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Signal is down for many users right now. Its status website says the encrypted messaging app is “experiencing technical difficulties” and many people are getting an in-app error message that says the same thing. The company says it is “working hard to restore service as quickly as possible.” TechCrunch has contacted Signal for comment. Signal’s […]

Ascend Money, a Thailand-based fintech startup behind TrueMoney, an e-wallet service, announced today it has raised a $150 million Series C round at a valuation of $1.5 billion. The Series C round was led by Charoen Pokphand Group, which is a major shareholder of Ascend Money, with participation from Bow Wave Capital Management and returning […]

After working as an investment banker in Canada for a decade, Halima Iqbal moved back to Pakistan in 2017 and quickly realized how difficult it is for women to access financial services. “I had a really hard time opening up a basic bank account. It took me about three and a half months,” Iqbal told […]

Covid-19 really put the kibosh on live events in the last 18 months, but in the world of tech, it also meant that live event startups that found a way to survive and grow throughout the period got a lot of attention. In the latest development, Dice — a London company that has built a […]

Aspire, the Singapore-based neobank that wants to become an “end-to-end financial operating system” for Southeast Asian businesses, is moving closer to its aspirations with a $158 million Series B. The round consisted of $58 million in equity and $100 million in debt, and was led by an undisclosed growth equity investor, with participation from DST […]

A view of Pfizer signage in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Live Nation) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 7:16 PM PT – Sunday, September 26, 2021 Pfizer has moved forward with efforts in making children eligible to take its coronavirus vaccine. Speaking with ABC’s This Week on Sunday, company CEO Albert Bourla said […]

(L-R) Parliamentary group co-leader and top candidate of Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AFD) party Alice Weidel, leader and top candidate of Germany’s free democratic FDP party Christian Lindner, leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party and Bavaria’s State Premier Markus Soeder, leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and candidate for […]

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 5:50 PM PT – Sunday, September 26, 2021 The Deep State has appeared to still be firmly opposed to President Trump amid the speculation of his possible run for presidency in 2024. In an ABC interview on Sunday, former senior DHS official Brian Murphy accused the 45th president of “spreading disinformation” and […]

First responders gather at a funeral home to pay respects to Gabby Petito on September 26, 2021 in Holbrook, New York. As the search continues into a second week in Florida to find Brian Laundrie, who is a person of interest, the family of Gabby Petito is holding a public funeral in her hometown of […]

Ninja Van, a Singapore-based logistics startup, has closed a $578 million Series E round to support its operations infrastructure and technology systems growth. Investors include China’s Alibaba Group as well as existing investors DPDgroup’s GeoPost, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Savering’s B Capital Group, Monk’s Hill Ventures, and Zamrud, a sovereign wealth fund controlled by Brunei, based on its […]

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 4:20 PM PT – Sunday, September 26, 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin took a break from high politics as he spent a quiet weekend in the forest of Siberia. Video footage released by the Kremlin on Sunday, showed Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu hiking in the woods, fishing and engaging […]

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 4:33 PM PT – Sunday, September 26, 2021 Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker discusses the “America of today,” running for Senate and one of the bigger issues threatening the country on Saturday at President Trump’s “Save America Rally” in Georgia. One America’s Caitlin Sinclair has more. MORE NEWS: Sen. Chase Discusses Maricopa County […]

Taliban fighters stand guard on the backdrop of shops selling antiques and decorative merchandise at Chicken Street in Kabul on September 26, 2021.(Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 4:20 PM PT – Sunday, September 26, 2021 Former National Security Adviser John Bolton has stirred up the latest fears of war with […]

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on September 25, 2021 in Perry, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 3:38 PM PT – Sunday, September 26, 2021 President Trump’s rally in Perry, Georgia posted major attendance numbers in a good sign for the GOP ahead of 2022 midterms. According to local media, […]

Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, right, is joined by Sen. Warren Petersen, prior to the Arizona Senate Republican hearing on the review findings of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County at the Arizona Capitol, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 3:19 PM PT – Sunday, September 26, […]

Richard Tsoi (C), a former standing committee member of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, speaks to the media after police officers from the National Security Department raided the June 4 museum dedicated to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images) OAN […]

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 2:31 PM PT – Sunday, September 26, 2021 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) shifted her messaging around the reconciliation package. Going on the weekend talk show circuit on Sunday, […]

Border Patrol agents use horses to patrol along the banks of the Rio Grande which is the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 1:25 PM PT – Sunday, September 26, 2021 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) promised to hire the Border Patrol agents in the widely circulated […]

Jeffrey Feltman speaks during a press conference in the Libyan capital Tripoli on January 10, 2018. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 1:00 PM PT – Sunday, September 26, 2021 The White House is sending a special U.S. envoy in response to possible political instability in Sudan. According to a recent White House […]

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, speaks during a news conference at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 10:14 AM PT – Sunday, September 26, 2021 CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said children should be able to safely celebrate Halloween this year as long as they stay outside. In an interview […]