Tinder held its inaugural product keynote on Thursday, unveiling an ambitious slate of updates designed to reinvigorate its product, bolster safety, and harness artificial intelligence. This follows a fifty-million-dollar investment in product development announced by its parent company, Match Group,…
Tesla is now an officially licensed utility in the United Kingdom, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The automotive and energy company recently received a license from the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets. This license…
Grammarly recently released a controversial feature called “Expert Review.” This tool uses artificial intelligence to simulate editorial feedback, making it appear as though users are receiving critiques from famous figures like novelist Stephen King, the late scientist Carl Sagan, or…
A global coalition of law enforcement agencies shut down a botnet composed of tens of thousands of hacked home and small business routers on Wednesday. The operation targeted a service known as SocksEscort, which was built on a network of…
Dating app maker Bumble is venturing into generative AI. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, Bumble introduced a new AI assistant called “Bee,” designed to become a personal matchmaker. Bee learns a user’s values, relationship goals, communication style, lifestyle,…
Webflow, a software platform for building and hosting websites, is acquiring the AI-powered content generation platform Vidoso. This move aims to strengthen Webflow’s suite of marketing offerings. Founded in 2024, Vidoso uses large language models to help organizations generate marketing…
Disney+ is now rolling out Verts, its new short-form video feed, to users in the United States on its mobile app. First announced in January, this TikTok-like feature presents scenes and moments from movies and TV shows available on Disney+.…
Fresh from a successful $1.2 billion funding round, the U.K.-based autonomous vehicle software company Wayve is partnering with Uber and Nissan to launch a new robotaxi service in Tokyo. A pilot for this service is scheduled to begin in late…
Two years after revealing its affordable next-generation EV, Rivian has shared all of the pricing, colors, and performance specs for its upcoming R2 SUV. As with many new car releases, the details are complicated. Rivian’s bid to sell a more…
Israeli AI agent startup Wonderful has raised 150 million dollars in a Series B funding round. This investment values the company at 2 billion dollars. The new funding comes just four months after the company raised a 100 million dollar…
