Bumble is developing a new interaction model that could eventually replace swiping as the dating company puts more emphasis on real-world meetings and smaller group gatherings. CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd…
Nikita Bier has stepped down as head of product at X after a little more than a year in the role. Bier said he will continue advising the company but…
Gautam Gupta, Uber’s former head of finance, has joined Travis Kalanick’s robotics and industrial AI company Atoms as chief financial officer. The appointment comes two weeks after Atoms raised $1.7…
Meta has released Muse Code, a terminal-based coding agent designed to complete complex software engineering tasks across large code repositories. The tool is currently available in beta and is powered…
OpenAI and Statsig have agreed to a $3.2 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations that their recruitment practices unfairly restricted U.S. workers from jobs connected to…
Moove has raised $250 million in Series C funding at a $2.1 billion valuation as it expands from vehicle financing and ride-hailing into autonomous vehicle fleet operations. Mubadala Investment Company…
Lightspeed Venture Partners is expanding its media operations by combining venture investing with social content, podcasts and direct distribution. The firm hired investor and tech creator Claire Zau earlier this…
Jeff Dean, one of Google’s longest-serving and most influential researchers, is leaving the company after 27 years to co-found Discovery Loop, an AI startup focused on automating scientific and engineering…
Reddit is upgrading its moderation and abuse-prevention systems in an effort to make communities easier for new users to join. The company says stronger built-in protections could eventually reduce moderators’…
Apple’s iCloud Private Relay, a privacy feature designed to hide users’ IP addresses while browsing in Safari, can be bypassed through several WebKit features that send traffic outside the relay.…
Jabees has launched the Peace Duo, an ultra-thin under-pillow speaker designed for people who listen to podcasts, music or sleep sounds in bed without wanting to wear earbuds. The device…
Shopify says artificial intelligence is adding to traditional search rather than replacing it, with AI-driven traffic and orders to stores on its platform tripling year over year during the second…
WindBorne Systems has raised $37 million in Series B funding to expand its global weather balloon network and develop AI tools that help businesses use forecasts in operational decisions. Khosla…
Lucid Motors has delayed the launch of its lower-priced mid-size electric vehicle until the second half of 2027 as new chief executive Silvio Napoli begins an operational reset. The company…
SpaceX nearly doubled its quarterly revenue as Starlink subscriptions and AI computing contracts drove growth in its first earnings report since becoming a public company. Revenue reached $7.8 billion in…
Some Android app developers may be sharing users’ precise locations with advertising companies without realising it, according to new research from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The issue occurs when advertising…
Anthropic has reportedly agreed to purchase $10 billion in computing capacity from AI infrastructure startup Volta over six years. The agreement would give the Claude developer access to a new…