Fintech platform for Indian-Americans bags $14m seed funding
With more than 500,000 users, Abound has achieved 50% month-on-month revenue growth in the past six months.
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The customizable Vivaldi browser adds built-in ProtonVPN
The highly customizable Vivaldi web browser now has built-in ProtonVPN integration. CEO Jon von Tetzchner described the collaboration as part of a broader shift toward "privacy over profiling, sovereignty over surveillance, independence over inertia," noting Vivaldi and Proton's headquarters are in Europe (a region with significantly better privacy regulations than the US). "We don't believe…
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is trying something new with its day / night cycle
Real time day / night cycles have been featured in a lot of Pokémon titles since the Gold and Silver era, but Pokémon Legends: Z-A is going to take the classic mechanic in a wild new direction. During today’s March Direct presentation, Nintendo dropped a new Pokémon Legends: Z-A trailer showcasing a few of the…
Kohl’s store closures 2025: Saturday is your last chance to shop at these 27 locations before they shut their doors
The department store chain had said earlier this year that more than two dozen “underperforming” stores would close by April. Here’s the latest. Back in January, Kohl’s announced that it would be closing 27 of its stores across America in order to help the company control costs and increase operational efficiency. At the time, Kohl’s…
NHS vendor Advanced to pay £3M fine following 2022 ransomware attack
NHS vendor Advanced will pay just over £3 million ($3.8 million) in fines for not implementing basic security measures before it suffered a ransomware attack in 2022, the U.K.’s data protection regulator has confirmed. It’s half the fine that the Information Commissioner’s Office had initially sought in August 2024, when the data watchdog said it…
Intel, Dell-backed AI startup appoints new CTO
Sastry Malladi brings over 30 years of experience and will oversee the product and engineering division.
The best budget Android phone for 2025
Not everyone needs to spend a fortune to get a mobile phone that does everything they want. The best budget Android phones prove you can snag a new phone with great performance, solid build quality and all the key features you actually care about — without the hefty price tag. You might not get a…
Amazon’s big spring sale continues, and we found the 85 best deals
Just as flower buds are beginning to bloom to mark the seasonal shift toward warmer months, Amazon is hosting its first big sales event of 2025. The Big Spring Sale, as it is known, is live, and runs through Monday, March 31st, bringing with it a slew of discounts on gardening supplies, bedding, and other…
The open source Model Context Protocol was just updated — here’s why it’s a big deal
An updated version of the MCP spec introduced key upgrades to make AI agents more secure, capable and interoperable.Read More
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