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UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours
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11.05.2026

UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours

FoI responses collected by insurer show brigades tackled 1,760 battery-linked fires in 2025, up 147% in three yearsFire brigades across the UK are tackling lithium-ion battery fires at a rate of one every five hours, figures show, as fire chiefs warn that public awareness and government regulation have not kept pace with the ubiquity of this new hazard.Lithium-ion batteries power most rechargeable devices including mobile phones, electric toothbrushes, toys and vapes, as well as ebikes, e-scooters and electric vehicles. Continue reading...

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Guardian UK
Skio, Y Combinator-Backed Subscription Payments Startup, Acquired by Recharge
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01.05.2026AI özeti

Skio, Y Combinator-Backed Subscription Payments Startup, Acquired by Recharge

Skio, a 2020 Y Combinator alum that handled subscription payments for brands, has been acquired by competitor Recharge. Founder Kennan Frost, who left his engineering job at Pinterest during COVID after a panic attack, posted that the company walked with $105 million cash having raised only $8 million. At the time of sale, Skio had reached $32 million ARR and processed $4 billion in payments. Frost is now working on a new startup called Icon.

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TechCrunch
WhatsApp Adds Prepaid Mobile Recharges in India to Boost Payments
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Business·23.04.2026AI özeti

WhatsApp Adds Prepaid Mobile Recharges in India to Boost Payments

WhatsApp is partnering with fintech firm PayU to roll out prepaid mobile phone recharges in India, allowing users to top up numbers for Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea directly within the app. The feature will roll out over the next two weeks. Despite having over 500 million users in India and launching payments in 2020, WhatsApp remains a marginal player in the country's UPI-based digital payments market, processing 130 million transactions in March compared to PhonePe's 10.5 billion and Google Pay's 7.5 billion.

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TechCrunch