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    Google CEO says AI model Gemini will the company’s ‘biggest focus’ in 2025

    CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly told Google employees that 2025 will be a “critical” year for the company. CNBC reports that it obtained audio from a...

    Bench shuts down, leaving thousands of businesses without access to accounting and tax docs

    Bench, a Canada-based accounting startup that offered software-as-a-service for small and medium-sized businesses, has abruptly shut down, according to a notice posted on its...

    AI sales rep startups are booming. So why are VCs wary?

    When you really probe venture capitalists about investing in AI startups, they’ll tell you that businesses are experimenting wildly but are very slow to...

    PharmEasy investor cuts value of its stake drastically, implying new valuation of $456M

    Indian online pharmacy PharmEasy is now being valued at about $456 million after its investor Janus Henderson said in a filing that it valued...

    A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

    The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has more than 130,000...

    Proton’s device aims to help those with kidney disease, and cut heart failure risks

    People with chronic kidney disease, or those at risk of heart failure, are greatly affected by potassium imbalances in the body. These can even...

    xAI is testing a standalone iOS app for its Grok chatbot

    Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is testing out a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, which was available only to X users until...

    OpenAI’s GPT-5 reportedly falling short of expectations

    OpenAI’s efforts to develop its next major model, GPT-5, are running behind schedule, with results that don’t yet justify the enormous costs, according to...

    Sam Altman disputes Marc Andreessen’s description of AI meetings with Biden administration

    Famed investor Marc Andreessen recently talked about meetings with Biden administration staff who gave him the impression they wanted to control AI by working...

    Bluesky adds mentions tab in the notifications screen and username squatting protection

    Social network Bluesky has released a new update to its app that includes a separate mentions tab in notifications, protections against username squatting, and...

    Apple and Meta go to war over interoperability vs. privacy

    Apple and Meta are warring in Europe over the balance between interoperability and privacy, Reuters reports. The fight focuses on the European Union’s Digital Markets...

    AI is burying company web sites in search results, but Otterly.AI thinks it can help

    Many sites saw their organic traffic decline in 2024, in big part due to the rise of AI-generated search results. Many queries no longer...

    Agave, the startup behind Find the Cat, finds $18M

    A startup out of Turkey that has built a hit casual mobile game where you have to find cats in Where’s Wally-style drawings of...

    Kakao Mobility hit with $10.5M antitrust fine for limiting rivals’ access

    South Korea’s antitrust watchdog has fined Kakao Mobility, the ride-hailing unit of Korean tech firm Kakao, $10.5 million (KRW 15.1 billion) for limiting competitors’...

    Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock, then plant spyware, on a journalist’s phone

    This year, a Serbian journalist and an activist had their phones hacked by local authorities using a cellphone-unlocking device made by forensic tool maker...

    ChatGPT and Sora experienced a major outage

    OpenAI says ChatGPT, Sora, and its developer-facing API experienced a major outage starting at around 3pm PT on Wednesday, according to the company’s status...