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TikTok Rolls Out Controls for AI-Generated Content and Adds New Digital Well-Being Tools With Usage Badges
TikTok Introduces Controls for AI-Generated Content in the For You FeedTikTok is adding a setting that lets users choose how much AI-generated content appears in their For You feed. The…
Emm Raises $9 Million to Develop One of the First Smart Menstrual Cups With Built-In Sensor Technology
Startup Unveils Smart Menstrual Cup After Five Years of DevelopmentEmm raised a $9 million seed round to support the launch of what its founder Jenny Button describes as one of…
Trump Administration Approves $1 Billion DOE Loan to Restart Three Mile Island Reactor for Microsoft-Backed Power Deal
DOE Loan Supports Restart of Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 ReactorThe Trump administration said Tuesday it will provide Constellation Energy with a $1 billion loan to restart a nuclear reactor…
Lambda Raises $1.5 Billion After Securing Multibillion-Dollar AI Infrastructure Deal With Microsoft
Lambda Secures Major Funding Round Led by TWG GlobalAI data center provider Lambda raised $1.5 billion in new financing led by TWG Global, a $40 billion investment firm created by…
Idaho Dealership Claims Monarch’s Tractors Failed to Deliver Promised Autonomy
Monarch Tractor is being sued by Burks Tractor, an Idaho dealership that says the company misrepresented the autonomous abilities of its electric tractors. The lawsuit alleges the machines were “unable…
a16z Leads $21 Million Series A Into AI-Native Tax Compliance Platform Sphere
Startup Rebuilds Itself to Solve Global Tax Challenges for Scaling CompaniesSphere raised a $21 million Series A led by a16z after pivoting from an edtech marketplace named ScholarSite into an…
Hank Green’s Focus Friend Named Google Play’s App of the Year
Productivity App Uses a Virtual Companion to Encourage Screen-Time ControlFocus Friend, a screen-time management tool created by YouTuber and entrepreneur Hank Green, was named Google Play’s app of the year.…
Google Launches Gemini 3 With New Coding App and Record Benchmark Scores
Newest Foundation Model Becomes Available Through Gemini App and AI SearchGoogle released Gemini 3 on Tuesday, introducing its most advanced foundation model to date. The rollout makes the model immediately…
Snapchat Rolls Out ‘Topic Chats’ to Support Public Conversations
New Feature Opens Group Discussions While Keeping Profiles PrivateSnapchat introduced “Topic Chats,” a feature that allows users to participate in public discussions around shared interests such as Formula 1 and…
Cloudflare Apologises for Outage That Took Down X, ChatGPT, and Other Major Websites
Configuration Error Triggers Widespread Service DisruptionsCloudflare apologised on Tuesday after a configuration file designed to process threat traffic malfunctioned and triggered a crash in its software, causing a “significant outage”…
Roblox Blocks Children From Chatting With Adult Strangers Under New Safety Rules
Mandatory Age Checks Added to Restrict Child–Adult ChattingRoblox will block children from chatting with adult strangers as part of a major expansion of its safety measures. The company said mandatory…
Judge Rules Meta Does Not Hold a Monopoly After Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions
Court Rejects FTC Argument That Meta Built a Social Media MonopolyA U.S. district judge ruled that Meta Platforms did not violate antitrust laws through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp…
Google Chief Says Trillion-Dollar AI Investment Boom Shows “Elements of Irrationality”
Sundar Pichai Warns That No Company Would Be Immune If an AI Bubble BurstAlphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai said the surge in artificial intelligence investment contains “elements of irrationality” and…
Baby Shark: How a 90-Second Clip Grew Into a Business Valued at More Than $400 Million
A Short Children’s Video Becomes YouTube’s Most Watched ClipA 90-second children’s song that Kim Min-seok approved for release in June 2016 grew into one of YouTube’s biggest phenomena, accumulating more…
Cisco Acquires Real-Time Translation Startup EzDubs
Acquisition Brings EzDubs’ Voice-Preserving Translation Tech Into Cisco’s Collaboration ProductsCisco acquired EzDubs, a Y Combinator-backed startup that provides real-time translation, and announced the deal over the weekend without disclosing the…
Meta Releases a New Tool to Protect Reels Creators From Having Their Work Stolen
Mobile Tool Detects Reels Reused Without PermissionMeta introduced a mobile content protection tool that alerts Facebook creators when their original reels are being used without permission. The system identifies unauthorized…
Mastodon CEO Steps Down as the Social Network Restructures
Leadership Shift as Mastodon Moves Into a Non-Profit ModelMastodon creator Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO as the decentralized social network transitions into a non-profit structure announced earlier this…
DoorDash Confirms Data Breach Exposing Users’ Phone Numbers and Physical Addresses
Contact and Location Details Among Compromised InformationDoorDash confirmed a data breach that exposed names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses belonging to an unspecified number of users. The company…
Jeff Bezos to Serve as Co-CEO of New AI Startup Project Prometheus After Backing Its $6.2 Billion Raise
Bezos Steps Back Into Operations With New VentureJeff Bezos is set to step back into day-to-day operations as co-chief executive of Project Prometheus, a new AI startup he is helping…
Sakana AI Raises $135M at $2.65B Valuation to Advance Japan-Focused AI Models
Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based startup developing generative AI tuned specifically for Japanese language and culture, has raised a ¥20 billion (approximately $135 million) Series B round, valuing the company at…