The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely co-founder and CEO Roy Lee shared with TechCrunch last summer was a lie, Lee admitted on Thursday on X. Wrote Lee, this “is the only blatantly dishonest thing i’ve said publicly online, so this is my formal retraction. ” Yet his …

A typical merger-and-acquisition process is time-consuming and expensive, even for the largest, well-staffed private equity firms. In addition to spending countless hours meeting with senior executives of potential targets and modeling financial outcomes, these groups spend millions of dollars on external advisers: accountants, lawyers, and management consultants. Since expenses for …

Dario Amodei said Thursday that Anthropic plans to challenge the Department of Defense’s decision to label the AI firm a supply-chain risk in court, a designation he has called “legally unsound. ” The statement comes a few hours after the DOD officially designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk following a weeks-long …

PM stands by decision not to join strikes on Iran and sends more jets to Qatar 11 hours ago Emily McGarvey Sir Keir Starmer has said he stands by his decision not to join the initial US-Israel strikes on Iran on Saturday, and said talks would be the best way …

Destruction in Beirut after overnight strikes The Israeli military said it began "a wave of strikes” hours after telling civilians living in a large swathe of southern Lebanon to leave their homes immediately. Middle East Watch: Heavy gunfire heard as BBC reports from border of Israel and Lebanon From the …

11 hours ago Hugo BachegaMiddle East correspondent, Tel Aviv A sense of normality is slowly returning to Israel, even as large-scale Israeli-American attacks on Iran show no sign of abating, and as Israel expands its air bombardment and ground invasion of Lebanon in its offensive against the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah. …

'PM vows to shield Brits' and 'Panic in Dubai' 5 hours ago Share Save Share Save Many of Friday's papers continue to focus on Sir Keir Starmer's response to conflict in the Middle East. Metro says the prime minister has promised to send four additional Typhoon jets to Qatar to …

The Winter Paralympics will feature almost 660 athletes from 50 countries competing for 79 medals at Milan-Cortina. Competitors will take part in six sports - Para-Alpine skiing, Para-biathlon, Para-cross-country skiing, Para-ice hockey, Para-snowboard and wheelchair curling. Great Britain's team features 25 athletes - a mix of seasoned campaigners and talented …

This week, the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran, Bill and Hillary Clinton gave evidence about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and 11-year-old Tony Hudgell won his fight for a new child safety register. But how much attention did you pay to what else happened in the world …

Flight logs and hot tub photo among key moments from Bill Clinton's deposition The former US president, who is featured in photographs within the Epstein files, denies having any knowledge of the convicted sex offender's crimes. US & Canada Joe Biden takes selfies with passengers as he takes commercial flight …