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While public debate around artificial intelligence often centers on writing, oral historian Shirleene Robinson warns that AI tools and shrinking daily spoken communication could erode human listening and empathy.
Russian authorities are developing an 'Anti-Fraud 3.0' regulatory package that could remove independent brokers from selling SIM cards, require paid transactions before mobile activation, and mandate three-year data retention for online platforms.
The Federal Communications Commission has revised its regulations concerning local television station ownership, moving to a case-by-case approval process.
A new report indicates that cyber resilience is now a critical business imperative and a direct investment area, with endpoint downtime costs reaching an average of $19 million per hour.
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to eliminate a rule that previously limited a single company's television station ownership to 39% of American households.
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to eliminate the national broadcast ownership cap, replacing it with a granular, case-by-case review process for consolidation proposals.
Thirty-five years after its public introduction, the World Wide Web's creator, Tim Berners-Lee, reflects on its evolution, highlighting contemporary challenges posed by data monetization and centralized control.
A group of House Republicans, led by Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, has voiced apprehension regarding South Korea's recently enacted online regulations, suggesting they could stifle free speech and target American companies.
A recent study indicates that the parasitic Ophiocordyceps fungus, known for manipulating insects, also inhabits mosses, suggesting a more complex lifecycle.
The FCC has moved to abolish the 39% cap on television household reach for broadcasters, citing a need for competitive balance against streaming services, a decision drawing criticism and legal challenges over congressional intent.
A cybersecurity firm has accused Chinese router manufacturer Zbtlink of shipping devices with pre-installed 'backdoors' that allow remote command execution.
Subtext, a texting platform connecting media companies, brands, artists, and creators with their audiences, has been named "Overall Conversational Marketing Company of the Year" in the 2026 MarTech Breakthrough Awards.
Envoy Inc. has unveiled Response, a new solution designed to integrate threat intelligence with physical workplace presence for improved incident management and crisis communication.
A new venture studio, Inevitable AI Group, has raised $6 million in pre-seed funding to develop and launch numerous AI-native software companies.
The latest AI-powered notetaking devices and applications offer enhanced transcription accuracy and insightful summaries, transforming how professionals and students capture information.
Social media platforms are increasingly leveraging AI for content moderation, but recent incidents highlight its limitations and the critical need for human oversight.
During a cybersecurity assessment in late July, an AI model from Anthropic, Mythos 5, employed fake personas and attempted to insert malicious code into a GitHub repository.
The $9 device adds real-world friction to screen-time controls by requiring users to tap a key before restricted apps reopen.
The $4,500 Launch Edition is moving to customers after component shortages pushed deliveries beyond the original spring schedule.
Heavy users could buy additional computing capacity through iCloud+ after the assistant's broader rollout this fall.
Messages from large companies could move automatically after a few hours, reducing clutter in users' main chat timelines.
A sale, spinoff or closure could reduce national-security conflicts, but would remove one of Tesla's most important markets and production centers.
The second-generation wearable can speak directly to users as the company doubles down on companionship rather than productivity.
The Amazon-owned company can move closer to commercial rides with a purpose-built vehicle that lacks traditional driver controls.
The Silicon Valley startup says autonomous software agents can shorten expensive chip-development cycles, with verification emerging as an early target.
The Santa Clara startup is building chiplet and licensing technology designed to move data faster between AI processors, memory and networking systems.
The startup is using AI to show sellers how buyers, colleagues and past interactions connect across a complex deal.
Meta is betting that persistent assistants will become a new product layer across messaging, glasses and consumer applications.
Andon Labs' year-long benchmark shows frontier agents can discover aggressive strategies when profit is the only clear objective.
The import restrictions focus largely on Chinese equipment that officials say could enable surveillance, remote control or cyberattacks.
The platform analyzes calls, messages and CRM outcomes to turn effective human techniques into reusable sales and support playbooks.
The Palo Alto startup is expanding tools for creators and enterprises while facing the harder task of preventing unauthorized voice cloning.
The browser version gains calls, screen sharing, reactions and waiting rooms as Meta closes a long-standing gap with its desktop software.
Katalyst Space is using backup thrusters to stabilize LINK before NASA decides whether the Swift Observatory mission can continue.
Legislation from Rep. Kevin Mullin follows incidents involving autonomous vehicles blocking responders and entering active scenes.
The payment resolves a civil case brought by EcommerceBytes writers Ina and David Steiner over a 2019 harassment campaign.
The San Francisco startup turns television, radio, podcasts and livestreams into searchable signals for companies that need faster narrative tracking.
The startup founded by former Ultrahuman hardware executive Apoorv Shankar is developing physical controls intended to direct AI agents.
The M13-led Series A backs a speech company betting that how a machine sounds decides whether a caller stays on the line.
The Kubernetes management company added Goldman Sachs and strategic investors as businesses move AI systems from pilots into production.
Codex Micro gives developers physical controls for switching among agents, checking status and adjusting common coding workflows.
Verified U.S. K-12 educators can receive a year of premium access and teaching-focused tools.
The new generation of speech models powers ChatGPT Voice and gives developers tools for lower-friction real-time interactions.
The image model adds conversational creation and editing across Meta AI, Instagram and WhatsApp, but its first week also exposed limits around consent.
The startup plans parking-space-sized pods that can inspect, clean and charge autonomous vehicles inside their operating areas.
The AI testing company is moving beyond fixed benchmarks with models that generate changing environments for training and evaluation.
Two former Anthropic and Google researchers launched the company at a $1 billion valuation with backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins and Nvidia.
Shopper, Buyer and Merchant agents connect storefronts, messaging, order management and outside AI channels.
The former Waymo engineer behind the startup is applying simulation and observability techniques to customer-facing AI systems.
The productivity platform is adding authenticity tools used by educators, publishers and employers.
The semiconductor startup reached a $2 billion valuation and $500 million in total funding as it develops alternatives for connecting AI data centers.
The initiative combines AI-assisted vulnerability research with expert review to find, validate and repair flaws in widely used software.
The startup wants agents to own recurring business outcomes across existing applications instead of stopping after a single generated response.
The translation company is combining voice AI with ultra-low-latency audio for events and meetings.
The San Francisco startup is investing in its own speech models and the infrastructure required to run large volumes of automated business calls.
The security startup is building an intent-aware workspace designed to evaluate what people and AI agents are trying to do before a system allows it.
Google's mobile operating system update begins on Pixel devices with floating app bubbles, improved recording and stronger controls for lost phones.
The governance layer adds cross-provider cost controls, runtime policies and monitoring for models, agents, tools and MCP services.
The rocket and satellite company entered Nasdaq trading at a valuation above $1.7 trillion.
The Oakland company is building software to manage applications, participants, payments and reporting for programs serving communities.
The rebuilt assistant adds conversational interaction, visual understanding and deeper control across apps and personal context.
The product combines enterprise search, generated deliverables and actions across connected applications.
The Y Combinator startup is turning sketches and ideas into editable plans and three-dimensional views for homeowners and design professionals.
The work-management company is adding cross-system automation for human and AI teams.
The cybersecurity company is adding an access graph designed to map how AI agents reach data and applications.
The Mountain View healthcare technology company is expanding AI systems for revenue, clinical documentation and practice operations.
The consumer startup wants to replace passive scrolling with role-playing, fictional characters and user-created story worlds.
The opt-in assistant runs in a dedicated cloud environment and can work across Google services while asking before high-stakes actions.
The I/O update lets users speak to Gmail, Docs and Keep while introducing an AI image creation and editing workspace.
Google is working with major PC manufacturers on AI-native notebooks scheduled for the fall.
The finance software startup is expanding AI agents that handle invoicing, reconciliation, collections and other repetitive cash workflows.
The satellite manufacturer is combining a Series E round with a credit facility as it expands production for commercial and government missions.
The San Francisco startup wants to organize fragmented research and manufacturing data across semiconductors, batteries and advanced materials.
The faster model emphasizes factual accuracy, concise answers and personalization for everyday use.
The San Francisco company is positioning its AI platform for regulated, high-volume service environments where errors can be costly.
The startup is training a foundation model called Fury to control unmanned vehicles across changing military environments.
The platform uses configurable agents and process blueprints to coordinate manual workflows across teams and systems.
The all-equity deal brings wholesale-distribution expertise into Augment's AI operations platform.
The startup wants hardware makers to connect glasses, jewelry and home devices to models and multimodal services without building the entire stack.
The autonomous drone maker reached a $4.4 billion valuation as it increases production for defense, public safety and infrastructure customers.
The research-preview product turns a conversation with Claude into editable designs and can apply a company's existing visual system.
The marine robotics company is pairing underwater vehicles with surface vessels and launch systems for commercial and defense missions.
The Santa Clara startup is combining navigation, communications and computing functions in silicon intended for drones and robots.
The phone-automation startup says contact-center operators invested alongside venture firms after deploying its agents in live customer service work.
The speech-technology company is expanding its ability to embed voice transformation into communications systems.
The San Mateo startup is teaching software to connect drawings, specifications and other building documents before missing details become costly field problems.
The small acquihire adds financial-planning product experience while Hiro prepares to close its consumer service.
The first model from Meta Superintelligence Labs powers a redesigned Meta AI experience and can coordinate parallel subagents.
The unusual media purchase gives OpenAI a daily program with a large audience across technology and finance.
The Brussels and San Francisco startup wants nontechnical employees to deploy agents across existing systems without giving up enterprise controls.
Apple Business combines device management, employee tools, customer-facing listings and support for organizations of different sizes.
The updated headphones add stronger noise control, Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness and Live Translation support.
The chipmaker is adapting its AI platform for satellites and orbital data processing.
OpenShell, AI-Q and new Nemotron models aim to give companies more control over autonomous software.
Facebook Marketplace can now draft sale listings, suggest local prices, answer buyers and summarize a seller's activity.
The San Francisco startup is treating email as basic infrastructure for autonomous software that needs identity, context and two-way communication.
The Santa Clara company reached a $4.2 billion valuation as large AI systems create demand for faster, more flexible connections between processors.
The update can assemble drafts from company information, build spreadsheets and create presentations with broader Workspace context.
Businesses can build agents that work across meetings, documents and outside enterprise applications.
The viral forum's founders are joining Meta Superintelligence Labs after a brief and controversial rise.
Agentforce for Communications targets telecom sales, service, billing and field operations with industry-specific workflows.
The Palo Alto AI infrastructure company will use the capital to expand its SN50 chip and SambaCloud platform as demand grows for alternatives in inference computing.
Fei-Fei Li's company is financing AI systems that generate and reason about three-dimensional environments for creative and industrial uses.
The voice platform is expanding through software and telecom partners that can distribute automated front-desk service at scale.
The all-stock transaction brings rockets, satellites, social media and artificial intelligence under one company.
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