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After Italy, WhatsApp excludes Brazil from rival chatbot ban

Indian SpaceX rival EtherealX hits 5x valuation as it readies engine tests

Microsoft taps India’s Varaha for durable carbon removal offtake

Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI

The FTC’s data-sharing order against GM is finally settled

India’s Emversity doubles valuation as it scales workers AI can’t replace

Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe

OpenAI signs deal, worth $10B, for compute from Cerebras

Netflix’s first original video podcasts feature Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin

App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B

AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems

Blackstone, General Atlantic-backed Liftoff Mobile files for IPO

Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public

Google’s Trends Explore page gets new Gemini capabilities

Bandcamp takes a stand against AI music, banning it from the platform

Bill Gates-backed Type One Energy raises $87M ahead of $250M Series B

Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation

Gemini’s new beta feature provides proactive responses based on your photos, emails, and more

AI security firm, depthfirst, announces $40 million Series A

US cargo tech company publicly exposed its shipping systems and customer data to the web