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Netflix is showing Hollywood what happens when a startup grows up

World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features

Stanford’s star reporter takes on Silicon Valley’s ‘money-soaked’ startup culture

Google launched its deepest AI research agent yet — on the same day OpenAI dropped GPT-5.2

1X struck a deal to send its ‘home’ humanoids to factories and warehouses

The market has ‘switched’ and founders have the power now, VCs say

Epic Games’ Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS

Disney hits Google with cease-and-desist claiming ‘massive’ copyright infringement

Google’s AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just a selfie

OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo

Google debuts ‘Disco,’ a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs

Rivian’s AI assistant is coming to its EVs in early 2026

Rivian goes big on autonomy, with custom silicon, lidar, and a hint at robotaxis

Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model

What most VCs won’t tell you about raising capital

Ford and SK On are ending their US battery joint venture

Disney signs deal with OpenAI to allow Sora to generate AI videos featuring its characters

On Me raises $6M to shake up the gift card industry

TIME names ‘Architects of AI’ its Person of the Year

Security flaws in Freedom Chat app exposed users’ phone numbers and PINs

Opera wants you to pay $20 a month to use its AI-powered browser Neon

Interest in Spoor’s bird-monitoring AI software is soaring

Eclipse Energy’s microbes can turn idle oil wells into hydrogen factories

Runware raises $50M Series A to help make image, video generation easier for developers

Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage

Harness hits $5.5B valuation with $240M raise to automate AI’s ‘after-code’ gap

Baby delivered in Waymo continues proud tradition of not making it to the hospital

Google’s answer to the AI arms race — promote the guy behind its data center tech

State attorneys general warn Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and other AI giants to fix ‘delusional’ outputs

Nvidia is reportedly testing tracking software as chip-smuggling rumors swirl

You can now share live video with emergency services on Android

CEO of South Korean retail giant Coupang resigns after massive data breach

Spotify tests more personalized, AI-powered ‘Prompted Playlists’

Overview Energy wants to beam energy from space to existing solar farms

OSHA investigating new crane accident at SpaceX’s Starbase facility

Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI

YouTube TV to launch genre-based subscription plans in 2026

Reddit is testing verification badges

Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on select publications’ Google News pages

Amazon changes how copyright protection is applied to Kindle Direct’s self-published e-books

ChatGPT is Apple’s most downloaded app of 2025 in the US

Amazon now offers same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 2,300 US cities

Oboe raises $16 million from a16z for its AI-powered course-generation platform

Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools

Unacademy’s founder says startup is now worth less than $500M, confirms M&A talks

Figma launches new AI-powered object removal and image extension

AI startup Tavus founder says users talk to its AI Santa ‘for hours’ per day

Petco takes down Vetco website after exposing customers’ personal information

Google launches sub-$5 AI Plus plan in India to compete with ChatGPT Go

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see