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X is turning its NFL-focused Gametime feature into a year-round sports destination, starting with MLB and with other professional leagues to follow.

OpenAI is launching a new user interface that will bring interactive visuals to ChatGPT.

As it turns out, the cure for stuffy, chemical-infused office air might be a tower of leafy greenery.

Meta launches new AI tools after discovering ads on its platforms that may look normal but direct users to harmful content elsewhere online.

The financing includes an $8M seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital, and a $30 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures.

The Detroit startup has widened its scope beyond mobility to help drone and robotics companies find U.S.-based manufacturers, shippers, and more.

Parallel Systems raised $100 million to scale production of its autonomous electric rail vehicle, which can shuttle thousands of pounds of freight up to 500 miles.

The “father of the iPod” says the first generation of AI gadgets failed to solve real problems — and the next wave will need to earn consumers’ trust.

Google Labs is working on a new AI-powered game-creation platform called Playground for users to build browser-based games using simple text prompts.

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Spotify will make 350,000 titles available in over 120 languages for this expansion

“I stumbled upon a page of assumptions that Amazon has made about me based on my purchases and I’m literally speechless,” one shopper wrote on Threads.

Apple appears poised to push into the smart home market with a slate of new devices and a key partner.

The startup crossed over $1 million in anualized revenue within two months of its post-pivot launch.

Sigil Wen, backed by a Silicon Valley’s who-who, has built an on-device AI assistant that promises to be free, fully private, and capable for everyday tasks.

On Tuesday, Musubi announced a lightweight decision model made for real-time moderation called PolicyLM-1.7B, released with open weights.

Nvidia-backed Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation ahead of a planned 2027 IPO, led by Coatue and Blackstone.

Personal AI agents promise to shop, book flights, and make reservations for you. But deliberate blocks and anti-bot defenses are getting in the way, leaving consumers caught in the middle. A new standard aims to help.

The AI lab’s personal assistant is an operating system from the future designed to compete with Muse, Dots, and Instinct.

JioHotstar will be offered inside Starzplay rather than through a stand-alone service.

Mirror Particle will launch at TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield with a world model built from scratch to predict human behavior, arguing LLM roleplay falls short for market research and brand strategy.

The storied Silicon Valley firm makes its first pure defense investment.

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“We created this program because we believe the benefits of AI will reach most people through the companies that build on top of models, rather than through the models alone.”

The maker of the open source document editor says it has no plans to add AI to its software’s default configuration, citing user privacy.

Wajo’s Fo agent can hire humans to complete a task.

Bluesky says the process will still take 18-24 months, so don’t expect your new, shortened ‘bsky’ handle any time soon.

Non-Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to watch the awards show on the platform.