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Stripe and Advent Submit $53 Billion Bid for PayPal

Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have submitted a joint offer to acquire PayPal in a deal valued at more than $53 billion, according to Reuters. The proposal would…

Apple Intelligence Wins China Approval Through Alibaba Qwen Deal

Apple has received approval to launch Apple Intelligence in China, clearing a major regulatory hurdle for its generative AI services in one of its most important markets. China’s Cyberspace Administration…

Spotify Brings Parent-Managed Kids Accounts to Free Users

Spotify is expanding parent-managed accounts for children to its free tier, giving more families a way to separate kids’ listening from parents’ recommendations and Wrapped results. The feature is now…

India Unveils $20 Billion Push for Smartphone and Chip Manufacturing

India has approved new incentives for smartphone and semiconductor manufacturing as it tries to deepen its role in the global electronics supply chain. The measures build on India’s success assembling…

Twelve States Sue to Block Paramount Skydance’s Warner Bros. Discovery Deal

A coalition of 12 state attorneys general has sued to block Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing that the deal would harm movie theaters, cable distributors and…

George Hotz Argues for User-Controlled AI, Reviving Safety Debate

Comma AI founder George Hotz has reignited debate over AI safety after arguing that future AI systems should be locally controlled and closely aligned with the interests of individual users.…

TV Time Founder Builds Bingers as Tracking App Nears Shutdown

TV Time’s original founder Antonio Pinto is building a new app called Bingers as the popular TV and movie-tracking service prepares to shut down. The new app is meant to…

Anthropic Starts Rolling Out India Pricing for Claude

Anthropic has started showing Indian rupee pricing for Claude subscriptions in India, its largest market outside the U.S. The change reduces one friction point for Indian users who previously had…

FAA Clears SpaceX for Next Starship Test After May Booster Failure

The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared SpaceX to resume Starship test flights after closing its review of a Super Heavy booster failure during a May launch. SpaceX is targeting Thursday,…

LAPD Lets Flock Safety Contract Expire Over Privacy Concerns

The Los Angeles Police Department has allowed its three-year contract with license plate camera company Flock Safety to expire, citing concerns over privacy, civil liberties and data handling. The decision…

Uber and Waymo Clash Over Washington Robotaxi Rules

A proposed autonomous vehicle bill in Washington, D.C., has become a test of Uber’s wider robotaxi strategy, putting the ride-hailing company at odds with its partner Waymo. The bill would…

General Intuition Bets Video Game Data Can Train Physical AI

General Intuition chief executive Pim de Witte says embodied AI could follow the same shift that reshaped natural language processing after GPT-3. Instead of training narrow robotics models from large…

X Plans DM Alerts When Community Notes Correct Posts Users Engaged With

X plans to send users direct messages when a post they interacted with later receives a Community Note correction. The feature is not live yet, and owner Elon Musk has…

Google Photos Adds AI Video Remix Tool for Quick Edits

Google is rolling out a new Video Remix feature in Google Photos that lets users transform videos in seconds with generative AI. The tool is powered by Gemini Omni, Google’s…

Meta Adds Camera Safeguard as AI Glasses Privacy Concerns Grow

Meta says its AI glasses will disable the camera if the device detects that the capture LED has been blocked, modified or damaged. The update is meant to prevent people…

OpenAI Launches GPT-Live Voice Models for More Natural ChatGPT Conversations

OpenAI has released GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, a new generation of voice models designed to make ChatGPT conversations feel more natural. The models are full-duplex, meaning they can listen and…

Paradigm Raises $1.2 Billion Fund to Invest Beyond Crypto

Paradigm has raised a $1.2 billion fund to back companies building at what it calls the technical frontier. The new vehicle is the firm’s third venture fund and fourth fund…

Prime Intellect Raises $130 Million to Help Companies Build AI Agents

Prime Intellect has raised $130 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation, as demand grows for infrastructure that helps companies train and deploy their own AI agents.…

AssuranceAmerica Breach Exposes Driver’s License Data of 6.9 Million People

AssuranceAmerica has confirmed a data breach affecting the personal information and driver’s license numbers of 6.9 million people. The incident is the largest known exposure of Americans’ driver’s license data…

AI Startups Report Faster Revenue Milestones as Enterprise Demand Builds

AI startups are reporting unusually fast revenue growth as companies race to adopt generative AI, automation and AI infrastructure. Several startups say they are not only growing quickly, but also…