Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Tracxn: VC funding for Indian startups fell 17%+ YoY to $10.5B in 2025 across 1,518 deals, down ~39% YoY; AI startups raised $643M, up 4% YoY, across 100 deals  —  India's startup ecosystem raised nearly $11 billion in 2025, but investors wrote far fewer checks and grew more selective …

Broadway alum Imani Dia Smith, who played Young Nala in "The Lion King," was found slain just days before Christmas. Now, a suspect is in custody.

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Martha Muir / Financial Times:
US data center developers, facing grid access wait times of up to seven years, are turning to aeroderivative turbines and diesel generators to power the AI boom  —  Supply chain shortages drive developers to use smaller and less efficient power sources to fuel AI power demand

Pranav Mukul / The Economic Times:
Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto confidentially files for a ~$1.3B India IPO; Zepto raised $450M at a $7B valuation in October 2025  —  The listing is planned for the July-September quarter of 2026.  In October, the quick commerce major had closed a $450 million round, valuing it at $7 billion.

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Ubisoft reopens Rainbow Six Siege after shutting down the server amid a breach exploiting the game's internal systems, and says the Marketplace remains closed  —  Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege (R6) suffered a breach that allowed hackers to abuse internal systems to ban and unban players …