World-ranked heavyweight Lawrence Okolie has offered to spar Jake Paul to prepare him for his fight with Anthony Joshua. Okolie is a former world champion at cruiserweight and also in the new ‘bridgerweight’ division. He’s currently the No 1 ranked heavyweight contender with the WBC. He’s known Joshua for a long-time and from the early … Read more
Data intelligence company Databricks is reportedly already in talks to raise fresh capital, just a few months after its last fundraise. Databricks is holding conversations to raise a funding round that values the company at a minimum of $130 billion, according to reporting from The Information. The company hasn’t signed a term sheet yet, the … Read more
Mohamed Salah, Victor Osimhen, Achraf Hakimi and… Tylon Smith? It is certainly possible a 20-year-old defender yet to make a senior league appearance at QPR could join that list of star players in winning an African Youth Player of the Year award. Smith was nominated after helping steer South Africa to victory at the U20 … Read more
With consumers increasingly asking questions of ChatGPT — not Google — product discovery is changing. And the promise to give brands visibility and control over this fast-growing search channel has made Peec AI one of Europe’s hottest startups. Just four months after its Seed round led by 20VC, the Berlin-based startup has raised a $21 … Read more
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase has been suspended without pay for one game for spitting on Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Jalen Ramsey. Chase spat on Ramsey during a confrontation in the fourth quarter of the Steelers’ 34-12 win on Sunday. Ramsey then grabbed Chase by his face mask and punched him, which resulted in his … Read more
Facebook creators are getting a new tool to help them protect their work from being ripped off by others. On Monday, Meta introduced Facebook content protection, a mobile tool designed to detect when a creator’s original reels posted to Facebook are being used without their permission. If the creator is alerted that someone else is … Read more
When Craig Bellamy was unveiled as Wales’ new head coach in the summer of 2024 he had an overriding mission – not just his personal ambition, but one his new employer really wants and needs. Lead Wales to the 2026 World Cup finals. Hope and expectation are now more aligned than ever. Merely hoping to … Read more
Sequoia-backed fintech platform Aspora, which lets the Indian diaspora send money back to India, is launching a new feature for users to pay bills. This means Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) can pay utility bills or recharge their mobile prepaid plans for their family. The startup said that until now, users had to either transfer the money … Read more
“We’ve got another very, very good thing that we can achieve together.” Understated as ever, Steve Clarke is refusing to get caught up in the nerves and hype of Scotland being potentially on the verge of qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since 1998. The task against Denmark on Tuesday night is … Read more
Flatpay, which facilitates card payments for SMBs, has joined the ranks of European fintech unicorns — or startups valued at more than $1 billion — a milestone that has driven some of the region’s biggest exits. These include competitors like Adyen, a Dutch payment processing giant that remains far ahead in scale. However, Flatpay’s fresh … Read more
