Roblox Says 45% Of Daily Users Completed Facial Age Checks After Safety Lawsuits
Adoption Of Age VerificationA month after introducing mandatory facial verification for access to chats, Roblox said 45% of its daily active users had completed age checks as of January 31.…
Senator Wyden Flags Concerns About CIA Activities Without Disclosing Details
Letter And Official ResponsesA senior Democratic lawmaker with access to some of the U.S. government’s most closely held intelligence has said he has “deep concerns” about certain activities by the…
Biotech Firms Say AI Is Closing The Talent Gap In Drug Discovery And Gene Editing
AI As A Force Multiplier In BiotechExecutives from Insilico Medicine and GenEditBio said this week that artificial intelligence is helping the industry tackle problems that have gone untreated for years…
OpenAI Moves To Retire GPT-4o As Users Protest And Lawsuits Raise Safety Concerns
Model Retirement And User BacklashOpenAI said last week that it will retire several older ChatGPT models by February 13, including GPT-4o, a model known for giving highly flattering and affirming…
Spotify Tightens Developer Mode Access With Premium Requirement And API Limits
Changes To Developer Mode AccessSpotify is changing how its APIs work in Developer Mode, the layer that lets developers test third-party applications using the platform’s APIs. The update introduces a…
Reddit Points To AI Search As A Future Revenue Driver While Unifying Search Products
Search Strategy And Product DirectionReddit told investors that its AI-powered search is becoming a core business opportunity, with user growth and product changes positioning search as both a product focus…
Google Staff Demand Transparency Over Company’s Ties To US Immigration Enforcement
Employees Challenge Google’s Government Work Google executives are facing pressure from staff over the company’s ties to the federal government’s crackdown on immigration enforcement, which in recent months turned violent…
Private Jet Makers Focus On Wealthy Travelers As Demand And Prices Rise
A Market Shift Toward High-End Jets Private jet manufacturers are increasingly targeting wealthy customers as demand for business aircraft continues to rise, a trend highlighted by the attention around Gulfstream’s…
Google Says Gemini Passes 750 Million Monthly Users As Adoption Accelerates
Google said its AI chatbot Gemini has surpassed 750 million monthly active users, according to its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings, marking a sharp rise in usage as the company continues to…
Gizmo App Uses AI Prompts To Turn Ideas Into Interactive Mini Apps
A Feed Built Around Play, Not Just Video Gizmo, a mobile app from startup Atma Sciences, is offering a new way to create and share interactive media by letting users…
Amazon Prepares Closed Beta Of AI Tools For Film And TV Production
AI Studio Moves Beyond Internal Testing Amazon MGM Studios will begin a closed beta program in March for the AI tools developed by its dedicated AI Studio, according to a…
ShinyHunters Claims Harvard And UPenn Breaches And Publishes Stolen Alumni Data
Hackers Post Records On Leak Site A hacking group known as ShinyHunters said it was responsible for last year’s data breaches at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania and…
Roblox Opens Beta Of 4D Creation Tools That Add Interactive Objects
From 3D To 4D Objects Roblox has opened the beta of a new 4D creation feature that lets creators build interactive objects, expanding beyond the static 3D models generated by…
Uber Names Balaji Krishnamurthy CFO As Company Steps Up Autonomous Vehicle Push
Leadership Change And Financial Context Uber said it is promoting Balaji Krishnamurthy, its vice president of strategic finance and investor relations, to chief financial officer, replacing Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah, who is…
Amazon Makes Alexa+ Available To All US Prime Members With Free Access And New AI Features
Wider Release Across Devices And Pricing Amazon said Alexa+, its generative AI-powered upgrade to the Alexa assistant, is now available to all customers in the United States, with the company…