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Isla Fisher's Dating 'Ick' Goes Viral After Sacha Baron Cohen Divorce
Isla Fisher revealed the unusual dating habit that gave her the "ick" after her divorce from Sacha Baron Cohen.
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Ultrahuman raises $70 mn to build new human-computer interface for health
New financing from Qualcomm Ventures, Labcorp, Alpha Wave, Blume and others will accelerate Ultrahuman's health intelligence platform and…
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PayPal cuts 220 India jobs as part of previously announced restructuring plan
PayPal has set a target of achieving US$400 million in cost savings by year-end Read more at The Business Times.
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Employee Background Check Startup Yardstik Raises $30M
A Minneapolis company that screens workers has raised fresh growth capital, and Yardstik closed a $30 million round led by Harbert Growth…
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Cashfree rolls out AI agents for merchants to automate payment operations
Fintech firm Cashfree Payments is rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) agents to merchants to automate payment operations, as fintech…
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What Meta's $17-billion settlement revealed about the harms of social media
After months of hype and mere hours in front of the jury, California’s blockbuster suit against Meta ended on Wednesday with a sweeping…
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Best of BS Opinion: Modinomics vs Manmohanomics is not a zero sum game
Hello, and welcome to the Best of BS Opinion, our wrap of the day's Opinion page. Former finance minister P Chidambaram’s criticism of the…
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AI Tools for Small Business Get a Meta Upgrade
Meta rolled out a set of AI features aimed at small businesses that connect to Instagram and Facebook accounts, Meta ad campaigns, and…
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Meta's massive settlement may not be enough to improve child safety, experts say
Over the last five years, efforts to make social networks Facebook and Instagram safer for young people have erupted across courts,…
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Gold monetisation: Manappuram, MCX among Jefferies top stock picks
Manappuram Finance has emerged as Jefferies' preferred play on the growing monetisation of household gold through formal lending channels,…
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Meta to pay $17 billion, overhaul Facebook and Instagram in teen addiction settlement
Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion and make changes to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark settlement to resolve…
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AI-led startups face takeoff hiccups as overreliance poses challenges
It was much like a job aspirant using ChatGPT in the application to make it to the interview stage, but then stumbling. Take the example…
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Govt raises CBG price by 40%: Who will pay the premium for green gas?
For India, one of the world's most price-sensitive markets for natural gas, the government's new $2.5 billion National Circular Bioenergy…
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AK-203 'Sher' achieves 100% indigenous components, Army trials next month
India has achieved a major milestone in its long journey towards self-reliance in small arms with the successful manufacture and…
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Six EU countries push for windfall tax on oil companies amid surging war profits
Six EU countries are intensifying calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits surge amid the war in the Middle East,…
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Mark Zuckerberg buys an Irish castle
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s latest home purchase appears fit for a billionaire who runs the world’s largest social media…
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“Engineering Magic,” Adhesive Technologies, and Precision: How Paintless Dent Repair Is Changing the Automotive Service Industry
Photo of Vitalii Novitskii For most car owners, repairing a dent still means several days without a vehicle, filler, repainting, and a…
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AI Accounting Software Grows Up: Xero Bets on Agents
At its US conference in Denver this week, Xero announced embedded payroll and a set of new AI capabilities aimed at small businesses and…
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Odisha's ₹72,100 crore capex target at risk as state fast-tracks projects
Odisha has budgeted a record ₹72,100 crore as capital outlay for the financial year 2027 (FY27) – around 20 per cent higher than the…
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IIFL Finance soars 8%, hits new high on huge volume; what's driving stock?
IIFL Finance share price movement The share price of IIFL Finance hit a new high after a gap of over eight-months, at ₹687, rallying 8 per…
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San Francisco Bay Area dethroned as largest tech talent market
The San Francisco Bay Area, epicenter of the artificial intelligence boom, is home to a massive number of tech workers employed by some of…
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Product Led Growth Pays: Wispr Raises $280M at $2B Value
Wispr has closed a $280 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation, led by Menlo Ventures and announced on August 17. The round brings…
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PSBs pitch 2% climate-transition finance sub-target under PSL framework
Public sector banks (PSBs) have proposed carving out a 2 per cent sub-target for climate and transition finance within the existing…
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The big BIT reset: Why India is rethinking its investment treaty model
Earlier this month, Economic Affairs Secretary in the finance ministry Anuradha Thakur said the long awaited review of India’s model…