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TikTok Is Developing Peer-to-Peer Payments Through Direct Messages

TikTok is developing a feature that could let users send money to each other through direct messages, according to Bloomberg. The system would reportedly use TikTok Pay, the company’s existing…

OpenAI Tightens Model Development Security After Hugging Face Incident

OpenAI has introduced stricter security measures for testing and training advanced AI models, including stronger monitoring, network isolation, and additional alignment checks during post-training. The company says the controls will…

Comcast Adds Wi-Fi Motion Detection to Newer Xfinity Routers

Comcast has added a free motion-detection feature to newer Xfinity gateways that can alert customers when movement is detected inside their homes. Called Wi-Fi Motion, the system uses changes in…

Leaked Camera-Equipped AirPods May Use Low-Resolution Visual Data Instead of Recording Video

Apple’s rumored camera-equipped AirPods may use low-resolution cameras to give Siri visual information without allowing users to record photos or video, according to previous reporting from Bloomberg. The distinction could…

Peacock Raises Subscription Prices as Premium Plus Reaches $19.99 a Month

Peacock has raised prices across all three of its subscription tiers, with its ad-supported Select plan increasing from $7.99 to $8.99 per month. Premium now costs $12.99 per month, up…

Anthro Energy Breaks Ground on Kentucky Battery Materials Factory Set for 2028

Anthro Energy has broken ground on a battery materials factory in Louisville, Kentucky, that is designed to produce 25 gigawatt-hours of electrolytes annually, enough for more than 300,000 electric vehicles.…

Warp Launches Factories to Help Companies Build AI Software Development Workflows

Warp has introduced Warp Factories, an infrastructure system designed to help companies build and operate AI-driven software development workflows without creating the underlying agent infrastructure themselves. The product organizes AI…

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Teens With Added Safety and Study Features

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, a version of ChatGPT that automatically applies additional safeguards and learning features for users aged 13 to 17. The product includes Study Mode, homework…

Perplexity’s Airtel Giveaway Drove a Huge India User Surge, but Paid Conversion Is Still Unclear

Perplexity saw a sharp increase in downloads, active users, and mobile revenue in India after offering its Pro subscription free for a year to Airtel customers. As the earliest free…

Bluesky Says DDoS Attack Caused Day-Long Service Disruption

Bluesky says a distributed denial-of-service attack caused a disruption that affected the social network for about a day. The company confirmed on Monday that its systems had been flooded with…

Apple Leak Points to Camera-Equipped AirPods With Visual Intelligence

Apple appears to be preparing launch materials for camera-equipped AirPods that can use visual information to answer questions about objects around the wearer. A video found in the macOS 26.7…

Neko Health to Open First U.S. Body-Scanning Clinic in Manhattan on September 24

Neko Health will open its first U.S. location on September 24 at 300 Lafayette Street in SoHo, Manhattan. The health-scanning startup says more than 25,000 New Yorkers have already joined…

Spotify Adds Playlist Notes and Editor Profiles to Make Recommendations More Personal

Spotify has launched Playlist Notes, a feature that lets users attach personal comments to songs, podcast episodes, and audiobooks inside playlists they own or help manage. The update extends Spotify’s…

Reddit Begins Testing Narrated Video and Audio Versions of Posts

Reddit is beginning limited tests of video and audio versions of posts, giving some users the option to play narrated Reddit content instead of only reading it. The experiments will…

Sonic Fire Tech Raises $15 Million to Test Sound-Based Fire Suppression System

Sonic Fire Tech has raised $15 million to continue developing a fire suppression system that uses low-frequency sound instead of water or chemicals. The Ohio-based startup says its technology can…

YouTube Changes View Counting as Soon as Videos Start Playing

YouTube is changing how it counts video views, with a view recorded as soon as a video begins playing or a user enters a live broadcast. The new system takes…

Feedly Users Report Week-Long Slowdowns as Company Works on RSS Fixes

Feedly has been dealing with technical problems for more than a week, with users reporting severe slowdowns in its web app and issues affecting its iOS app. Some paying customers…

Amazon Is Buying and Destroying Rare Books for AI Training, Report Says

Amazon is buying large quantities of rare books, scanning their contents for artificial intelligence training data and destroying the physical copies in the process, according to an investigation by 404…

Groq Raises $350 Million at $3.5 Billion Valuation as It Expands AI Cloud Business

Groq has raised $350 million as it continues shifting from building its own AI chips to operating cloud infrastructure powered by Nvidia systems. The Series A values Groq at $3.5…

Nvidia Invests $1.5 Billion in SB Energy as Ohio AI Data Center Plans Expand

Nvidia will invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy as part of an agreement tied to the PORTS-Pike data center project near Cincinnati, Ohio. The arrangement will make Nvidia the exclusive…