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Amazon is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping that can verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other messages actually came from the retailer.

This is Adobe’s second acquisition out of India after Rephrase.ai in 2023

The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks.

Users will be able to access Express, Premiere, and Acrobat in Slack

Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions.

Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed.

The company told TechCrunch he is “pursuing new endeavors.”

JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore.

Apple Maps is following President Trump’s executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April.

OpenAI previewed the precautions it is taking as it prepares to release Astra, its newest, cyber-critical LLM.

The new features coming to Android are aimed at reducing motion sickness, helping blind users navigate their surroundings, and more.

X is investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails that it believes may be tied to the rollout of its new payments service.

Apple is hosting its iPhone release event next week, which is rumored to feature the first-ever foldable iPhone.

Fable 5.1 includes changes meant to reduce token cost and false-positive restrictions from the model’s safeguards.

New York’s prestigious-yet-secretive venture firm Thrive Capital finally speaks out about its involvement in the messy drama upending international soccer.

With Google Pics, Google is pushing deeper into the creative software market dominated by Canva and Adobe, but with a distinctly AI-first approach.

OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.

Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren’t possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI systems aren’t safe enough.

The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.

GoPro is merging with a company that builds AI infrastructure, and will continue supporting existing consumer products.

Amazon is adding a new Alexa-powered feature called “Update Me When” that can send personalized alerts about product launches, tours, books, shows, and other events that could trigger a purchase.

AIR’s platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behaviour.

Microsoft 365 and Outlook are still seeing service degradations on Tuesday, the company’s status page indicates.

Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.

Flock’s searchable network of 130,000 license plate cameras around the U.S. have sparked bipartisan privacy and civil liberties concerns.

The team behind Starcloud’s orbital data centers has a new high-risk space project: Sending a probe to Alpha Centauri.

Magna’s investment in Yuma Energy has reached $87 million as the Canadian auto supplier increases its majority stake in the Indian battery-swapping firm.

Founded by a 20-year-old, Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft that hopes to harvest wind energy to stay aloft for several months.

Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation.