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Source: Inc. ·
EntrepreneurshipUnited Airlines Union Ratifies Contract With Big Win for Workers
The new contract comes with new perks and benefits.
Source: Inc. ·
EntrepreneurshipCanvas Just Resolved a Major Hack. Here’s How Your Company Can Avoid the Same Fate
The Canvas hack is a reminder of just how devastating a ransomware attack can be. But there are steps you can take to prevent one.
Source: Inc. ·
EntrepreneurshipIn 2025, Americans Lost $2.1 Billion to Scams on Social Media—and This Group Was the Most Susceptible
A new report reveals how Medicare scam ads are harming millions of older Americans, putting their financial and physical health at risk.
Source: Inc. ·
EntrepreneurshipThe Neopets Comeback Is Upon Us—With a New York City Pop-Up Arriving This Summer
The online pet community beloved by millennials is the latest business to join the IRL economy.
Source: Inc. ·
EntrepreneurshipGoogle Just Unveiled the ‘Googlebook’: Here’s What Users Can Expect From the New Laptop
The product will feature a number of AI-first elements.
Source: Inc. ·
EntrepreneurshipStop Trying to Outspend Your Rivals—Try Irritating Them Instead
How small startups can use tactics found in asymmetrical warfare to compete against goliath brands.
Source: Your Story ·
StartupsStock markets tank 2% as elevated oil prices, US-Iran tensions weigh on sentiment
Unabated foreign fund outflows and the rupee depreciating to a lifetime low also hit investor sentiment.
Source: Your Story ·
StartupsDil Foods raises Rs 72 Cr in Series B round
Dil Foods will use this capital towards diversifying the product portfolio and getting into newer markets.
Source: Your Story ·
StartupsHrdWyr raises $13M in Series A led by Ideaspring Capital
Fabless semiconductor startup HrdWyr will utilise the funding for product development and market expansion.
Source: Your Story ·
StartupsIPL’s TV slump and changing viewer habits; An AI scientist to speed up drug discovery
Linear television ratings for IPL 2026 have fallen sharply in the first half of the season, even as digital numbers continue to climb. Bengaluru and Delaware-based LiteFold is a b…
Source: Your Story ·
StartupsMoody's slashes 2026 India growth forecast to 6%
In its Global Macro Outlook May update, Moody's said over the next six months, the impact from higher energy prices and fuel and fertilizer-related shortages will vary widely acro…
Source: Your Story ·
StartupsStartup news and updates: daily roundup (May 12, 2026)
YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
Source: Your Story ·
StartupsIPL's TV slump, viewer fatigue, and the rise of digital streaming
Linear television ratings for IPL 2026 have fallen sharply in the first half of the season, even as digital numbers continue to climb.
Source: Your Story ·
StartupsMeet LiteFold, a biotech startup using proprietary AI to speed up drug discovery
Bengaluru and Delaware-based LiteFold is a biotech AI-native platform designed to accelerate computational biology workflows.
Source: IEEE Spectrum ·
EngineeringNeutralizing the Gigascale Problem: How to Solve the Physical Power Paradox of Extreme AI Training Loads
This sponsored article is brought to you by Ampace.As AI workloads grow to gigascale levels, the global data center industry has hit a hidden physical wall. The real bottleneck is…
Source: IEEE Spectrum ·
EngineeringIEEE Program Aims to Connect the Billions Who Are Still Offline
Given how integral the Internet has become to everyday tasks such as shopping, paying bills, and holding virtual meetings, it’s interesting that nearly 30 percent of the global po…
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsWhat Happens When You Try to Treat OCD With Psilocybin
Colloquially, OCD is known as the doubting disorder. In his new book How to Not Know, Simone Stolzoff explores whether treating that uncertainty with magic mushrooms can help peop…
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsBeatbot Pool-Cleaning Robots Are on Sale
Automate your pool cleaning with these surface-skimming, wall-scrubbing robots.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsEpson Lifestudio Grand Plus Review: Rich Colors, Gemini Support
The Lifestudio Grand Plus isn’t without quirks, but the ultrashort-throw home cinema projector delivers a rich picture quality in movies and games, up to a 150-inch screen size.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsThe Creators of ‘Hacks’ Really, Really, Really Hate AI
Ahead of the hit show’s finale, cocreators Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello talk about media consolidation, the perils of censorship, and why they find AI “deeply disturbing.”
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsWhy Soccer Still Defies Statistical Analysis
Sarah Rudd, who once ran analytics for Arsenal, made her name applying the tenets of probability theory to movements on the pitch. Even she admits not everything can be solved wit…
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsSome Women Are Obsessively Testing Their Vaginas to Optimize Them
Biohacker Bryan Johnson recently bragged about his girlfriend's “top 1%” vagina as the at-home vaginal microbiome test industry is thriving. But experts are skeptical.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsHantavirus Conspiracy Theories Are Already Spreading Online
From claims of an Israeli false flag to efforts to sell ivermectin, influencers and grifters are using lessons learned from Covid-19 to push their baseless conspiracy theories.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsAll Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease Expert
Here’s what you need to know, from why the cruise ship outbreak won’t spark the next pandemic to how hantavirus spreads.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsTrump Media Scales Back Plans for Its Own Prediction Market
Truth Predict was supposed to be the Trump family’s biggest leap yet into prediction markets. Now it’s looking more like a tiptoe.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsGooglebook Is Google’s New AI-Powered Laptop Platform Built on Android
They won’t replace Chromebooks, but Googlebooks have an Android-centered operating system, AI-first features like the Magic Pointer, and a promise of desktop-grade apps.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsThe Top New Features in Google’s Android 17—and Gemini Intelligence—Coming This Summer
You’ll soon be able to generate your own widgets or ask Gemini to finish a booking in Chrome on Android.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsIran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s traditional naval fleet has been almost completely destroyed by US-Israeli raids. But Iran’s military has put a fleet of small vessels on the water that is crippling every …
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsThe Audemars Piguet x Swatch Collaboration Is Here for Real
With Instagram awash with inaccurate AI-generated concepts for its Royal Pop collab, Swatch was forced to reveal the genuine article.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsMAHA Keeps Being Weird as Hell About Fertility
RFK Jr. and Mehmet Oz’s comments about teen sperm count and “underbabied” Americans at a recent women’s health event underscore the White House’s pronatalist agenda.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsFoxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever
Famous for helping build Apple’s iPhones, Foxconn just suffered another cyberattack, highlighting the perils of warehousing some of the world’s most valuable data.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsThe Unitree GD01 Is a Giant Mecha Robot You Can Actually Buy
China’s Unitree, famous for making low-cost dancing robots, will now sell you a giant, wall-smashing mecha.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsxAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit
Emails show that Elon Musk’s company is expanding its use of portable gas-fired power at its Colossus 2 site as a fight over air quality continues.
Source: Wired ·
Tech & StartupsElon Musk Had ‘Hair-Raising’ Idea of Passing OpenAI On to His Kids, Sam Altman Says
Musk’s lawyers questioned Altman over allegations of deception and his network of financial investments, but the OpenAI CEO painted a picture of Musk as obsessed with controlling …
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsWaymo issues recall to deal with a flooding problem
Waymo has issued a software recall that makes its robotaxis more cautious around flooded areas. A "final remedy" is in the works.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsExaforce raises $125M Series B to build AI for catching and stopping cyberattacks as they happen
As bad actors weaponize AI to exploit software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed, companies are increasingly recognizing the need to bolster their cybersecurity defenses. The…
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsThreads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok
The feature is designed to help people get real-time context about trends and breaking stories, as well as receive recommendations, all within conversations.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsUS bank discloses security lapse after sharing customer data with AI app
Community Bank, which operates in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, disclosed a cybersecurity incident that exposed customers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numb…
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsIndigo brings the open social web to one app
Indigo's new social app lets you cross-post to the open social web, including Mastodon and Bluesky, and browse a unified timeline.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsGoogle launches new Android security feature to help uncover spyware attacks
Intrusion Logging is a new part of Android’s Advanced Protection Mode, which aims to help protect human rights activists, journalists, and dissidents from government spyware attac…
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsGoogle brings agentic AI and vibe-coded widgets to Android
Gemini Intelligence will also include Gboard-based dictation and form-filling capabilities.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsGoogle’s ‘Create My Widget’ feature will let you vibe-code your own widgets
To create a widget, users will be able to describe what they want using natural language. For example, you could ask the feature to "suggest three high-protein meal prep recipes e…
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsGoogle unveils Googlebook, a new line of AI-native laptops
The company says Googlebooks, which are launching this fall, are the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence to offer personal and proactive help.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsAndroid adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling
Google’s new Android feature, Pause Point, forces you to wait before opening distracting apps in an effort to curb addictive scrolling habits.
Source: TechCrunch ·
Tech & StartupsGoogle adds Gemini-powered dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups
Google's transcription feature will initially launch with Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones.
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