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Instacart Agrees To 60 Million Dollar FTC Settlement Over Refunds And Advertising Claims

Instacart has agreed to pay 60 million dollars in refunds to settle allegations by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that the grocery delivery platform misled consumers through deceptive advertising practices…

Pickle Robot Names Former Tesla Executive As CFO Following Reported UPS Deal

Pickle Robot has appointed a new chief financial officer as the warehouse automation startup reportedly moves closer to a major expansion of its relationship with UPS. The company announced the…

Peripheral Labs Bets On Volumetric Video To Rethink How Fans Watch Live Sports

Peripheral Labs is building a volumetric video platform aimed at making live sports more engaging as leagues and broadcasters look for new ways to address declining viewership among younger audiences.…

Givefront Targets Nonprofits With Financial Platform Built For Compliance And Spend Management

Givefront, a Y Combinator-backed startup, is building a financial platform tailored specifically to nonprofits, aiming to modernize how organizations in the sector manage spending, compliance, and reporting. The company is…

DXS International Discloses Cyberattack Affecting Internal Servers

DXS International, a U.K.-based healthcare technology provider that works with England’s National Health Service, disclosed that it experienced a cyberattack affecting its internal systems, according to a statement published Thursday.…

Lovable Raises 330 Million Dollars At 6.6 Billion Dollar Valuation As Growth Accelerates

Swedish startup Lovable has more than tripled its valuation in five months after closing a $330 million Series B funding round, underscoring investor interest in its AI-powered “vibe-coding” platform as…

FTC Seeks Information On Instacart AI Pricing Tool Amid Price Difference Reports

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued a civil investigative demand to Instacart seeking details about its AI-powered pricing tool, Eversight, after reports showed shoppers were paying different prices for…

ByteDance signs binding deal to hand majority of TikTok US business to investors

TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has signed binding agreements that will give US and global investors majority ownership of the app’s American business, a move aimed at resolving long-running US national…

Trump Media to merge with fusion energy firm TAE Technologies in deal valued above $6bn

The company behind President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform has agreed to merge with fusion energy firm TAE Technologies in a transaction valued at more than $6bn (£4.4bn), marking a…

Adobe sued over claims its AI model was trained on pirated books

Adobe is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit that alleges the company used pirated books to train one of its AI language models, adding to a growing list of legal challenges…

Cisco warns of active exploits targeting unpatched flaw that enables full device takeover

Cisco has disclosed an active hacking campaign exploiting a critical vulnerability in several of its widely used products, allowing attackers to fully take over affected devices while no security patch…

Coursera to acquire Udemy in $2.5bn all-stock merger

Coursera and Udemy have agreed to a merger valued at about $2.5bn, combining two of the largest platforms in online education as they face slowing investor confidence and rapid changes…

Mozilla names Anthony Enzor-DeMeo CEO as Firefox faces renewed browser competition

Mozilla has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as its chief executive, placing the former Firefox general manager at the helm as the browser maker adjusts to rapid changes in how people access…

Amazon weighs up to $10bn OpenAI investment tied to use of its AI chips

Amazon is holding early talks about investing as much as $10bn in OpenAI, a deal that would involve the artificial intelligence company using Amazon’s own AI chips, according to CNBC.…

Paddy Power Betfair to pay £2m after regulator finds delayed responses to problem gambling

Paddy Power Betfair has agreed to pay £2m after the UK Gambling Commission found the company failed to intervene quickly enough when customers showed signs of harmful gambling behaviour. The…

Academy Awards to stream exclusively on YouTube from 2029 under multi-year deal

The Academy Awards will move to exclusive global streaming on YouTube starting in 2029, ending a broadcasting relationship with ABC that has lasted for decades and signalling another shift in…

US Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as Nasa administrator after turbulent nomination process

The US Senate has confirmed billionaire investor Jared Isaacman as the next administrator of Nasa, finalising a nomination process that saw President Donald Trump nominate him, withdraw the nomination, and…

Warner Bros Discovery urges shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance takeover bid

Warner Bros Discovery has advised shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s $108.4bn (£80.75bn) takeover offer, backing instead its previously agreed $72bn deal with Netflix for its film and streaming businesses. The…

BP appoints Meg O’Neill as chief executive, the first woman to lead a global oil major

BP has named Meg O’Neill as its next chief executive, making her the first woman to run a major global oil company. The London-based energy group said O’Neill will take…

X Updates Terms to Reassert Ownership of Twitter Trademark

Elon Musk’s social media company X has updated its Terms of Service to explicitly state that it continues to own the “Twitter” trademark, following a trademark filing by a startup…