• Meet TikTok’s NEWEST Queen Bee Leah Halton: The stunning Australian model, 23, becomes the app’s most popular influencer ever – after captivating MILLIONS with a 12-second clip of her lip sync

    Meet TikTok's NEWEST Queen Bee Leah Halton: The stunning Australian model, 23, becomes the app's most popular influencer ever - after captivating MILLIONS with a 12-second clip of her lip sync - You may have never heard the name Leah Halton before, but that hasn't stopped the stunning Australian from becoming one of the internet's most famous faces - and the model is now well on her way to setting the record for TikTok video with the most likes ever. Leah, 23, uploaded a seemingly simple...

  • Ibotta’s IPO opens sharply higher, hinting at warming public-market interest in tech shares

    Ibotta began it’s path as a public company on Thursday by opening at $117 per share, a big increase from its IPO price of $88, itself an increase from its

  • Fintech gaming startup Sanlo’s webshop tool could help developers avoid costly app store fees

    Sanlo, a fintech startup that helps gaming companies manage finances, announced Wednesday the closed beta launch of its webshop tool, giving select game developers and studios a plug-and-play solution that works alongside their existing tech stacks. Gaming companies can sign up for a demo starting today. With Google and Apple charging a 30% fee for […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • What’s behind Salem’s economic growth?

    he city of Salem has seen a surge of economic growth, with businesses popping up left and right and more on the way. But what's behind all of that development? And how was the city able to turn things around?

  • What’s behind Kenya’s intense flooding as death toll climbs

    At least 169 people have died due to the heavy rains in Kenya, with at least 91 missing, according to the latest government figures.

  • Swiggy’s confidential IPO filing; Blinkit’s rising valuation

    Swiggy has confidentially filed its draft IPO papers with the capital markets regulator. Details on this and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.Also in this letter:■ Lenskart’s revenue jumps in FY23■ HCLTech, Mphasis Q4 results■ Capria closes India Opportunity FundSwiggy confidentially files draft papers for $1.25 billion IPO 109628842Sriharsha Majety, MD & group CEO, SwiggyFood and grocery delivery company Swiggy has taken the confidential route to file draft papers for an initial...

  • An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that’s so good it’s scary

    I’m stressed and running late, because what do you wear for the rest of eternity?  This makes it sound like I’m dying, but it’s the opposite. I am, in a way, about to live forever, thanks to the AI video startup Synthesia. For the past several years, the company has produced AI-generated avatars, but today…

  • Bayer Leverkusen’s success is a reminder of soccer’s community power

    As the Premier League continues to hike ticket prices and shut out local fans, Bayer’s Bundesliga title shows the value of a club rooted in its home townSign up to Jonathan’s weekly newsletter hereA corner from the left, seven minutes into injury-time. The Croatian defender Josip Stanišić rises at the near post. His header is too firm to be described as glancing, but it is well directed and flashes across goal and in for an equaliser. The black and red corner of the Signal Iduna Park erupts....

  • Seven Best Treats at Colorado’s First Buc-ee’s

    Walking into the Johnstown, Colorado Buc-ee’s for the first time is a treat for the senses. The 74,000-square-foot gas station has over 100 fuel pumps and plenty of products inside the building from food and drinks to clothing and decor. The smells of brisket, fudge and – somehow just as pleasing – clean bathrooms (which […]

  • Startup twists & turns on IPO street; and other top tech and startup stories this week

    Food and grocery delivery company Swiggy on Friday confidentially filed its draft documents for an initial public offering (IPO) with stock market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), sources told us.109639958The Bengaluru-based company has filed for a $1.25-billion public issue through the confidential route, whereby draft red herring prospectuses (DRHPs) are not released to the public. This came a day after Swiggy’s shareholders approved its IPO plan, which includes a fresh...

  • Niger: Ex-president Issoufou behind my dad’s ouster – Bazoum’s daughter

    Hinder, the daughter of the deposed Nigerien president, Mohamed Bazoum, has accused his predecessor of orchestrating the military coup that ousted her father nine months ago. Bazoum and his wife have been under arrest in the presidential palace in Niamey since army officers seized power on July 26. He was

  • It’s Mark Zuckerberg as we’ve never seen him! But what’s really behind the new look?

    With his interchangeable T-shirts and short neat hair, Facebook’s founder famously ‘never tried to be cool’. Is his makeover just a distraction from what’s going on at Meta?A vibe shift is afoot in Silicon Valley. For aeons, the movers and shakers of the tech industry signalled that they were serious people working on serious things via their simple outfits. Crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried (now in jail) always looked as if he had rolled out of bed and forgotten to change out of his pyjamas. The...