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Imgur, one of the web’s most popular image sharing and hosting platforms, has shut off access to its site in the U.K., following a notice of a fine by the country’s data protection watchdog.

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The central pitch of AI browsers like Perplexity’s Comet, Opera’s Neon, and The Browser Company’s Dia is that they’ll help you complete daily tasks more efficiently. While these are agents that are limited to one browser, Composite aims to build an agentic solution that helps professionals with their tasks, regardless of which browser they use. … Read more

CommanderAI built an AI-driven CRM and sales prospecting platform that continues the nuances of the waste management industry.

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Adobe’s Premiere app is available on mobile devices, offering a variety of editing features, including some that are AI-powered.

People in 20 U.S. cities — including Atlanta, Austin, Miami, and San Francisco — can now apply to become a DoorDash Creator.

Cerebras initially filed to go public in September 2024 but ran into several regulatory delays due to foreign investments.

DoorDash’s 350-pound autonomous vehicle will hold your food in its robot mouth as it drives 20 miles per hour to deliver it to you.

The Amazon-owned company will start by mapping public streets of the nation’s capital before testing begins later this year.

Nothing on Monday revealed Playground, an AI tool that lets users create apps with simple text prompts and deploy them to a platform of sorts known as Essential Apps.

The company is replacing Daniel Ek with two co-CEOs: Gustav Söderström, currently co-president, and chief product and technology officer; and Alex Norström, co-president and chief business officer.

Hinge won’t kick you off the app if just one thing on your profile breaks the rules but remove the content and prompt you to change it.

Whoop Advanced Labs marries subscription blood tests with its fitness device monitoring for tech-powered wellness advice.

Neon will write code snippets, includes an agent that will do tasks for you, and handles repeatable prompts.

The growth fund is nearly twice the size of its previous one.

SB 53 requires large AI labs – including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind – to be transparent about safety protocols. It also ensures whistleblower protections for employees at those companies.  

The fintech startup had been acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for $175 million. The bank later accused Frank of lying about its customer base.

There were no injuries, but the building has been deemed unfit for occupation. Faraday’s landlord is currently trying to find a new tenant as the EV startup’s lease is expiring.

The Y Combinator startup, raised a Series A led by Peak XV Partners.

These updates show us that Meta wants fans to take Facebook more seriously as a place to engage with creators.

Researchers at DeepSeek released a new experimental model designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context operations.

This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engines like Google and e-commerce platforms like Amazon towards conversational agents with curated recommendations, comparisons, and easy checkout experiences. 

Venture capital is filled with investors who claim they’ve got inside access to the next big thing. Meanwhile, Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: if it isn’t a Y Combinator company, he won’t invest in it. That discipline pushed Jarrosson from filming scrappy venture explainers in Paris … Read more

Anything raised an $11 million funding round at a $100 million valuation.

Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes.

Brave is debuting a new detailed answer feature for its AI-powered search

A Trump appointee emailed Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy employees last week with a long list of banned words.

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The new safety features come after numerous incidents of ChatGPT validating users’ delusional thinking instead of redirecting harmful conversations — including the death of a teenage boy by suicide.