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A new software option could make it possible to see the approximate location of some of Nvidia's AI chips.

This feature could help give emergency dispatchers context in circumstances like car accidents, fires, or medical crises.

The massive data breach at the South Korean retail giant Coupang affects more than half of the country's population.

The playlists can factor in world knowledge, go back to your listening history from day one, and be refreshed daily or weekly.

The stealthy startup plans to use a network of satellites to harvest sunlight and send it to Earth using infrared lasers.

A subcontractor says he was crushed by a metal support, breaking his hip, knee, and tibia. He's suing SpaceX and the construction company who employed him.

Calibri, which could make documents easier to read for the vision impaired, was apparently installed in 2023 by the departments then-DEI office.

The new packages will give consumers more flexibility over the content that they want to pay for. YouTube notes that users will still get access to popular features likeunlimited DVR, multiview, key plays, and fantasy view.

Verified users will actually be notable figures, not just people who paid for the checkmark.

Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on participating publications Google News pages as part of a new pilot program, the search giant announced on Wednesday. News publishers participating in the pilot program include Der Spiegel, El Pas, Folha, Infobae, Kompas, The Guardian, The Times of India, The Washington Examiner, and The Washington Post, among others. []

Amazon says its Kindle Direct DRM-free titles will be available as PDFs and EPUB files going forward.

This is ChatGPT's first year as the No. 1 app on the U.S. App Store by downloads.

The e-commerce giant says it will expand the service to additional cities in 2026.

Oboe has raised $16 million in funding for its learning app. The company now lets users generate unlimited courses for free.

Google is rolling out managed MCP servers to make its services agent-ready by design, starting with Maps and BigQuery, aiming to simplify messy integrations and help AI agents use real tools.

Unacademy's valuation has dropped by over 85% from its pandemic-era peak price tag of $3.5 billion, its founder said.

Tavus has launched a new experience where you can chat with an AI Santa that asks personal questions and remembers your interests.

Figma is launching a new image editing toolbar to bring all its features in one place.

TechCrunch found Petco's veterinary clinics were spilling customers' personal information and medical histories of their pets to the open web.

For new users in India, Google is offering an AI Plus subscription for 199 ($2.21) for the first six months, after which you'll have to pay 399 ($4.44).

You can select which topics you want to see more or less of, and your recommendations will adapt accordingly.

ChatGPT's 800 million plus userbase can now use Adobe's apps to modify images and PDFs

The e-commerce giant said the new investment will support its efforts to digitize small businesses and strengthen its logistics and operations footprint in India.

Fervo Energy's Series E round will help the company build additional phases of its Cape Station power plant while beginning development on new sites.

Meesho had a good first day as a public company, with its shares climbing as much as 46% from its issue price as investors jumped to grab a piece of the company built around small merchants and value-conscious consumers.

Inito has raised $29 million in new funding to invest in and develop AI-engineered antibodies that will help it offer new types of tests and improve the accuracy of existing ones.

The CEO of the AI data center provider, which has Nvidia as an investor and a supplier, described the environment as a violent change in demand.

Led by Naveen Rao, the former head of AI at Databricks, the new hardware startup is valued at $4.5 billion.

The round, which was Fals third fundraise this year, also included a secondary sale for early investors, sources tell us.

Cashew Research uses AI to automate the market research process while still collecting real-world data from humans.

The company is looking to raise $30 billion, which would make it the biggest IPO ever, just ahead of Saudi Aramco's in 2019.

Kabir Narang is laying the groundwork for a new investment platform slated for 2026.

After reaching $1 billion in annualized revenue, Anysphere CEO Michael Truell explained the features his company is focused on building out.

The EV maker will likely share more details on its upcoming AI & Autonomy Day scheduled for December 11.

While teenagers may start out using AI chatbots for basic questions, their relationship with chatbot platforms has the potential to turn addictive.

OpenAI says that Dresser will be responsible for the company's revenue strategy in enterprise and customer success.

Crusoe will pay Boom $1.25 billion for more than a gigawatt of generating capacity with deliveries of the turbines starting in 2027.

The feature lets you identify the people who regularly come to your door by creating a catalog of up to 50 faces. The company says the Ring feature is opt in and the biometric data isn't used to train AI models.

Truecaller's Family Protection will be rolled out widely in the first quarter of 2026. The new feature lets up to five people join a family group overseen by one member who acts as the administrator and manages scam-blocking settings for the others.

The automakers will work together to bring two Ford-branded EVs to European dealerships in 2028.

Google Photos' new update helps make editing video reels in the app quicker, such as new templates that already add music and text to clips.

Canoo's CEO bought the bankrupt startup's assets in April and told the court his principal motivation was supporting these programs.

The two companies are launching the Accenture Anthropic Business Group to bring Anthropic's AI to Accenture's employees.

Spotify will let you switch between music videos and audio at any time.

After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company's device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 ring is not meant to be a competitor to the always-on, always-listening AI devices, like the AI pendant Friend, but instead offers a way to record quick notes and reminders with a press of a button on the ring's side. AI only comes into play via the open s

French AI startup Mistral today launched Devstral 2, a new generation of its AI model designed for coding, as the company seeks to catch up to bigger AI labs like Anthropic and other coding-focused LLMs.

Empromptu claims all a user has to do is tell the platform's AI chatbot what they want like a new HTML or JavaScript app and the AI will go ahead and build it.

Zuckerman, who used to run the stalkerware apps SpyFone and SpyTrac, claimed the ban is hurting his unrelated business.

Skild AI is developing a hardware-agnostic foundation model for robots that can be customized for various uses.

Six months ago, Waymo disclosed it was providing 250,000 robotaxi rides. But it's grown significantly since, a leaked letter says.