Spott has raised $3.2 million in seed funding to build an AI-native platform that promises to transform how recruitment agencies operate. The San Francisco-based startup announced the funding round today, led by Base10 Partners with participation from Y Combinator, Fortino, True Equity, and several angel investors. The capital injection follows Spott’s recent completion of Y Combinator’s…
India’s cryptocurrency industry is ramping up pressure on the government to reduce harsh tax policies, seizing on growing optimism fueled by global political shifts—particularly the potential return of Donald Trump to the White House.
Industry executives say engagement…
A string of violent abduction attempts targeting crypto elites has rocked France, sparking national security concerns and urgent industry warnings.
France Charges 24 in Multi-Million Euro Crypto Kidnapping Conspiracy
French authorities disclosed Tuesday that 24 individuals…
Thailand is weighing a potential leap into regulated crypto services and blockchain bond tokens, signaling growing openness to digital finance while maintaining strict oversight safeguards.
Thailand Weighs Crypto-Linked Services Under Tight Controls
Thailand may explore ways to link cryptocurrency with certain services under strict oversight, Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira stated during an…
Cargo e-bikes have long been a staple in European cities, seamlessly blending utility with eco-friendly transportation. Now, the U.S. is catching up, not just in adoption but in celebration.
Believe it or not, a country long known for chrome and exhaust-filled car shows will…
BYD starts a new EV price war in China
May 28, 2025
BYD has triggered another EV price war in China by slashing the price of several models, sending the stocks of local EV automakers sinking.
China is the largest auto market in the world. It is also the largest and most competitive electric vehicle market since Chinese…
A new subsidy for electric school buses in Quebec has given flailing electric bus and truck manufacturer Lion Electric a fresh commercial forecast and a raft of fresh pile of real estate cash to swim around in.
Lion Electric has racked up nearly $250 million in debts, laid off hundreds of employees in two countries, and left several school districts on the hook with uncertain POs or, in some…
Basketball has March Madness. Tech has the Consumer Electronics Show. AI has been waiting for its big moment—and this week may finally be it. With Microsoft’s Build and Google’s I/O developer conferences happening back-to-back, it was already primed to be a big week.
In the first generation of the web, back in the late 1990s, search was okay but not great, and it wasn’t easy to find things. That led to the rise of syndication protocols in the early 2000s, with Atom and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) providing a simplified way for…
As AI advances toward expanded capabilities, knowledge workers are confronting not just job loss, but the deeper question of what makes them matter.
Fortune published the story of a 42-year-old software engineer with a computer science degree whose purpose has unraveled. He had earned a six-figure salary writing code for a tech company. Then came the wave of generative AI. His job vanished, not by…
