Orchids, the Y Combinator W25 #AI-powered IDE and app builder, has officially rebranded to Bud and is now positioning itself as “the first agent with a full computer.”

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$300M Startup Delve Dropped by Y Combinator After Compliance Scandal Claims Y Combinator has removed Delve from its network following allegations of fake SOC 2 compliance reports and trust concerns. Here’s what we know so far.

Y Combinator just kicked out Delve, a $300M startup.
Now, allegations are surfacing:

Fake SOC 2 reports
Copy-pasted compliance docs
Questionable practices

Delve denies it, calling it a “targeted attack.”

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Auto Draft Meta is preparing to test a new wave of paid subscriptions that could change how users interact with its most popular apps. The company confirmed...

Meta is preparing to test a new wave of paid subscriptions that could change how users interact with its most popular apps.

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Meta Appoints Former Trump Adviser Dina Powell McCormick as President and Vice Chairman - Villpress Meta Platforms announced on January 12, 2026, that it has named Dina Powell McCormick as its new president and vice chairman, tapping the former Trump

Powell McCormick, who served as deputy national security adviser under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018, will join Meta’s management team

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Nigeria Tax Reforms Force MTN to Pause MTN Nigeria Stake Sale Nigeria’s capital gains tax hike has forced MTN Group to pause its planned sell-down of MTN Nigeria, stalling a major local ownership push.

MTN Group has paused plans to sell down an 11% stake in MTN Nigeria after capital gains tax jumped from 10% to 30%.

The move, meant to close loopholes, is now discouraging large equity deals,

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Netflix Leads 2026 Golden Globes With Seven Wins, Highlighted by 'Adolescence' Sweep - Villpress Netflix's haul underscores its continued investment in original programming, following a strong 2025 awards season. The full list of winners is available on

Netflix emerged as the top winner at the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2026, securing seven trophies across its slate of original content.

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Terra Industries Raises $11.75M to Build Africa’s First Defense Tech Prime Terra Industries, a Nigerian defense tech startup, raises $11.75M to build Africa’s first homegrown defense prime for drones, surveillance, and security.

Terra Industries, a #Nigerian defense tech #startup , has raised $11.75M in seed funding to build Africa’s first homegrown, vertically integrated defense tech prime.

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Nigeria’s new tax laws are well written.
The reforms are structured, detailed, and professionally designed.
Many ordinary Nigerians, market women, farmers, small traders, POS agents,

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Sterling Bank Partners with Thunes to Boost Diaspora Remittances in Nigeria - Villpress In a fresh push to grab a bigger slice of Nigeria's massive remittance market, Sterling Bank has teamed up with global payments firm Thunes. Announced on

Sterling Bank has teamed up with global payments firm Thunes. Announced on January 6, 2026, this deal lets Nigerians abroad send money straight to Sterling accounts faster, cheaper, and more easily from Europe.

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Foreign Tech Workers Avoid Travel to US Amid Visa Laws - Villpress In a growing trend that's hitting the tech industry hard, foreign tech workers are steering clear of travel to the United States due to tough new immigration

Foreign tech workers are steering clear of travel to the United States due to tough new immigration rules under the Trump administration.

This shift, highlighted in reports from late 2025, stems from fears of visa denials, long delays,

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Cheap Solar Is Changing Lives and Economies in Africa - Villpress In a big shift powered by falling prices, cheap solar panels from China are helping people and businesses across Africa get reliable energy. This is cutting

A recent report from the energy think tank Ember shows that Africa imported over 15 gigawatts of solar panels from China in the 12 months ending June 2025,

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Cybersecurity Workers Plead Guilty to Running Ransomware Attacks - Villpress In a shocking twist that shows how even the good guys can go bad, two former employees from cybersecurity companies have admitted to helping a big hacking

Two men, Ryan Clifford Goldberg, 33, from Watkinsville, Georgia, and Kevin Tyler Martin, 28, from Roanoke, Texas. Goldberg worked as an incident response supervisor at Sygnia, a cybersecurity firm based in Israel with offices in the US.

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GEEKCon has hosted 17 events, and this one focused on real-world dangers in technology, such as robots. Researchers Qu Shipei and Xu Zikai from the cybersecurity group DARKNAVY led the demo.

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Trust Wallet Launches $7M Reimbursement Program After Chrome Extension Hack — Experts Call It an “APT-Level” Breach - Villpress Trust Wallet is rolling out a full compensation program for users hit by a holiday-season Chrome extension hack that drained roughly $7 million in crypto. The

Trust Wallet is reimbursing $7M after its Chrome extension was hacked over Christmas. Compensation is now LIVE.

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Over 20% of YouTube's Recommendations to Newbies Are AI-Generated Video, Kapwing Study Reveals - Villpress A new report from video-editing startup Kapwing has pulled back the curtain on YouTube's algorithmic underbelly, revealing that more than 20% of videos pushed

AI slop alert: Less than 20% of YouTube recommendations to new users are low-effort AI junk, per Kapwing study. 278 channels = 63B views, 221M subs, $117M/yr revenue. #AI #YouTube

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Non-technical founders are building AI products faster than ever. But guess what?
Most of those products fall apart before they ever reach real users.

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OpenAI 2026 Residency: Scouting the Next Wave of AI Trailblazers - Villpress As the AI hype cycle shows no signs of slowing, OpenAI is ramping up its talent hunt with the 2026 Residency program, a six-month deep dive aimed at spotting

As the AI hype cycle shows no signs of slowing, OpenAI is ramping up its talent hunt with the 2026 Residency program, a six-month deep dive aimed at spotting and supercharging the next generation of AI innovators.

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Morocco's TravelTech scene is exploding, turning from a tourism hotspot into Africa's innovation lab! In 2024, 17.4M arrivals boosted GDP by 7%

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Villgro Africa Announces New Eye Health Accelerator with Funding Up to $250,000 - Villpress Villgro Africa, working alongside The Fred Hollows Foundation, has officially opened applications for its Eye Health Innovation Accelerator 2026, a major

Villgro Africa, in partnership with The Fred Hollows Foundation, has opened applications for the Eye Health Innovation Accelerator 2026, offering $100,000–$250,000 in funding to African startups.

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How a Lagos Teacher Is Quietly Building One of Africa’s Most Promising EdTech Platform Called MOTBIN - Villpress Today, he is the founder of MOTBIN, an emerging EdTech platform based in Lagos, one that is quietly transforming how young Africans learn.

After over 10 years in the classroom, Timothy Obinna O. saw a painful truth:
Students don’t fail because they’re dull; they fail because the system doesn’t guide them.

Today, MOTBIN has helped 1,200+ students across Nigeria and beyond,

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70 US AI Startups Raising $100M+ in 2025 Mega-Funding Wave Explore the 70 US AI startups that raised $100M+ in 2025, shaping the future of AI across healthcare, robotics, infrastructure, and generative media.

We have spent the last twelve months tracking the capital torrent pouring into Silicon Valley (and, increasingly, Pittsburgh, New York, and Seattle), and the numbers are frankly numbing.

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Seven Years On, Airbus Still Struggles to Break Free from Microsoft Office - Villpress In a story that has sparked global tech conversations, Airbus is once again in the spotlight for its prolonged and complicated effort to move away from

After announcing its migration to Google Workspace back in 2018, Airbus is still unable to fully ditch Microsoft Office. A new report reveals why the transition remains incomplete after seven years,

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AWS Unveils ‘Accelerated Recovery’ to Strengthen Route 53 DNS Reliability in US East-1 - Villpress Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Accelerated Recovery, a new DNS resiliency feature for Amazon Route 53 designed to boost reliability in the frequently

🚨 AWS launches Accelerated Recovery for Route 53!
A new feature promising 60-min DNS recovery during US East-1 outages.
Free. Opt-in. Replicates zones to US West-2.
A big win for uptime. 🔥

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Paystack co-founder Ezra Olubi has alleged that the company wrongfully terminated his employment amid ongoing sexual-misconduct accusations, claiming the process violated internal policies he helped design.

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Verizon Confirms Historic Layoffs: Over 13,000 Jobs Cut in Major Restructuring Push - Villpress Verizon Communications Inc. officially confirmed the largest single round of layoffs in the company’s history. In an internal memo sent to staff, CEO Dan

Verizon Communications Inc. officially confirmed the largest single round of layoffs in the company’s history. In an internal memo sent to staff, CEO Dan Schulman announced the elimination of more than 13,000 positions,

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Major Leap for Quantum Internet: Scientists Teleport Data Between Different "Islands" of Light - Villpress quantum internet: Scientists successfully teleported information between two different quantum dots, solving a key frequency hurdle

A study, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, details how a team at the University of Stuttgart managed to bridge the gap between two distinct “quantum dots”,

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Warner Music and Udio Turn Conflict Into Collaboration in AI Music Shift - Villpress In a development that could reshape the power dynamics of AI-generated music, Warner Music Group (WMG) has quietly settled its copyright lawsuit against AI

Warner Music Group (WMG) has quietly settled its copyright lawsuit against AI music startup Udio and, in a surprising twist, signed a licensing deal that will make the company a partner rather than an adversary.

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#Spotify has officially acquired #WhoSampled, the community-driven database known for tracking sampled music, remixes, covers, and artist connections.

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Adobe Acquires Semrush for $1.9 Billion to Expand Its AI-Driven Marketing Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Semrush Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SEMR) in an all-cash deal valued

Adobe announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Semrush Holdings, Inc. in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $1.9 billion, or $12.00 per share.

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Spotify Acquires WhoSampled, Expanding Its Music Data Power - Villpress Spotify has officially acquired WhoSampled, the community-driven database known for tracking sampled music, remixes, covers, and artist connections. The

Spotify has officially acquired WhoSampled, the community-driven database known for tracking sampled music, remixes, covers, and artist connections.

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