Marking the first ever single major investment in financial technology (fintech) segment, SoftBank Group Corp has led an investment of $1billion in the US startup SoFi. Private equity (PE) firms such as Third Point have invested in SoFi. Both the companies are of a positive view that the Series E funding round will speed up the growth rate of SoFi. The fintech services are gaining support from customers, who're not satisfied with traditional banking services. SoFi is aiming at expanding financial offerings in the near future.

With Rockstar Games being questioned for the continuity of their series, Grand Theft Auto 6 has surely not left the minds of the fans. The developers thereof, are demanded to answer or at least clarify the issues on the said release date, or any details from here.

Rock Band 4 is only a few sleeps away from its official October 6 debut and game developer Harmonix has begun to tease the fans on what the new game will have to offer post launching. The full list of tracks to be featured including the 12 free songs that come with pre-order have also been revealed.

Suffering from weakening global commodities for the past one year, Glencore has informed its investors about its plans to reduce debt by $10billion. Towards this debt reduction target, Glencore is planning to conclude two deals by the end of this year or early of next year. The Anglo-Swiss multinational commodities major has been facing rough conditions in the market.

Sony has officially announced the PS Plus free game line-up for October 2015 features 6 exciting titles which will be up for grabs for the entire month starting October 6th. Three titles will be downloadable for PS4, four video games for either PS3 or PS Vita console users.

15 HTC phones are tipped to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow and Sense 7.0 update. However, one of HTC’s most popular and successful devices, the HTC One M7, is not included on the list.

The newest flagship made by Microsoft, the Lumia 950, 950XL and Surface Pro 4 will be released on October 6.

Google’s new Nexus phones support its mobile network service, Project Fi. As Google’s wireless service reaches more users, mobile carriers are pressured to create better plans in order to grab more market share.

TSMC and Samsung chipsets have been found in iPhone 6s and 6s Plus devices. Rumors suggest that TSMC will create Apple’s future processors and oust Samsung to be the next leader in chip fabrication.

Of late, Japan has been facing a different situation albeit rough weather in the international diplomacy. Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo didn't (couldn't) meet Barack Obama, the US President, this week at the 70th year founding celebrations of the United Nations (UN) held in New York. However, the list of dignitaries that Abe met included Vladimir Putin, Russian President, and Park Geun-hye, South Korea President. Abe participated in a number of meetings and met several important global leaders on the sidelines of the UN celebrations.