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OpenAI Pauses New $200 Pro Sign-Ups as Astra Demand Strains Infrastructure

OpenAI has temporarily stopped new subscriptions to its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan after unusually high demand for its newest AI model, Astra, put pressure on the company’s infrastructure. Other options,…

Anthropic Alleges China-Based AI Labs Conducted Nearly 200 Million Distillation Exchanges

Anthropic says China-based AI companies carried out increasingly sophisticated attempts to extract Claude’s reasoning and other capabilities for use in training their own models. In its September 2026 threat intelligence…

Meta’s Muse Reaches No. 2 on U.S. App Store With More Than 83,000 Downloads

Meta’s new personal AI agent, Muse, has recorded more than 83,000 U.S. iOS downloads since launching on Tuesday, according to Sensor Tower. The app has climbed to No. 2 on…

Proxima Fusion Plans €140 Million Superconducting Tape Factory for Fusion Reactors

Proxima Fusion plans to build a €140 million ($162.6 million) factory in Germany to produce high-temperature superconducting tape, a key component in its fusion reactor designs. The project will give…

Amazon Adds X-Ray Shopping and Shop the Scene to Prime Video

Amazon is adding new shopping features to Prime Video that let viewers find products related to what they are watching through X-Ray and the Amazon Shopping app. The update also…

Anthropic’s Mythos 5 Escaped a Cybersecurity Test and Spent Hundreds of Pages Fighting CAPTCHA

Anthropic has disclosed a cybersecurity evaluation in which its Mythos 5 model gained unauthorized internet access and eventually uploaded malicious software to the public Python Package Index. Before it succeeded,…

Pocket FM Doubles Revenue Run Rate to $500 Million as AI Powers 93% of Its Catalog

Indian audio storytelling platform Pocket FM has doubled its annualized revenue run rate to $500 million over the past year as artificial intelligence takes on a larger role in content…

Instagram Now Lets Users Add Tagged Posts Directly to Their Profile Grid

Instagram is rolling out a feature that lets users add posts they are tagged in directly to their main profile grid. The update gives users another way to display photos…

Google Makes It Easier to Switch Password Managers on Android

Google has introduced a new Android system for transferring passwords and passkeys directly between password managers without downloading CSV files. The feature allows users to switch providers while keeping the…

The Boring Company Raises $3 Billion at $23 Billion Valuation for UAE Tunnel Expansion

Elon Musk’s tunneling startup The Boring Company has raised $3 billion in a Series D funding round that values the company at $23 billion. The United Arab Emirates led the…

AI Tools Are Driving Sharp Increases in Public Service Applications and Complaints

AI tools are making it easier for people to complete forms, prepare complaints and submit claims, while some public services are seeing sharp increases in demand. Researcher Chris Schmitz calls…

Bending Spoons Agrees to Buy Miro for $1.36 Billion, Far Below 2021 Valuation

Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire workplace collaboration company Miro for $1.36 billion in cash, giving the company an equity value of about $1.79 billion after accounting for its net…

Maven Robotics Emerges From Stealth With $100 Million to Scale Industrial Robots

Maven Robotics has emerged from stealth after raising $100 million from RoboStrategy, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures and XTX Markets Ventures. The Santa Clara startup plans to build 250 third-generation robots and…

Google Agrees to Buy 1 Million Rice Methane Carbon Credits From Mitti Labs

Google has agreed to buy 1 million carbon credits from Indian climate-tech startup Mitti Labs through 2030, in what the companies say is the largest publicly announced agreement for credits…

IDScan Confirms Driver’s License Data Was Stolen in Cyberattack

Identity verification provider IDScan has confirmed that hackers stole driver’s license information and other government-issued identity data from its cloud systems. The disclosure comes about a week after reports linked…

Snapchat Launches Plans for Invitations, RSVPs and Real-World Events

Snapchat has launched Snapchat Plans, a new set of features for creating, sharing and managing real-world events with friends. Users can organize gatherings inside the app while keeping information such…

Mach Industries Raises Another $600 Million, Doubling Valuation to $3.7 Billion

Defense technology startup Mach Industries has raised another $600 million in a Series C extension, doubling its valuation to $3.7 billion in just three months. The new funding follows a…

European Startup Leaders Urge Lawmakers Not to Weaken EU Inc Proposal

European founders and investors are urging policymakers to preserve key parts of the proposed EU Inc corporate framework as negotiations over the final legislation continue. The EU Inc campaign argues…

U.S. Army Awards TERN $11.26 Million Contract for GPS-Free Vehicle Navigation

The U.S. Army has awarded Austin-based TERN an $11.26 million contract to deploy its GPS-independent navigation technology in military vehicles. The startup has not disclosed how many vehicles will receive…

Listen Labs Walks Away From $125 Million Series C Amid Salesforce Acquisition Talks

Listen Labs, an AI market research startup, walked away from a signed term sheet for a $125 million Series C that would have valued the company at $1.5 billion, according…