Mirelo, a German startup that is building AI to add synced sound effects to videos, has raised a $41 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

Thea Energy says that its planar-coil fusion power plant could be cheaper and easier to build thanks to AI-powered control software.

iRobot survived three decades of competition, but couldn't survive European regulators killing its Amazon buyout. Now it's being taken over by its own supplier in bankruptcy court.

Meta has three months to comply with Indian government directions that could affect how WhatsApp operates in the country.

Grok, the chatbot built by Elon Musk’s xAI and popularized on his social media platform X, appears to have repeatedly spread misinformation about today’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia.

Fintech startup Mesa has shut down its Homeowners Card, which awarded points to cardholders for paying their mortgages.

Netflix's $82.6 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. encapsulates a fraught moment for Hollywood, as the entertainment business is increasingly overshadowed by tech giants.

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Spinny is set to be valued at about $1.8 billion post-money in its latest funding round.

A woman is facing felony charges in Evansville, Indiana over a DoorDash delivery in which she allegedly sprayed the food with a substance that made the customers vomit.

Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates.

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2025.

A timeline of ChatGPT product updates and releases, starting with the latest, which we’ve been updating throughout the year.

Rivian demonstrated the progress it's made, and in the process showed just how far it still has to go to make its cars autonomous.

Your iPhone clock doesn't have to be so "glassy" anymore, thanks to a new Apple software update.

Apple released patches for all of its flagship devices to fix security flaws under attack. Google also updated Chrome to remediate one vulnerability exploited in the attacks.

Women ran an experiment to see if LinkedIn's new algo was being sexist and thought they proved it. But there's more complexity involved, experts say.

Microsoft's data center ambitions have imperiled its 2030 pledge to remove more carbon than it generates, making carbon removal credits all but necessary.

700Credit, a company that runs credit checks and identity verification services for auto dealerships across the U.S., had a data breach that allowed a hacker to steal names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.

A baby was born in a Waymo this week, and it wasn’t even the first one.  What started as a novelty story quickly became a reminder of how autonomous vehicles have quietly become part of everyday life, complete with all the messiness that entails. The real coming-of-age story this week, however, wasn’t happening in San Francisco’s robotaxis. It was playing out in […]

Trump signed an AI executive order targeting state laws and promising one national rulebook. Critics warn it could trigger court battles and prolong uncertainty for startups while Congress debates federal rules.

The real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence intact, so it’s easier to follow the conversation and tell who’s saying what.

Retro's new feature, Rewind, lets you look back at your photo memories and scroll through them with a dial.

A security researcher tried to alert Home Depot to the security lapse exposing its back-end GitHub source code repos and other internal cloud systems, but was ignored.

Hama Film makes photo booths that upload pictures and videos online. But their back-end systems have a simple flaw that allows anyone to download customer pictures.

As robotaxi adoption continues, wild ideas like personal ownership and renting them out are starting to pop up again.

Reddit, one of the world's largest social platforms, is arguing that it doesn't meet the definition of "social media platforms" as it seeks to overturn Australia's law banning children under 16 years of age from social media.

Tools for Humanity, the company behind the app, is seeking to expand its "real human network."

His reporting on a Stanford University president put Theo Baker on the map, but his upcoming book may cement his reputation as the rare young journalist willing to challenge Silicon Valley's startup machine.

For the first time, developers can embed Google's Deep Research tool, based on Gemini 3 Pro, into their own apps.

Despite launching as a humanoid robot designed to help consumers around the house, 1X's Neo robots are heading to industrial use cases.

Graham & Walker’s Leslie Feinzaig and XYZ Venture’s Ross Fubini share the secrets for founders — and VCs — to make the most of the current fast pace of dealmaking.

The game is back on the Google Play Store, but another court decision is rolling back some of the developer-friendly changes on iOS.

Disney is accusing the tech giant of unauthorized distribution of its copyrighted characters without permission via Gemini AI.

In the past, users had to upload a full-body picture of themselves to virtually try on a piece of clothing. Now they can use a selfie and Nano Banana will generate a full-body digital version of them.

OpenAI just launched GPT-5.2, a frontier model aimed at developers and professionals, pushing reasoning and coding benchmarks as it races Google’s Gemini 3 while grappling with compute costs and no generator.

Google Labs is testing a product that will work with your browser tabs to make web apps for you.

And when it does, the AI assistant will roll out to every existing EV in its lineup, not just the next-generation versions of its R1T truck and R1S SUV. 

CEO RJ Scaringe laid out his plan for how Rivian's vehicles will increasingly drive themselves, in a bid to match or exceed the capabilities of rival automakers and AV companies.

Runway debuts a physics-aware world model that simulates reality to train agents and power video, robotics, and avatar applications.

The factories live on; the joint venture will not. The two companies will divide the assets: Ford will take ownership and operation of the twin battery plants in Kentucky, while SK On will operate the factory at the massive BlueOval SK campus in Tennessee.

Disney says that alongside the agreement, it will "become a major customer of OpenAI," as it will use its APIs to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney+.

On Me raises $6 million for its digital gift card platform that lets users purchase cards categorized by interests rather than being restricted to specific retailers.

TIME Magazine has named the 'Architects of AI' its Person of the Year, who include Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, and Fei-Fei Li

The founder of Freedom Chat said the company has reset user PINs and released a new version to app stores.

Spoor's computer vision software can help wind farms, and other industries, track bird populations and migration patterns.

The biotech startup is betting that owners of abandoned oil wells will use the tech to squeeze energy out of their wells.

Following a couple of months' testing, Opera has finally made its AI-powered browser, Neon, available to the public — though you'll have to shell out for a $19.90-per-month subscription to use it.

Port offers a proprietary alternative to Spotify's popular devtool catalog Backstage, but with a valuable addition — it can be used to manage AI agents, too.

Runware lets developers integrate real-time image generation in their apps, with an affordable pricing model.

Goldman Sachs has led Harness's Series E round, with participation from IVP, Menlo Ventures, and Unusual Ventures.

A pregnant woman in San Francisco gave birth inside a Waymo robotaxi Monday night en route to UCSF Medical Center, marking the latest milestone in the driverless car saga that no one saw coming -- except everyone with more than six months of experience behind the wheel of a ride-share vehicle.

Amin Vahdat has been promoted to chief technologist for AI infrastructure, a newly created position reporting directly to CEO Sundar Pichai.

The letter demanded companies institute new safeguards to keep users safe from harmful psychological impacts.

A new software option could make it possible to see the approximate location of some of Nvidia's AI chips.

This feature could help give emergency dispatchers context in circumstances like car accidents, fires, or medical crises.

The massive data breach at the South Korean retail giant Coupang affects more than half of the country's population.

The playlists can factor in world knowledge, go back to your listening history from day one, and be refreshed daily or weekly.

The stealthy startup plans to use a network of satellites to harvest sunlight and send it to Earth using infrared lasers.

A subcontractor says he was crushed by a metal support, breaking his hip, knee, and tibia. He's suing SpaceX and the construction company that employed him.

Calibri, which could make documents easier to read for the vision impaired, was apparently installed in 2023 by the department’s then-DEI office. Rubio’s memo has designated Times New Roman as his tenure’s official font, stating it will “restore decorum and professionalism” to documents.

The new packages will give consumers more flexibility over the content that they want to pay for. YouTube notes that users will still get access to popular features like unlimited DVR, multiview, key plays, and fantasy view.

Verified users will actually be notable figures, not just people who paid for the checkmark.

By adding AI-powered article overviews, Google says users will get more context before they click through to read an article.

Amazon says it will allow authors to offer their DRM-free e-books in the EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing. Starting on January 20, 2026, authors who set their titles as DRM-free will see their books made available in these more open formats.

This is ChatGPT's first year as the No. 1 app on the U.S. App Store by downloads.

The e-commerce giant says it will expand the service to additional cities in 2026.

Oboe has raised $16 million in funding for its learning app. The company now lets users generate unlimited courses for free.

Google is rolling out managed MCP servers to make its services “agent-ready by design,” starting with Maps and BigQuery, aiming to simplify messy integrations and help AI agents use real tools.

Unacademy's valuation has dropped by over 85% from its pandemic-era peak price tag of $3.5 billion, its founder said.

Tavus has launched a new experience where you can chat with an AI Santa that asks personal questions and remembers your interests.