Whatnot has acquired machine learning startup Shaped to improve product discovery and personalization across its livestream shopping marketplace. The deal will bring Shaped’s real-time recommendation and search technology into a…
Microsoft has released its largest-ever monthly batch of security updates, issuing fixes for 570 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Azure, Visual Studio and other products. The company says the increase reflects…
Apple has received approval to launch Apple Intelligence in China, clearing a major regulatory hurdle for its generative AI services in one of its most important markets. China’s Cyberspace Administration…
Spotify is expanding parent-managed accounts for children to its free tier, giving more families a way to separate kids’ listening from parents’ recommendations and Wrapped results. The feature is now…
India has approved new incentives for smartphone and semiconductor manufacturing as it tries to deepen its role in the global electronics supply chain. The measures build on India’s success assembling…
A coalition of 12 state attorneys general has sued to block Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing that the deal would harm movie theaters, cable distributors and…
Comma AI founder George Hotz has reignited debate over AI safety after arguing that future AI systems should be locally controlled and closely aligned with the interests of individual users.…
The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared SpaceX to resume Starship test flights after closing its review of a Super Heavy booster failure during a May launch. SpaceX is targeting Thursday,…
The Los Angeles Police Department has allowed its three-year contract with license plate camera company Flock Safety to expire, citing concerns over privacy, civil liberties and data handling. The decision…
General Intuition chief executive Pim de Witte says embodied AI could follow the same shift that reshaped natural language processing after GPT-3. Instead of training narrow robotics models from large…
X plans to send users direct messages when a post they interacted with later receives a Community Note correction. The feature is not live yet, and owner Elon Musk has…
Google is rolling out a new Video Remix feature in Google Photos that lets users transform videos in seconds with generative AI. The tool is powered by Gemini Omni, Google’s…
Meta says its AI glasses will disable the camera if the device detects that the capture LED has been blocked, modified or damaged. The update is meant to prevent people…