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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.

The firm, 1789 Capital, led the funding round that reportedly will total around $1 billion.

Andreessen Horowitz held out its hand and returned with billions more in new funds to invest in startups.

Build American AI plans to lobby voters in select states about the virtues of data centers by spending millions of dollars on ads.

Amazon is facing a new lawsuit from the FTC and 22 states for allegedly secretly charging businesses more for advertising.

Versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and SpaceXAI’s Grok will join Google’s Gemini on the Pentagon’s central portal for AI tools.

As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.

The longtime executive won’t be leaving Apple just yet but staff at the company say it’s a step closer to Schiller retiring.

Microsoft says it’s testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures.

The disciplinary action comes two months after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges against Santos.

The seed round for the app that provides real-time legal and policy guidance to officers was led by SignalFire and Las Olas VC.

The company, which distributes medicines and medical devices to hospitals and healthcare practices across the U.S., said it was hacked and expects intermittent service degradation.

The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.

Tim Cook’s farewell memo to Apple employees offers a glimpse at how he wants John Ternus to be seen: as a product builder with deep experience across the iPhone, Mac, AirPods, and other major hardware lines.

In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.

The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.