DataLane, a New York City based company specialising in identity graph services for local businesses, has raised $22.5 million in a Series A round led by Amplify Partners. With total funding now at $27 million, the company will invest in product development, AI and engineering talent, and go-to-market expansion to strengthen accurate, real-time business identity data solutions.

Agentic AI platform Koyal's Co-Founder Gauri Agarwal was seen fixing a "critical bug" ten minutes after her own wedding. Sharing a picture of the moment on X, her brother, Mehul Agarwal wrote, "Parents yelled at both of us…When people ask why we won, I'll point to this." Reacting to post, a user wrote, "Do you know how cringe this sounds?"

A recent study by Counterpoint Research said the average selling prices (ASPs) for smartphones will increase next year by 6.9% worldwide. The predicted 6.9% spike in smartphone prices for 2026 is driven by a critical global shortage of RAM and needed infrastructure for AI. However, Apple and Samsung are best positioned to weather the next few quarters, report said.

Amazon will lay off 370 employees in Luxembourg in the coming weeks, marking the largest round of layoffs in the country in more than twenty years. The job cuts will affect about 8.5% of Amazon’s workforce in Luxembourg, where it employs roughly 4,370 people. Amazon reduced the number of job cuts from 470 to 370 after discussion with employee representatives.

Seven Indian unicorn startups were added in 2025. As per Tracxn report, the new entrants are Juspay, JSW One MSME, Drools, Jumbotail, Navi, AI.TECH and Raise. These additions span payments, B2B commerce, consumer brands, fintech and artificial intelligence, reflecting steady and selective investor confidence in scalable Indian startups despite a cautious funding environment.

US millionaire entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has claimed that he is still the same biological age as he was a year ago and will try to achieve "immortality" by 2039. Calling it an "absolutely insane moment", he shared his six-year-old journey, adding that his body "largely operates at elite 18-year-old levels". Johnson reportedly spends ₹18 crore/year on his age-reversal.

Chinese chipmaker company MetaX Integrated Circuits witnessed its shares surge by 755% on its stock market debut on Wednesday. MetaX opened at 700 yuan a share in Shanghai, over IPO price of 104.66 yuan before surging as high as 895 yuan. MetaX, which raised $585.8 million in its IPO, saw its retail investors' portion getting subscribed nearly 3,000 times.

US President Donald Trump's $100,000 (over ₹90 lakh) fee for new H-1B workers hired from outside US could have punishing effects for IT outsourcing and staffing industries. A Bloomberg News analysis found it could have disproportionate impact on multinational staffing firms that act as middlemen for companies seeking H-1B workers. Those middlemen include TCS, Infosys and Cognizant, said reports.

Meta is starting to test Instagram for TV, which brings Reels to the big screen. Instagram for TV is currently available in US on Amazon Fire TV devices and will expand to more countries and devices in the future. Users can set up this through settings and activity menu in the mobile app and can add up to five accounts.

Apple's iPhone 17e series will feature a MagSafe that will support faster and magnetic wireless charging, The Information reported. Notably, iPhone 16e was limited to Qi wireless charging at slower speed and was not a magnetic system. iPhone 17e will be equipped with Apple's second-generation C1X modem for cellular connectivity and is expected to launch in mid-first quarter of 2026.