Team Disbanded And ReassignmentsOpenAI has disbanded a team that was created to communicate the company’s mission to the public and to its own employees, and the company confirmed to TechCrunch…
Expansion Of Same-Day Delivery Network Amazon Pharmacy plans to expand same-day prescription delivery to almost 4,500 cities and towns in the United States by the end of this year, adding…
Launch And Purpose Of The New Feed TikTok on Wednesday announced the launch of a new Local Feed in the U.S. version of its app, a feature that shows content…
All-Hands Meeting And Lunar Plan Elon Musk told employees at xAI during an all-hands meeting on Tuesday night that the company needs a manufacturing facility on the moon, according to…
Termination Reported By The Wall Street Journal Ryan Beiermeister, who served as OpenAI’s vice president of product policy, was fired in January after a male colleague accused her of sexual…
Amazon’s Reported Plans Amazon is considering a marketplace that would let publishers license their content directly to AI companies, according to The Information, as technology firms continue to look for…
Google provided U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with personal data tied to the Google account of Amandla Thomas-Johnson, a British student and journalist, in response to an administrative subpoena that…
New AI Features Across The PlatformFacebook said on Tuesday that it is rolling out new AI-powered features aimed at giving users more playful ways to express themselves. The updates include…
Counterfeits And The Resale ProblemCounterfeit goods cost luxury brands more than $30 billion a year, while buyers in the $210 billion second-hand market lack a reliable way to confirm whether…
Government Confirms Targeting Of Telecom InfrastructureSingapore’s government said a known Chinese cyber-espionage group targeted four of the country’s largest telecommunications companies in a months-long operation, marking the first time authorities…
Google said it is updating its “Results about you” tool and its process for removing non-consensual explicit images from Search, adding broader coverage for sensitive personal data and reducing the…
Expanded Fundraising Round University of Texas spinout Apptronik, which builds humanoid robots for companies including Google DeepMind, said on Wednesday that it has re-opened its Series A round and raised…
Funding And ValuationFormer GitHub chief executive Thomas Dohmke has raised what his lead backer Felicis described as the largest seed round ever for a developer tools startup. The company, called…
Deal And PartiesPop star Britney Spears has sold the rights to her entire music catalogue to independent publisher Primary Wave for about $200 million (£146 million), the BBC reported. The…
Feature Launch And How It WorksYouTube said it is rolling out a new AI-powered playlist feature that lets Premium subscribers on iOS and Android create playlists using text prompts. Users…
Shorter Deadline For Content RemovalIndia has introduced new rules that require social media companies to remove unlawful material within three hours of being notified, tightening the existing 36-hour deadline. The…
Findings From The Children’s CommissionerChildren in England are being regularly shown online adverts for weight loss injections and pills, despite rules that ban this kind of advertising, according to a…