Apple is holding its iPhone 17 event on September 9

Apple has announced it will hold its iPhone 17 event on Tuesday, September 9, mirroring the timing of last year’s event. The company has begun sending out invitations for the gathering, which will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater…

Skylight’s TikTok alternative adds community curators to the mix

A startup called Skylight is taking a different approach to short-form video. Instead of restricting users to an algorithmic main feed, as is common on social apps, Skylight is building a community around human curators. These curators post and repost…

Parents sue OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in son’s suicide

Before his death by suicide, 16-year-old Adam Raine spent months consulting ChatGPT about his plans to end his life. His parents are now filing the first known wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI. Many consumer-facing AI chatbots are programmed with safety…

How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change

Fixing climate change is no small task, as carbon removal developers like Mitti Labs can attest. This New York-based startup has developed technology to measure methane released by rice paddies. They use this technology to train hundreds of thousands of…

Google Translate takes on Duolingo with new language learning tools

Google is rolling out a new AI-powered experimental feature in Google Translate designed to help people practice and learn a new language. The company announced the update on Tuesday. Alongside this new tool, Translate is also gaining new live capabilities…