Village in the Shadows skillfully blends life simulation with otherworldly horror elements.

Life simulation games that allow players to retreat to a rustic countryside—enjoying a relaxed, self-sufficient existence on a farm—are far from rare. In fact, the genre is packed with excellent titles, meaning any new entry following this formula must offer something truly compelling to stand out. At first glance, Village in the Shade—the latest release … Read more

WhatsApp is reportedly developing a new settings menu for Android users.

WhatsApp is reportedly developing a redesigned settings menu for Android, which uses rounded-corner containers to group related options. The new layout follows Google’s “Material Design 3” (Expressive) design language, altering how individual settings are displayed on the screen. This design is expected to be applied to sections such as “Account,” “Privacy,” and “Notifications.” However, the … Read more

Y Combinator-backed Firstwork has secured $15 million in funding to expand its footprint in the United States and Europe.

US-based HR tech startup Firstwork has raised $15 million (over 142 crore rupees) in a Series A funding round led by Earlybird Venture Capital. The company intends to use the capital to expand its AI-driven workforce automation platform across the United States and Europe. The round also saw participation from Legion VC and Deel Ventures, … Read more

Google has resolved a cloud service outage that affected banks and websites in the UK.

Google Cloud stated that an outage at its UK cloud site—which disrupted services for British banks, businesses, and courts—has been resolved. As one of a handful of major cloud computing providers, the company’s infrastructure and services underpin numerous online platforms. Earlier on Tuesday, the company reported “issues with multiple services” at its “europe-west2” data center … Read more

FY2026 Financial Tracking Report: Monitoring the Financial Performance of Indian Startups

In the 2026 fiscal year, India’s startup ecosystem continued to mature, with 22 emerging tech companies going public—up from 13 in the 2025 fiscal year. Meanwhile, an increasing number of startups have achieved profitability or neared the break-even point, following years of cost-rationalization efforts tailored to a new, more challenging funding environment. Although many startups … Read more

How a 19-Year-Old Built a $30M AI App Using an Army of Broke College Influencers

Most teenagers spend their first years out of high school figuring out their college major. Zach Yadegari spent his building a viral consumer app empire. At just 19 years old, Yadegari has already scaled an AI-powered calorie-tracking app from zero to over $30 million in revenue in barely two years—culminating in a major acquisition by … Read more

Floating Sensors, Smarter Predictions: How Autonomous Balloon Swarms and AI Are Disrupting Weather Intelligence

For decades, numerical weather prediction relied almost exclusively on standard physics engines running complex differential equations on massive government supercomputers. While effective, these models hit a bottleneck: they are extremely expensive to compute, computationally slow, and often constrained by limited atmospheric observations over vast, remote ocean regions. That paradigm is undergoing a massive shift—driven by … Read more