US fintech Tala secures $150m debt facility
Tala has over 3 million clients in Mexico and issued more than US$500 million in loans in the country in 2024.
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‘Careless People’ hits the top of the New York Times bestseller list
It looks like Meta’s campaign to bury a dishy, tell-all memoir from a former employee isn’t exactly working. In fact, it seems that the company’s legal maneuvers to block the book have had the exact opposite intended effect. Careless People has debuted at on the New York Times bestseller list. It’s also spent much of…
The best wireless earbuds of 2025
It’s hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you look, now is as good of a time as any to splurge on the pair you’ve been eyeing. The market has come a long way since the early era of true wireless earbuds when we…
Monster Hunter Wilds smashes February sales, numbers still in the red | Circana
Monster Hunter Wilds is the big success story of February, according to Circana’s charts, though overall industry sales are still in decline.Read More
FDA to increase testing for heavy metals in infant formula
The FDA will review the safety and nutritional value of infant formula after alarming test results from consumer advocacy groups. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is honing in on infant formula in his food safety review.
Nvidia reportedly acquires synthetic data startup Gretel
Nvidia has reportedly acquired Gretel, a San Diego-based startup that’s developed a platform to generate synthetic AI training data. Terms of the acquisition are unknown. The price tag was said to be nine figures, exceeding Gretel’s most recent valuation of $320 million, according to Wired. Gretel and its team of roughly 80 employees will be folded…
Mistral AI partners with Singapore’s Defense Ministry
The partnership will develop genAI models to enhance decision-making and mission planning within the Singapore Armed Forces.
The EU's new charges against Google could lead to at least $35 billion in fines
The EU is moving forward with competition-based regulatory actions against Google and Apple. The European Commission (EC) announced two preliminary charges against Google for failing to comply with Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations related to Google Search and the Play Store, which could lead to fines of $35 billion. The regulatory body also ordered Apple…
How the EU’s DMA is changing Big Tech: all of the news and updates
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) has come into force, and it’s meant that some of the world’s biggest tech companies are having to make major changes to how they operate. The law, which is designed to increase competition in the EU’s digital markets, designates some large online companies and their services as “gatekeepers.”…
Beyond RAG: SEARCH-R1 integrates search engines directly into reasoning models
SEARCH-R1 trains LLMs to gradually think and conduct online search as they generate answers for reasoning problems.Read More