The social media founder of pandemic unicorn IRL was charged in a $170 million fraud, allegedly swindling investors by lying about its popularity and splurging company money on personal expenses, ...

While venture capitalists and the rest of the technorati are off on holiday or attending the Paris Olympics, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and its staff attorneys are keeping busy this ...

The San Francisco social media startup IRL — a once-hyped “unicorn” valued at $1.17 billion — has shut down for good after a year filled with internal tumult and external scrutiny. An investigation ...

Social media has meant that slang is developing faster than possibly ever before. While these terms help shorten communication and make conversations more to the point, they are not always easy to ...

SoftBank once invested in social app IRL at a $1.1 billion valuation. Now, the Japanese investment firm is suing the defunct company for fraud, alleging $150 million in damages. IRL was supposedly ...

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