Even as global crop prices fall, India's Arya.ag is attracting investors — and staying profitable |

Arya.ag, an Indian agritech company offering storage facilities near farms and offering lending services to hundreds of thousands of farmers, has drawn investor interest and…

A beginner's guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative |

Unless if you’re really in the know about nascent platforms, you probably didn’t know what Mastodon was until Elon Musk bought Twitter and renamed it…

OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens |

10:29 AM PST · January 1, 2026 OpenAI is betting big on audio AI, and it’s not just about making ChatGPT sound better. According to…

European banks plan to cut 200,000 jobs as AI takes hold |

In Brief Posted: 12:28 PM PST · January 1, 2026 Europe’s banking sector is about to get a tough lesson about efficiency. According to a…

The phone is dead. Long live . . . what exactly? |

True Ventures co-founder Jon Callaghan doesn’t think we’ll be using smartphones the way we do now in five years — and maybe not at all…

'College dropout' has become the most coveted startup founder credential |

Although iconic founders like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg famously didn’t finish college, multiple studies showthat the vast majority of successful startups had…

Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026  |

Concerns about how AI will affect workers continue to rise in lockstep with the pace of advancements and new products promising automation and efficiency. Evidence…

Tade Oyerinde and Teddy Solomon talk about building engaged audiences at Disrupt |

TadeOyerindeand Teddy Solomon know a few things about building communities that last. Afterall, Oyerinde is the founder and chancellor of the online school Campus, while…

These are the best gadgets for your pet right now |

Having a cuddly pet to return home to is one of life’s great joys, and with the latest gadgets and AI technology, pet ownership becomes…

Meta just bought Manus, an AI startup everyone has been talking about |

Mark Zuckerberg has struck again. Meta Platforms is acquiring Manus, a Singapore-based AI startup that’s become the talk of Silicon Valley since it debuted last…