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Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them from driving into highway construction zones
Plus - Mivo’s new app takes a mindful approach to managing screen time
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Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
Despite the fact that AI increasingly dominates our economy, most Americans are not particularly optimistic about the technology’s long-term impact on the country, a Pew Research study reveals.
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Uber will bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston in 2027
Plus - DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation
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Threads adds new personalization and community features as it reaches 500M monthly users
Plus - ChatGPT’s market share slips below 50% for the first time
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Fox to acquire Roku in $22 billion deal
Plus - As AI agents become employees, NewCore emerges with $66 million to give them identities
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SpaceX opens at $150, an 11% pop for the most anticipated debut in history
Plus - Cheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar’s video AI is built for India’s scale
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Opendoor’s India exit is fueling a bigger conversation about AI and outsourcing
Plus - DoorDash’s new AI chatbot lets you order with prompts and photos
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Pinterest bets on creators with Amazon Storefront integration
Plus - Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI
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How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers
Plus - Evotrex raises $30M to build the RV that doesn’t need a charging station
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Eventbrite and Vimeo owner Bending Spoons files to go public
Plus - Amazon now lets you design custom merch using AI
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Google and FBI warn of ransomware group that sends fake IT workers to hack victims in person
Plus - Supabase doubles valuation to $10B in 8 months
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Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.
Plus - Cash App launches a wand for tap-and-pay
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Meet Wander, a StumbleUpon-inspired tool for discovering the ‘small web’
Plus - TikTok launches TikTok Pro Events, an app for cultural moments like the FIFA World Cup
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Meta tests ‘Series’ for episodic Reels on Instagram and Facebook
Plus - Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries
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Strava declares war on scrapers ahead of IPO
Plus - Unastella, a South Korean rocket startup that launched from home, raises $24M
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This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory
Plus - Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
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Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket
Plus - Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches its iOS app
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YouTube will now automatically label AI videos
Plus - Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks
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Spotify now lets you stream narrated magazine articles, too
Plus - Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation
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Spotify’s AI bet: more of everything, less of what you want
Plus - Smart ring maker Oura files to go public
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Meta quietly launches Forum
Plus - Waymo expands pause to four cities
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Spotify takes on Google’s NotebookLM
Spotify will reserve tickets for top fans of an artists in a bid to drum up engagement; Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool
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Youtube adds ‘Ask YouTube’
Plus - AI search startups are blowing up; Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI
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Google Search as you know it is over.
The era of the “ten blue links” is officially over
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Amazon’s new Alexa+ powered feature can generate podcast episodes
Plus - If you’re giving a commencement speech in 2026, maybe don’t mention AI; Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI
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YouTube viewers watch 2 billion hours of Shorts on TVs each month
Plus - Even GoPro is pivoting to defense
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Spotify to adopt Apple’s new video podcast tech
Plus - Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs to spend more on AI; Instagram’s new ‘Instants’ feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal
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Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI
Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar; WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats
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TikTok launching TikTok GO
Plus - Amazon launches 30-minute delivery across the U.S.; Spotify launches a Wrapped-style recap of your entire listening history
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Venmo’s biggest makeover in years comes at a very interesting time
Plus - TikTok launches an ad-free subscription plan in the UK; Bravo is creating unscripted microdramas for the Peacock app
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Disney looking to make a unified ‘super app’
Plus - Lime, the Uber-backed micromobility company, files for IPO; Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code
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Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio
Kalshi doubles valuation in 5 months, hitting $22B; Jeff Bezos rep leaves Slate Auto’s board
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The AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T
Plus - The AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T; Bumble’s paying users are slipping as it bets on an overhaul later this year; Marc Lore says that AI will soon enable anyone open a restaurant
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Threads finally brings messaging to the web
Plus - Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor; Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push
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Doordash adds new AI tools
Plus - A TikToker rallies pledges to buy Spirit Airlines after its abrupt weekend collapse; In Harvard study, AI offered more accurate emergency room diagnoses than two human doctors
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People are finally using Reddit’s search
Plus - ChatGPT Images 2.0 is a hit in India; Apple was surprised by AI-driven demand for Macs
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Netflix wants you to watch its TikTok-like vertical video feed ‘Clips’
Plus - Spotify introduces verified artist badges to help distinguish humans from AI; Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week
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Uber is in the hotel business now
Plus - Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public; Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation
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YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature
FTC reports consumers lost $2.1B to social media scams in 2025; Snapchat brings AI-powered conversational advertising to its app
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Spotify’s next frontier: Fitness content
Plus - Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs; Amazon’s new podcast strategy is Monetize everything
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