TikTok Is Developing Peer-to-Peer Payments Through Direct Messages
TikTok is developing a feature that could let users send money to each other through direct messages, according to Bloomberg. The system would reportedly use TikTok Pay, the company’s existing…
OpenAI Tightens Model Development Security After Hugging Face Incident
OpenAI has introduced stricter security measures for testing and training advanced AI models, including stronger monitoring, network isolation, and additional alignment checks during post-training. The company says the controls will…
Leaked Camera-Equipped AirPods May Use Low-Resolution Visual Data Instead of Recording Video
Apple’s rumored camera-equipped AirPods may use low-resolution cameras to give Siri visual information without allowing users to record photos or video, according to previous reporting from Bloomberg. The distinction could…
Anthro Energy Breaks Ground on Kentucky Battery Materials Factory Set for 2028
Anthro Energy has broken ground on a battery materials factory in Louisville, Kentucky, that is designed to produce 25 gigawatt-hours of electrolytes annually, enough for more than 300,000 electric vehicles.…
Warp Launches Factories to Help Companies Build AI Software Development Workflows
Warp has introduced Warp Factories, an infrastructure system designed to help companies build and operate AI-driven software development workflows without creating the underlying agent infrastructure themselves. The product organizes AI…
Perplexity’s Airtel Giveaway Drove a Huge India User Surge, but Paid Conversion Is Still Unclear
Perplexity saw a sharp increase in downloads, active users, and mobile revenue in India after offering its Pro subscription free for a year to Airtel customers. As the earliest free…
Neko Health to Open First U.S. Body-Scanning Clinic in Manhattan on September 24
Neko Health will open its first U.S. location on September 24 at 300 Lafayette Street in SoHo, Manhattan. The health-scanning startup says more than 25,000 New Yorkers have already joined…
Sonic Fire Tech Raises $15 Million to Test Sound-Based Fire Suppression System
Sonic Fire Tech has raised $15 million to continue developing a fire suppression system that uses low-frequency sound instead of water or chemicals. The Ohio-based startup says its technology can…
Amazon Is Buying and Destroying Rare Books for AI Training, Report Says
Amazon is buying large quantities of rare books, scanning their contents for artificial intelligence training data and destroying the physical copies in the process, according to an investigation by 404…
Groq Raises $350 Million at $3.5 Billion Valuation as It Expands AI Cloud Business
Groq has raised $350 million as it continues shifting from building its own AI chips to operating cloud infrastructure powered by Nvidia systems. The Series A values Groq at $3.5…
Terra Industries Raises Another $18 Million, Bringing Seed Round to $52 Million
African defense technology company Terra Industries has raised another $18 million, bringing its seed funding to $52 million as it expands autonomous defense systems and manufacturing. The company says it…
Japan Struggles to Turn AI Interest Into Everyday Workplace Use
Japan’s ageing population, labour shortages and weak productivity would appear to make it a natural market for workplace AI. Yet adoption remains relatively low, with an OECD study finding that…
Jeff Bezos and Eduardo Saverin Join Consortium Buying Minority Stake in Liverpool FC
Fenway Sports Group has agreed to sell a minority stake in Liverpool FC to 1892 Holdings, a consortium led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia and backed by investors including Amazon…
Magnum Turns to AI, New Flavors and Functional Ice Cream as Costs Rise
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is experimenting with glow-in-the-dark ice pops, AI-equipped freezers, protein-rich products and new manufacturing techniques as it looks for ways to manage rising costs and changing…
