DuckDuckGo pitches itself to schools amid backlash over Google’s AI policy
DuckDuckGo is courting schools frustrated by Google's AI restrictions, pointing educators to its search engine and options to disable AI features.
ChatGPT can now make animated GIFs with OpenAI’s Images 2.6
OpenAI is adding animated GIFs to ChatGPT with a new image model, Images 2.6. Users can make a GIF from text or a photo and edit its frames. Developers get two new API models, and…
Pangram’s new models spot AI fakes in images and video, it says
Pangram launched Pangram Image 1.0 for AI images and the faster Image Flash 1.0 for video. It claims near-perfect scores on its own tests and 98.7% on the DF26 academic benchmark.…
Waymo confirms it’s shaking up its Uber relationship in January 2028
The change will set up direct competition in those markets, as Uber has many other autonomous vehicle partners on its network.
Waymo confirms it will split with Uber in January 2028
The split will set up direct competition in those markets, as Uber has many other autonomous vehicle partners on its network.
Google will spend $15B on data centres in Malaysia over two years
Google plans to spend $15B in Malaysia in 2027 and 2028 on data centres, cloud operations, water, power and training. It will expand its Selangor campus and build new ones in Sela…
‘You Can See Everything’ is getting an outer space release and it hasn’t even come out in Europe yet
It is easier to watch the Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything" in low Earth orbit than in London.
Parsec founders raise $8.75M from a16z to give AI agents their own PCs
Phaze, started by the team behind remote desktop firm Parsec, raised an $8.75M seed round led by a16z. It lets employees and AI agents use powerful remote computers, so companies …
Pliant raises $80M to open its B2B payments platform to AI agents
Berlin fintech Pliant has raised an $80M Series C to open its B2B payments infrastructure to AI agents, the company said on Wednesday. Seaya Nova and Speedinvest led the oversubsc…
Galantas CEO Mario Stifano on AI, data centres and the copper supply gap
Mario Stifano is chief executive of Galantas Gold, a gold and copper company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Toronto and on AIM in London. He has more than 25 years of exper…
Aformic raises $6.95M to move its factory robots into AI data centres
Aformic, which makes self-driving forklifts and carts for factories, raised a $6.95M seed round led by Veteran Ventures Capital. It says it has more than $34M in orders and plans …
Sequoia hits rewind, undoing 20 years of expansion
Sequoia is consolidating into a smaller, Bay Area–centered firm, shutting down the programs and offices it built during a 20-year expansion while announcing roughly $10 billion in…
I tried Apple’s Siri Recaps. They’re surprisingly useful — and a little unsettling
Apple's AI-powered Siri Recaps won me over in just one day, despite my privacy reservations. But there's still room for improvement.
Why are premium domains so expensive?
Premium domains are expensive because each name exists only once, and short, memorable ones are long gone. Registries and owners price them on demand. They help brands get remembe…
Google faces backlash for plan that would turn off Search for schools that restrict AI
Politicians on the left, like NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani and former FTC chair Lina Khan, accused Google of acting as an unregulated monopoly.
Adobe puts its marketing AI agent inside ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot
Adobe’s AI agent for marketing teams now works inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and Databricks Genie, the company said on Wednesday. Adobe expects Amazon Quick, IBM and Sno…
Apple opens Siri AI to every app, and plans a fee for expanded use
Apple has opened Siri AI to every app developer. A Developer Preview lets any app bring its content and actions into Siri AI, Apple said on Tuesday. It ships in the iOS 27.3, iPad…
Shopify misses revenue estimates for the first time since 2022
Shopify’s revenue rose 32% to $3.74bn in the third quarter, the company said on Tuesday. Analysts had expected $3.75bn, making it Shopify’s first revenue miss since 2022, Ignacio …
Titan OS raises $46 million to expand its smart TV OS internationally
Titan OS has raised $110 million in funding to date
Disney plans thousands of layoffs, asks some managers to cut costs by 20%
Disney is planning thousands of job cuts and has asked some managers to target cost savings of 20%. Thomas Buckley first reported the plan for Bloomberg, citing people familiar wi…
Cyberattack pushed French blood bank freezers to extreme temperatures
Hackers took control of cold rooms holding blood plasma at three sites of France’s national blood service. They pushed the temperature settings to extreme levels. Yet, alarms caug…
ElevenLabs could start preparing for an IPO in 2028, its CEO says
ElevenLabs could start preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) in 2028, chief executive Mati Staniszewski said on Tuesday. He spoke to Bloomberg’s Tom Mackenzie at the Bloo…
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa says hackers carried out fraudulent transactions
French cooperative bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa has confirmed that hackers accessed its systems and carried out fraudulent transactions, although the bank says the incident has been c…
UK cyber agency warns of AI-powered ransomware on infrastructure by 2028
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) says attackers will highly likely use AI-powered malware in a ransomware attack on critical national infrastructure by 2028. The war…