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Martha Stewart has joined the founding team of Hint, an AI-powered app designed to help homeowners manage maintenance, household documents, energy use and insurance decisions. The free iPhone app launches…

Polar has raised $5.7 million in seed funding for an AI browser designed to automate recurring work across sales, recruitment, marketing, research and business operations. Madrona led the round as…

Encore AI has raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand a platform that studies customer conversations and turns successful employee behaviour into playbooks for AI agents. The startup’s…

DoorDash has launched an in-house drone delivery programme after receiving Part 135 air carrier certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Called DoorDash Air, the programme includes aircraft designed and…

Fast Metals has raised $4.3 million to scale a chemical process that extracts iron, aluminium, titanium and rare-earth elements from red mud, a caustic waste produced during alumina refining. The…

Pangram has raised $9 million to expand its tools for identifying AI-generated text and images. The New York-based startup also launched Pangram 4, its latest text detection model, alongside an…

WhatsApp is rolling out audio and video calling through web browsers, allowing users to make and receive calls without installing its desktop application. The update brings the web version closer…

Apple has introduced a US leasing program that lets eligible customers make monthly payments on an iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple Watch before returning, upgrading or purchasing the device at…

Granola has launched an Apple Watch app that lets users record and transcribe in-person meetings without taking out their phones. The AI note-taking company expects the wearable app to be…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has rejected claims that his company supports a US ban on open-weight AI models, including systems developed in China. He said Anthropic has never advocated for…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has warned that companies could lose control of their institutional knowledge if they depend entirely on proprietary AI providers. He said businesses should retain their prompts,…

Thea Energy has received a $20 million award from the US Department of Energy to establish domestic production lines for modular high-temperature superconducting magnets. The components will support the company’s…

NBCUniversal and YouTube have signed a multi-year global partnership that will make Peacock Premium available to eligible YouTube Premium subscribers in the United States from early 2027. The agreement gives…

Shared Claude conversations and Artifacts containing personal and corporate information were found in Google and Bing search results over the weekend. The pages became searchable after users generated public links…

Microsoft has introduced its first AI model built specifically for cybersecurity alongside Project Perception, a platform that coordinates teams of agents to identify, assess and fix security weaknesses. The company…

Three Apple customers have sued the company after allegedly losing more than $1.8 million in Bitcoin through a fraudulent cryptocurrency wallet downloaded from the App Store. The complaint argues that…

Amazon has applied for US regulatory approval to operate a new constellation of up to 5,105 satellites that would connect compatible mobile phones directly from space. The company plans to…

Antares has raised $470 million to develop and deploy compact nuclear reactors for US military installations. The Series C consists of $370 million in equity and $100 million in debt,…

Meta is rolling out its Meta AI assistant inside Threads’ direct messages, giving users a private way to ask questions and discuss posts without leaving the app. The integration is…

Google’s AI-generated answers appeared in 43% of searches by May 2026, up from about 15% a year earlier, according to Similarweb. The increase shows how AI Overviews are becoming a…