ClearGrid, armed with a fresh $10M, is developing AI to improve debt collection in MENA

ClearGrid, armed with a fresh $10M, is developing AI to improve debt collection in MENA

Debt collection in emerging markets often feels outdated and can be costly — damaging borrower trust. As consumer lending surges and regulators push for fairer practices, legacy collection outfits are struggling to maintain pace. ClearGrid aims to help modernize debt collection — and recovery — with AI. The Dubai-based startup, which is emerging from stealth…

Zelensky says lasting peace achievable this year after he and Trump hail ‘positive’ call

Zelensky says lasting peace achievable this year after he and Trump hail ‘positive’ call

US President Donald Trump has held what he described as a “very good” hour-long phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after speaking to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Zelensky said afterwards that he believed that “lasting peace can be achieved this year” under Trump’s leadership. They also discussed possible US ownership of…

Netflix CEO Says He'd Work With Emilia Perez’s Karla Sofia Gascon Again Despite Scandal

Netflix CEO Says He'd Work With Emilia Perez’s Karla Sofia Gascon Again Despite Scandal

Zoe Saldaña as Rita Moro Castro in Emilia Pèrez. PAGE 114 – WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS – PATHÉ FILMS Emilia Pérez leads the pack of 2025 Oscar hopefuls with a whopping 13 nominations, but the movie has faced several different controversies. Karla Sofía Gascón is at the center of the musical drama as a powerful Mexican…

Is Joshua Waiting For Fury? Injury Delay Sparks Rumors Of Strategic Holdout For ‘Battle Of Britain

Is Joshua Waiting For Fury? Injury Delay Sparks Rumors Of Strategic Holdout For ‘Battle Of Britain

Promoter Eddie Hearn says Anthony Joshua is dealing with an injury to the “top half of his body” that will keep him out of the ring until late summer. Hearn has been all over the place, talking about different comeback opponents for the two-time heavyweight champion Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs). The one constant name that…

X users treating Grok like a fact-checker spark concerns over misinformation

X users treating Grok like a fact-checker spark concerns over misinformation

Some users on Elon Musk’s X are turning to Musk’s AI bot Grok for fact-checking, raising concerns among human fact-checkers that this could fuel misinformation. Earlier this month, X enabled users to call out xAI’s Grok and ask questions on different things. The move was similar to Perplexity, which has been running an automated account…

Istanbul mayor and Erdogan presidential rival arrested

Istanbul mayor and Erdogan presidential rival arrested

Selin Girit & Toby Luckhurst & Hafsa Khalil BBC News Watch: Istanbul mayor says he’s ‘facing intimidation’ in video message Turkish authorities have detained the mayor of Istanbul, just days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate. Ekrem Imamoglu, from the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP), is seen as one of…

Cassie Responds to Kanye West’s Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Tweets

Cassie Responds to Kanye West’s Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Tweets

Cassie weighed in on Kanye West’s ongoing defense of Sean “Diddy” Combs after West shared tweets in support of the disgraced music mogul. Cassie, 38, reshared The Shade Room’s post via her Instagram Story on Wednesday, March 19, which included a pic of Playboi Carti. The post featured a screenshot from Carti’s X account, which…

Eubank Jr. Vs. Benn: A PPV Built For UK Fans, Ignoring The World

Eubank Jr. Vs. Benn: A PPV Built For UK Fans, Ignoring The World

The undercard for the April 26th Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn event has been revealed. It’s 100% slanted toward domestic-level fighters from the UK. The event will be shown on DAZN PPV. UK Focus To get fans outside of the UK interested in this event, there needs to be a stacked undercard to make…

The Boeing Starliner astronauts have returned to Earth after nine long months stuck in space—but their $150,000 salary won’t come with overtime

The Boeing Starliner astronauts have returned to Earth after nine long months stuck in space—but their $150,000 salary won’t come with overtime

The internet has been rife with second-hand anxiety over the Boeing Starliner astronauts’ being stranded in space for nine months. They initially launched their test flight in June 2024, anticipating the trip would only take over a week. But after several of Boeing’s Starliner capsule Calypso’s thrusters failed during docking, the two astronauts were stuck…