Whenever you feel 'demotivated' in life, rewatch an old video of Elon Musk from Tesla's near-bankruptcy daysSocial media user Unnati shared an old video of Elon Musk pitching Tesla’s $109,000 Roadster in 2008, when the company was nearing bankrupt...
PayPal raises 2026 profit forecast as turnaround gains tractionPayPal has raised its annual profit forecast as a multi-year turnaround begins to take effect. The company anticipates achieving significan...
A $5 nut doomed SpaceX’s first rocket; its satellite crashed through a shed roof and landed beside its own shipping crateIn March 2006, SpaceX’s first rocket failed because of a $5 aluminium nut that cracked from corrosion. The cadet-built satellite on board w...
Britain seeks to break Apple's grip on contactless paymentsThe Competition and Markets Authority said its proposals would result in "substantially lower access fees" and easier access to Apple's con...
Who is Heather Textor, the receptionist accused in Indiana's expungement scheme?Heather Ann Textor, a former receptionist at an Indiana law firm, faces 42 felony charges and three misdemeanors over an alleged scheme inv...
AI agent startup RapidCanvas raises $29 million from Vertex Ventures, othersHitachi Ventures and existing investors Accel, Peak XV Partners, Valley Capital Partners and Titanium Ventures participated, taking the sta...
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel bought Bel Air mansion Casa Encantada in Los Angeles for $130 millionPeter Thiel has been revealed as the purchaser of the mansion Casa Encantada, a Bel-Air property which sold for $130 million at a foreclosu...
Warren Buffett’s deputy turned $70,000 into $264 million in 29 Years: How Ted Weschler did itTed Weschler, Warren Buffett’s deputy at Berkshire Hathaway, grew his retirement account from more than $70,000 in 1989 to $264 million by ...
YouTube was close to selling to Yahoo. How Google sealed the $1.65 billion deal at 3 A.M. in a Denny’s parking lotYouTube was close to selling to Yahoo in 2006 before Google agreed to pay $1.65 billion for the video platform. The deal was finalized in a...
Amazon settlement payments 2026: Who qualifies for up to $200 and when will eligible Prime customers get paid?Amazon is preparing to send another round of payments to consumers affected by its Prime enrollment and cancellation practices. The payment...
Google cofounder Sergey Brin bets $102 million to dodge a $13 billion tax bill as California billionaires head for the exitSergey Brin has committed $102 million against a proposed one-time tax on California billionaires. This tax could potentially cost him arou...
Amazon FTC settlement payouts: Who is eligible for up to $200 and when will the money arrive?Automatic settlement payments for Amazon Prime customers will begin on October 1, 2026. Millions of additional customers will qualify under...
AI agent wars: OpenAI’s Dots wades into a market warmed up by Instinct and Meta’s MuseThe launch of OpenAI's Dots comes amid the agentic frenzy launched by Meta's Muse earlier this month. Muse targets professionals and compan...
In 2004, Peter Thiel invested $500,000 in Facebook. 8 years later, his early bet had turned into more than $1 billionPeter Thiel put $500,000 into Facebook in 2004, when the company was worth about $5 million. It was a small private business then, not the ...
Vertex in funding talks with RapidCanvas, Supernova to sharpen AI focus: SourcesThe investor is looking to sharpen its focus on AI after consumer investments in India, they said. Vertex is likely to invest around $20 mi...
Meta's Muse rides high, announces multiple partnerships: All you need to knowLaunched on September 8, the app clocked over 2.5 million downloads in its first two weeks, outpacing early rollouts of top AI tools such a...
PayPal shares crash 13% on reports Advent-Stripe consortium walks away from bidPayPal shares fell 13% after Advent International and Stripe reportedly abandoned plans to acquire the payments giant. The consortium had o...