Spotify announced that yesterday’s launch of its annual year-in-review feature, Spotify Wrapped, was its biggest ever. The streaming service reported that Wrapped 2025 saw over 200 million engaged users within the first 24 hours. This represents a 19 percent increase…
Meta’s decision to serve only its own AI chatbot, Meta AI, to WhatsApp users is drawing scrutiny from competition regulators in Europe. The European Commission announced on Thursday that it is launching an antitrust investigation into Meta’s move to ban…
AI research lab Anthropic continues its aggressive push to secure enterprise clients. The company announced on Wednesday that it is expanding its partnership with cloud data company Snowflake. This new multi-year AI deal, valued at two hundred million dollars, will…
Apple shared its annual list of App Store Award winners on Thursday, continuing its tradition of celebrating the best apps and games from the past year. For 2025, the winning iPhone app was the visual planner Tiimo, and the iPhone…
While many venture firms seem to only have eyes for AI these days, Nexus Venture Partners is deliberately splitting its focus for its new $700 million fund. The firm will back AI startups and seek out India-focused startups in consumer,…
Every year, Google releases a report highlighting the top trending searches. This offers a snapshot of what captured our collective curiosity, spanning pop culture, entertainment, internet trends, and news events. This year, people around the world were most curious about…
Brevo, a customer relationship management company headquartered in Paris, has achieved unicorn status as a startup valued at over one billion dollars. The company raised five hundred million euros in fresh equity funding, which it will use to compete with…
Alan Dye, the design executive who led Apple’s user interface team for the last decade, is leaving the company to join Meta. This news comes from a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. This hire is a significant move for Meta…
Is there any way for another AI coding tool to find favor with startup founders? It must compete with established options like Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini Code Assist, GitHub Copilot, the many other AI-enhanced VSCode variants, and popular coding…
Technology is advancing rapidly, yet society struggles to keep pace. Masha Bucher, founder and general partner of Day One Ventures, built her firm to close that gap. Her approach combines venture capital with hands-on public relations to help portfolio companies…
