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By integrating an AI assistant directly into Edits, Meta is aiming to keep creators engaged on Instagram as it continues to compete with TikTok and YouTube for creators' attention.

Coinbase's agent can use x402 protocol to get access to data and APIs.

Quantum Space says SPACs aren't dead as it seeks a $1.2 billion deal to build military spacecraft.

Deezer introduced a tool that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms to identify AI music.

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

Members of the program, called Waymo Premier, will have to pony up $29.99 per month.

Pool's new app automatically sorts screenshots into personalized collections, tracks down the original links behind saved content, and helps you rediscover products, recipes, travel ideas, and other things you meant to revisit.

Alt Carbon said the agreement followed more than a year of scientific review and due diligence, with Microsoft requiring additional verification and data-sharing measures.

The new chatbot, called Ask DoorDash, allows users to search the app for what they're looking for in their own words instead of having to scroll through restaurants and stores to build a cart.

SpaceX alumni Andrew Redd is betting the ocean has vast amounts of untapped geothermal energy.

South Korean authorities issued the record-breaking fine following a data breach that affected over 30 million customers.

The partnership will see TCS creating a business unit focused on deploying Anthropic's AI models to its customers.

The decision comes as India emerges as the worlds largest GCC market.

If you doubted his genius, doubt no more.

A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic IPO.

Andrew Yangs 2020 presidential campaignwas based on awarning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are allsaying versionsof the same thing. An entrepreneur at heart, []

The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities.

Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone including automakers like GM and Ford into the energy storage business.

As AI spending continues to climb, the e-commerce giant has taken out a fresh $17.5 billion loan from a small coterie of banks.

North Korean hackers posing as remote IT workers and recruiters remain a major threat to U.S., European, and Asian companies, accounting for about half of all attacks over the past 12 months.

Wing is expanding into seven more U.S. cities through its partnership with Walmart.

The media giant is pushing to expand its mobile and gaming business.

The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That's not more than an engineer's salary yet.

Problems with Starlink's India expansion could challenge SpaceX's IPO growth story.

New research suggests that AI memory systems can degrade model performance and encourage sycophantic tendencies.

Backed by Alexis Ohanians 776 and Kindred Ventures, Zest uses transaction data and AI to generate restaurant recommendations based on users real dining habits and the places they frequent.

Cybersecurity researchers are complaining that Anthropic's new model Fable has guardrails that are too strict for any cybersecurity work.

While Silicon Valley continues pushing aggressively into large language models and consumer-facing AI products, many European companies are focused on applying AI to complex systems already embedded into everyday life.

AI coding agent startup Niteshift has raised a $7 million seed round from a who's who of angels. It's betting companies will want power over, not lock-in with model makers.

Most of the value in SpaceX's IPO is effectively a call option on the company's ambitious space data center plans.

Pinterest is adding support for Amazon Storefronts, allowing creators to earn affiliate commissions more easily while showcasing their product recommendations in one place.

Through the acquisition, WMG aims to better track when its artists' work is used in AI-generated content or for training AI models.

ServiceNow is used by thousands of enterprises to automate their internal processes, but says several customers had data accessed because of a security bug.

The funding round was led by Norwest, with participation S Capital VC, Cerca Partners, and Oceans Ventures. Snowflake Ventures also participated as a strategic investor.

Decart is launching Oasis 3, a real-time world model that generates photorealistic driving environments for autonomous vehicle testing, now available via API for developers to build on.

Users under 16 years old will get a separate profile to show Stories and Spotlight posts to friends that they follow back.

Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone including automakers like GM and Ford into the energy storage business.

Fusion power startup Avalanche Energy said its reactor prototype heated a plasma to over 10 million degrees C.

Ambrosia Energy wants to build power plants in less than 12 months while undercutting natural gas. It hopes to build gigawatts worth by 2030.

Waymo created a new computer model to help it better understand how humans behave in crash scenarios that its robotaxis encounter.

The 168-megawatt facility will support Meta's global AI computing needs and can be expanded over time.

The exec, Emad Dlala, has left just a few months after being promoted to SVP of engineering and digital, TechCrunch has learned.

Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier.

Instead of spending a year raising a formal venture fund, the Sabertooth VC founder used a captive network of LPs to invest in startups like Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX.

GM is developing an entirely new sodium-ion battery chemistry for use in everything from data centers to its own factories.

I'm desperate for a personal AI assistant, but do I really want to become the kind of person who can't function without the friendly robot voice in my phone?

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is going to be a big hit with the web's vibe coders.

Apple primarily made the case for an improved experience with its longstanding Siri assistant, which like most other announcements had a hefty helping of AI.

Check Point said hackers broke into dozens of organizations by exploiting a VPN bug in several of its products used across the government.

Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, its first Mythos-class model available to the public. The model comes with guardrails that block responses in high-risk areas like cybersecurity and biology.