Bumble Explores Swipe-Free Future, Emphasizing Real-World Connections
Bumble is shifting its focus towards in-person interactions and away from traditional swiping, introducing new initiatives and an app designed for group meetups.
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Google Wallet Introduces Secure Balances for Minors
Google Wallet now offers a feature enabling parents to establish secure financial accounts for their children under 18.
Slinky Dog Repurposed as Functional Over-the-Air Television Antenna
OOHUB, LLC has unveiled a novel application for the classic Slinky Dog toy, transforming it into an over-the-air television antenna aimed at enhancing reception and serving as an educational tool.
Astraeus Unveils AI Infrastructure for Wealth Management Industry
Astraeus has introduced an AI-native infrastructure platform designed to integrate artificial intelligence within regulated advisory businesses by providing firm-specific context.
Vmake AI Rebrands as Vmake Labs, Launches Social Video Studio for Brands
Vmake Labs is repositioning its platform to assist small businesses, e-commerce vendors, and content creators in developing viral social video content.
Adobe Launches ChatGPT Plugin, Integrating Over 70 Creative Tools
Adobe has expanded its collaboration with OpenAI through a new plugin that allows ChatGPT users to access a wide array of Adobe's creative and productivity tools directly within the AI interface.
Reddit Prepares a Video and Audio Format for Its Most Viral Posts
The company is testing a native version of the narrated Reddit stories that already attract large audiences on TikTok.
Martha Stewart Co-Founds Hint, an AI Management App for Homeowners
The service combines property records, maintenance schedules and uploaded documents with an assistant that answers questions about a home.
DoorDash Unveils Its Own Drone Delivery Program
DoorDash Air will join human couriers and sidewalk robots inside a software system that selects the best delivery method for each order.
WhatsApp Adds Voice and Video Calling to Its Web App
The browser version gains calls, screen sharing, reactions and waiting rooms as Meta closes a long-standing gap with its desktop software.
X Money Begins U.S. Rollout With Debit Card and Peer Payments
The financial app is opening to paid X subscribers with instant transfers, a Visa card and incentives tied to Premium membership.
OpenAI Introduces GPT-Live for More Natural Voice Conversations
The new generation of speech models powers ChatGPT Voice and gives developers tools for lower-friction real-time interactions.
Meta Rolls Out Muse Image, Then Removes a Controversial Instagram Feature
The image model adds conversational creation and editing across Meta AI, Instagram and WhatsApp, but its first week also exposed limits around consent.
Salesforce Expands Agentforce Commerce Across the Shopping Stack
Shopper, Buyer and Merchant agents connect storefronts, messaging, order management and outside AI channels.
Figma Motion Adds Native Animation Tools to Product Design Files
Teams can build, review and hand off interface motion without leaving the shared canvas.
Databricks CustomerLake Brings Customer Data Tools to the Lakehouse
The native platform combines identity resolution, audience building, activation and AI agents.
Databricks LTAP Combines Transactions and Analytics on One Data Layer
The new architecture aims to reduce the copies and pipelines separating operational applications from analysis.
Facebook Adds AI Mode and New Creative Tools
Meta is using public social content to answer searches while expanding AI-assisted photo, video and profile editing.
Apple Extends Intelligence Across Maps, Find My and Apple Cash
The services update adds richer navigation, flexible location sharing, visual bill splitting and expanded media experiences.
Apple Adds AI Reframing Tools to Photos
Spatial Reframing can adjust composition and perspective while Apple marks generated edits with an embedded provenance signal.
Apple Introduces Systemwide Dictation With Automatic Polishing
The voice input update can improve punctuation, capitalization and formatting while new Siri voices aim for more natural delivery.
OpenAI Extends Codex With Tools for More Professional Roles
New plugins, skills and workflow features move the coding agent beyond software development into research, analysis and business operations.
Google Expands Universal Cart and AI Tools for Retailers
The commerce update connects shopping across Search and Gemini while giving merchants new visibility and checkout controls.
Google Tests Gemini-Built Ads Inside AI Search
Conversational Discovery, Highlighted Answers and new shopping formats move sponsored content deeper into generated search experiences.
Google Expands AI Max to Shopping and Travel Ads
The update adds campaign automation, an AI Brief for advertiser guidance and new controls for regulated messaging.
Google TV Adds Gemini Visual Answers and Sports Briefs
The television interface can now show richer responses, narrated topic explorations and quick updates for sports fans.
Zoom Opens No-Code Platform for Custom Workplace AI Agents
Businesses can build agents that work across meetings, documents and outside enterprise applications.
Apple Brings M5 Pro and M5 Max to MacBook Pro
The 14- and 16-inch laptops add faster AI processing, higher storage floors and improved solid-state drive performance.
Apple Updates MacBook Air With M5 Chip and More Base Storage
The new laptop doubles entry-level storage while increasing AI and graphics performance.
Apple Launches the $599 iPhone 17e
The entry model adds the A19 chip, MagSafe, a 48-megapixel camera and 256 gigabytes of starting storage.
Salesforce Launches Five AI Agents for Communications Providers
Agentforce for Communications targets telecom sales, service, billing and field operations with industry-specific workflows.
Cisco Unveils Silicon One G300 for Large AI Networks
The 102.4-terabit chip is designed to move data across increasingly dense computing clusters.
