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…a streaming app for children ages zero to six featuring content designed for healthy development. The startup has now raised $3 million in seed funding to scale its platform, and is currently…
Visa has announced an undisclosed investment in AI coding platform Replit. The two companies are also exploring how to integrate Visa’s payment products into Replit, so that developers — and the AI…
…and burner phones after China trip OpenAI is reportedly preparing legal action against Apple; it wouldn’t be the first partner to feel burned How to turn off Instagram’s new Instants…
…coding agents with new Android tools designed to work with platforms like Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, allowing developers — or their AI assistants — to build Android apps faster from the command…
…This is the audio platform’s new bid to keep its users engaged and stream more to become eligible to be a top fan. Spotify didn’t give an exact criterion to…
…Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in Florida Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions, with more to come, including AI plans Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI…
Triomics , a startup building an AI-powered platform to help oncologists and administrative staff automate data-heavy tasks like clinical trial matching and appointment prep, has raised $22 million in Series B…
…investor, and a distribution platform — but the consumer-facing bet may be just as important. Two weeks ago, Uber held its annual GO-GET product event in New York and announced something…
…news reader for themselves within the app. The update comes as web publishers have seen a decline in referral traffic from platforms like Facebook and Google, driven by shifting algorithms and AI…