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As Netflix tries to take down YouTube’s dominance in the podcast space, it’s getting new originals with Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin.

Global app downloads were down, but consumer spending was up to nearly $156B in 2025.

Since the release of GPT 5.2, AI tools have become inescapable in high-level mathematics.

The company offers a platform that helps mobile app developers market their wares and has an army of bankers working on its IPO.

Digg, a reboot of an earlier social news site, is now relaunching as a Reddit competitor focused on communities.

The Trends Explore page for users to analyze search interest just got a major upgrade. It now uses Gemini to identify and compare relevant trends.

“We want musicians to keep making music, and for fans to have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp was created by humans,” the company said.

Type One Energy has raised more than $160 million from investors to date. The new funding will help the company further refine its stellarator technology.

Skild AI, which is building general-purpose robotic software, just raised a $1.4 billion funding round led by SoftBank.

Personal Intelligence is off by default, as users have the option to choose if and when they want to connect their Google apps to Gemini.

The company used an AI-native platform to help companies fight threats.

Shipping tech company Bluspark left internal plaintext passwords, including those of executives, exposed to the internet, at a time when hacks in the shipping industry are on the rise.

Parents will be able to toggle the Shorts time limit on connected children’s accounts.

It’s a huge change to Tesla’s approach with FSD, and it could impact Musk’s $1T pay package and the company’s myriad legal troubles.

As companies deploy AI-powered chatbots, agents, and copilots across their operations, they’re facing a new risk: how do you let employees and AI agents use powerful AI tools without accidentally leaking sensitive data, violating compliance rules, or opening the door to prompt-based injections? Witness AI just raised $58 million to find a solution, building what they call “the … Read more

VoiceRun, a startup that creates voice agents, raised $5.5 million in a round led by FlyBridge.

Meta is laying off 10% of staff in its Reality Labs division, which is core to developing the company’s VR and metaverse products.

The Austin-based marketplace offers imagery from more than 50 space-based imagery providers.

New York City will be a notable exclusion from proposed legislation to legalize commercial robotaxis across the state.

The tech giant has pledged to be a “good neighbor” as it continues to invest in AI infrastructure throughout the country.

A consumer economics watchdog says Google’s new Universal Commerce Protocol is ripe for misuse where consumers could pay more for items. Google denies this.

The startup has a new take on the Haber-Bosch process used o make ammonia. If Ammobia can deliver, it could change industries from power generation to maritime shipping.

AI is ushering in Ring’s next chapter, as the Amazon-owned video doorbell maker shifts toward becoming an “intelligent assistant.”

A 24-year-old from Tennessee is expected to admit to accessing the Supreme Court’s electronic filing system without authorization dozens of times throughout 2023.

OpenAI and Anthropic have each launched healthcare-focused products over the last week.

1X released a new world model that it says is a solid step toward its robots being able to teach themselves new tasks.

Google is now allowing users to create vertical videos using references image.

India’s labor ministry is pushing the country’s booming quick-commerce sector to prioritize the wellness and safety of its gig workers.

The company said it took only five months to go from $200 million to $330 million in annual recurring revenue.

The bundle includes access to Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro on Mac and iPad, as well as Motion, Compressor, and MainStage on Mac.