurrency funds from a person in Washington, D.C....
21 Sep, 2024, 05.58 PM IST
Sam Bankman-Fried's wild rise and abrupt crashAfter a speedy trial in Manhattan federal court, the onetime crypto king, now 31, was convicted on Thursday of seven counts of fraud and co...
03 Nov, 2023, 09.01 AM IST
Instagram is making tourists ditch etiquette while travellingInstagram and TikTok have made it easy to find "hidden gem" restaurants and discover new destinations to add to your bucket list. But this ...
27 Jul, 2023, 06.27 PM IST
ETtech Deep Dive: inside the changing VC deal terms as easy startup funding era endsSanjay Pathak was astonished by the venture capitalist’s ask. A cofounder of the New Delhi-based dental-aligner manufacturing upstart 32 Wa...
20 May, 2023, 08.23 AM IST
End of faking it for startups in Silicon ValleyInvestors are no longer buying startup world’s habit of playing fast and loose with the truth
17 Apr, 2023, 11.31 PM IST
The end of faking it in the Silicon ValleyNot only has funding dried up for cash-burning startups over the past year, but now, fraud is also in the air, as investors scrutinise star...
15 Apr, 2023, 11.56 AM IST
Amazon to close seller firm Appario; ‘Chief Twit’ wastes no time in revamping TwitterIn April, Amazon shut down Cloudtail – once the largest seller on its India marketplace – after the Indian government introduced tighter fo...
31 Oct, 2022, 07.53 PM IST
3 factors that can make Zomato profitable in the next few yearsIn our opinion, a successful modern tech company can transform industries, achieve expansion of scale, and make enormous profits, all witho...
08 Jun, 2022, 04.09 PM IST
Blitzscaling can take your portfolio valuation up quickly, but you can fall badly tooBesides startups, many new areas are now actively deploying blitzscaling. Hindi movie distribution is one such area — the release is hyped ...
09 May, 2022, 03.46 PM IST
D2C brands make hay; Razorpay eyes $6 billion valuationD2C brands have been on fire since the pandemic forced shops and malls around the world to shut down early last year.
10 Nov, 2021, 08.37 AM IST
In an eventful 2017, Elon Musk my ‘Person of the Year’Aadhaar will be the Aadhaar (foundation) of India’s high-rise in a digitalised world.
26 Dec, 2017, 11.51 AM IST
A startup founder's jailing over $260,000 bill sparks backlashStayzilla struggled against tough local competition and Airbnb Inc, closing its doors in February. Yogi was arrested by police last week fo...
22 Mar, 2017, 09.56 AM IST
Any buyers for the IIT lad, who listed himself on Flipkart?Flipkart may not have taken on Aakash Neeraj Mittal, whose customised resume went viral, but he is now fielding offers from other quarters.
25 Mar, 2016, 10.44 AM IST
Why won't Julian Assange condemn Ecuador's spying software?Wikileaks' recent document dump reveals emails leaked from an Italian company called Hacking Team that sells intrusive spyware to governmen...
06 Aug, 2015, 12.19 PM IST