Bloomberg:
A look at the collapse of Stenn, an invoice financing startup that got major banks to unwittingly fund millions in suspect payments and was last valued at $900M  —  Big banks like Citigroup and Natixis thought they were backing a $1 billion fintech darling.

Last year, NN Group and Rubio Impact Ventures launched the NN Social Innovation Startup Award providing grants and mentoring to startups to tackle mental, physical, and financial well-being challenges with tech-backed solutions. Over 360 startups applied. Based on the success of the first edition, NN Group and Rubio Impact Ventures will be hosting a second edition of the NN Social Innovation Startup Award at TNW2025 on June 19, 2025 in Amsterdam. The winning startups will receive a grant and year-long coaching opportunities—with tailored resources, networking, and support (Psst the application deadline is April 30th, so apply now!). Bringing our world…

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New York Times:
Videos on TikTok, Instagram, and other apps urging US consumers to buy directly from Chinese factories are surging in popularity, racking up millions of views  —  Videos on the social media app, filmed at factories in China, urge viewers to buy luxury goods directly, as tariffs drive up prices.

Reece Rogers / Wired:
Q&A with Margaret Mitchell, an AI ethics researcher at Hugging Face, on the SHADES dataset, designed to test AI models for bias in languages beyond English  —  Margaret Mitchell, an AI ethics researcher at Hugging Face, tells WIRED about a new dataset designed to test AI models for bias in multiple languages.

Victoria Song / The Verge:
Hands-on with Cluely's “cheat on everything” tool: the AI can't intuit what the user needs despite being given prior context and takes long to give a response  —  Tech evangelists have been yammering about “working smarter, not harder” for years.