Apple debuts new business tools for managing presence across email, calls and Tap to Pay

Apple on Wednesday announced an expanded series of tools that will allow businesses to increase their visibility on Apple’s platforms via its free service, Apple Business Connect. Launched last year, the online portal lets businesses manage their presence…Read More

Are Cybertrucks too angular for Europe?

Tesla’s Cybertruck is facing blowback in Europe, particularly over pedestrian safety concerns. Euro NCAP, a voluntary but influential car safety assessment program in Europe, has not in any way tested the Cybertruck, but based on a visual assessment alone, raised alarms over its sharp, angular design,…Read More

Lightmatter’s $400M round has AI hyperscalers hyped for photonic datacenters

Photonic computing startup Lightmatter has raised $400 million to blow one of modern datacenters’ bottlenecks wide open. The company’s optical interconnect layer allows hundreds of GPUs to work synchronously, streamlining the costly and complex job of training and r…Read More

LatticeFlow’s LLM framework takes a first stab at benchmarking Big AI’s compliance with EU AI Act

While most countries’ lawmakers are still discussing how to put guardrails around artificial intelligence the European Union is ahead of the pack, having passed a risk-based framework for regulating AI apps earlier this year. The law came into for…Read More

Support automation firm Capacity grows with new cash and acquisitions

David Karandish has been busy. Capacity, his support automation company, was planning a $5 million “bridge round” to help the company reach the break-even point. But TVC Capital, Toloka.vc, and the venture’s other backers had something grander in mind. So they threw in an…Read More

Former Palantir CISO Dane Stuckey joins OpenAI to lead security

Dane Stuckey, the former CISO of analytics firm Palantir, has joined OpenAI as its newest CISO, serving alongside OpenAI head of security Matt Knight. Stuckey announced the move in a post on X Tuesday evening. “Security is germane to OpenAI’s mission,” he said. “It is critical we…Read More

Former Palantir CISO Dane Stuckey joins OpenAI to lead security

Dane Stuckey, the former CISO of analytics firm Palantir, has joined OpenAI as its newest CISO, serving alongside OpenAI head of security Matt Knight. Stuckey announced the move in a post on X Tuesday evening. “Security is germane to OpenAI’s mission,” he said. “It is critical we…Read More

How Tesla’s plans for ‘unsupervised FSD’ and robotaxis could run into red tape

During Tesla’s much-hyped robotaxi reveal event last week, CEO Elon Musk said he expects Tesla to release an “unsupervised” version of FSD, the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system, in Texas and California in 2025 on certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.  He…Read More

Keep’s AIOps platform helps ops teams reduce alert fatigue

Alert management for developers and ops teams may seem like a solved problem. Notifying an on-call engineer isn’t exactly difficult anymore, after all. But the real question has become when to alert the right person and how to help them when a service goes down, for example. Many are t…Read More

Some Americans are still using Kaspersky’s antivirus despite U.S. government ban

Not everyone in the U.S. has given up on the Russian-made antivirus. Some Americans have found ways to get around the ban and are still using Kaspersky’s antivirus.
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New iPad mini brings support for Apple Intelligence and Pencil

Apple Tuesday unveiled a new version of the iPad mini updated for the era of Apple Intelligence. The arrival is powered by the A7 Pro chip, bringing compatibility with Apple Intelligence, the company’s new generative AI offering. The new arrival marks the first major update to the 8…Read More

Spotify is adding music video support in 85 additional markets

Music streaming company Spotify said today that it is testing music videos for premium users in 85 additional markets. The company first ran a video experiment in limited markets in March. Spotify originally rolled out music videos in beta in 11 countries, including the U.K., Germany,…Read More

European cyber insurance startup Stoïk secures $27M

Cyber risk has become an increasingly important issue for small companies around the world. While many companies try to avoid and mitigate cyber risks, they rarely discuss transferring those risks to a third party. That’s why Stoïk is stepping in with a cyber security insurance product spe…Read More

Nvidia, the AI chipmaker, just hit another record high

Nvidia shares hit a record high on Monday, closing at $138.07 as Wall Street anticipates earnings updates from Microsoft, Meta, Google and Amazon on their AI infrastructure spending. The stock’s climb has been stupefying — surging nearly 180% this year, following a rapid climb last year; it’s…Read More

Meet Alarmo, Nintendo’s $100 sleep-tracking alarm clock

We got our hands on the newest gadget from Nintendo. No, it’s not a new Switch. It’s a clock and it’s aptly called the Alarmo. The design is very Nintendo, bright red with a soft plastic knob that lights up and doubles as a dial and button. You can select from a bunch of clock […]
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