TECHNOLOGY
Apple opens up App Store to new competition in Brazil
The changes, which are part of Apple’s agreement with Brazil’s competition regulator Conselho Administrativo de Defesa E...
MapTap, a daily geography game, is my new Wordle
As Wordle celebrates its fifth anniversary, we have to be honest with ourselves: Are we still having fun, thousands of W...
General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation
General Intuition, the New York-based startup building a foundation model that trains AI agents how to move through spac...
A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight
A grassroots movement is forming among everyday tech workers who are demanding their companies develop and deploy AI res...
Spotify’s reserved ticket sales to music superfans are now going live
Spotify’s move to cater to music’s superfans is now going live. On Thursday, the streaming giant announced the launch of...
Adobe adds its AI assistant to Premiere, Illustrator and InDesign
Adobe is updating its Firefly AI assistant, and adding it to Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign and Frame.io. The company h...
Pixi’s new iOS app turns text messages into interactive AR experiences
Forget stickers, GIFs, and emoji reactions. Pixi is betting that the next evolution of messaging is interactive augmente...
Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them driving into highway construction zones
Waymo has recalled its fleet of nearly 4,000 robotaxis to restrict them from driving on highways while it figures out ho...
US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies
The House of Representatives has failed to renew the U.S. government’s warrant-less surveillance law before it is due to...
Cheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar’s video AI is built for India’s scale
India’s AI model output has been slow compared to the U.S., Europe, and China. Only a few startups are releasing models,...
Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to
In India, consumers receive a lot of calls every day, ranging from spam and scams to delivery people and financial servi...
Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything
Humanoids aren’t quite ready to replace factory workers, but the industry can’t wait. Faced with labor shortages, manufa...