Oboe, a learning startup from Anchor co-founders and former Spotify executives Nir Zicherman and Michael Mignano, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. The round was led by a16z, with participation from existing investors Eniac, Haystack, Offline, and Factorial.…
Amazon will allow authors to offer their DRM-free ebooks in EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing. Starting January 20, 2026, authors who choose to set their titles as DRM-free will have their books made available…
Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on participating publications’ Google News pages as part of a new pilot program. The company announced the initiative on Wednesday. News publishers involved in this pilot include Der Spiegel, El País, Folha, Infobae, Kompas,…
Oboe, a learning startup from Anchor co-founders and former Spotify executives Nir Zicherman and Michael Mignano, said today it has raised 16 million dollars in Series A funding. The round was led by a16z, with participation from existing investors Eniac,…
Amazon announced on Wednesday that customers in over 2,300 cities and towns in the U.S. can now get fresh groceries through its Same-Day Delivery service. The e-commerce giant says it will expand the service to additional cities in 2026. Amazon…
Apple released its annual list of the most downloaded apps and games for the year on Wednesday. For the U.S. market, OpenAI’s ChatGPT claimed the top spot among free iPhone apps, excluding games, for 2025. The AI app was followed…
Design tool Figma has launched new AI-powered image editing features today. These include the ability to remove and isolate objects, as well as expand images. The company stated these features will save users the hassle of exporting images to other…
Unacademy, once a leading name in India’s edtech sector, may now be worth less than $500 million. This represents a dramatic fall of roughly 85% from its peak valuation of $3.5 billion during the pandemic. The company is undergoing a…
AI agents are often promoted as the ultimate solution for planning trips, answering business questions, and solving a wide range of problems. However, integrating these agents with tools and data outside their chat interfaces has been a persistent challenge. Developers…
Adobe is intensifying its strategy of using artificial intelligence to attract more users into its product ecosystem. The company announced it is integrating features from Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat directly into ChatGPT. This allows users to instruct the chatbot to…
