Online Business Daily Digest – September 12, 2025

Here’s today’s Online Business roundup 💻. From freelancing to e-commerce, these are the key updates.

1. Micro1, a competitor to Scale AI, raises funds at $500M valuation
2. New FAA program will let eVTOL startups test some operations before full certification
3. Follow This 4-Step Sales Blueprint to Turn Prospects Into Customers for Life
4. Steve Aoki’s Secret Weapon for 1,000% Energy Isn’t Drinks — It’s Chewable
5. How Egyptian prop-tech startup Partment enables hassle-free 2nd home ownership
6. Announcing the $5M Core Africa Innovation Fund: Empowering Local Web3 Builders
7. LinkedIn Content Strategy: Achieving Sustainable Growth
8. AI Operating Systems: The Next Level of AI for Business
9. 🇳🇬 The highest-paying tech jobs in Nigeria (2025)
10. 🇳🇬 Is Apple’s slimmest iPhone a big deal in Africa? We asked 7 users in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya
11. I Wasn’t Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now
12. How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate
13. 🇳🇬 AI in Finance: UX strategies for agentic experiences in credit
14. 🇳🇬 TECNO Spark 40 Pro+ vs Samsung A16 and Redmi 15C: which of these phones is truly 2025’s budget gadget of value and price?
15. Lockheed Martin says the US is interested in its ‘5th-generation-plus’ F-35 that uses tech from its failed 6th-generation bid
16. Taylor Swift just brought iTunes back from the dead to sell her new album
17. Mastodon rolls out quote posts with protections to prevent ‘dunking’
18. Preparing for your later-stage raise: Insider strategies from top investors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
19. Last day to amplify your brand: Host your Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
20. How an over-the-air update made Quilt’s heat pumps more powerful

That’s all for online business today 🚀. Are you building a side hustle or scaling up? Share below!