Linktree goes dark in India — and the company isn’t sure why

Linktree, the popular link-in-bio service used by millions of creators and businesses, has been inaccessible in India for several days. The sudden disappearance from the Indian web remains a mystery, even to the Australian startup itself. Over the past week,…

Perplexity now supports live earnings call transcripts for Indian stocks

AI startup Perplexity is enhancing its Finance dashboard with live transcriptions of quarterly earnings calls for Indian public companies. The update also includes a calendar to display schedules for post-results conference calls. The Finance dashboard already provides market summaries, stock…

HR giant Workday says hackers stole personal data in recent breach

Workday, one of the largest providers of human resources technology, has confirmed a data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal information from one of its third-party customer relationship databases. In a blog post published late Friday, the HR technology…

Grammarly gets a design overhaul, multiple AI features

Grammarly has introduced a new document-based interface, built on the technology of Coda, the productivity startup it acquired last year. The updated interface includes an AI assistant and a suite of AI tools designed for students and professionals, such as…

GPT-5 is supposed to be nicer now

OpenAI announced late Friday that it is updating its latest model to be “warmer and friendlier.” The company recently launched the much-anticipated GPT-5 in a process that CEO Sam Altman admitted was “a little more bumpy than we’d hoped for.”…

‘Stranger Things’ creators may be leaving Netflix

Netflix could soon lose the creative team behind one of its biggest hits. Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Matt and Ross Duffer, the brothers who created “Stranger Things” and directed many of its episodes, were in talks to sign…

Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood

Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn faced significant criticism this year after announcing that Duolingo would become an “AI-first company.” In a recent interview, he clarified that the backlash stemmed from a lack of context rather than disagreement within the company.…

AI-powered stuffed animals are coming for your kids

Do AI chatbots packaged inside cute-looking plushies offer a viable alternative to screen time for kids? That’s how the companies selling these AI-powered companions are marketing them, but The New York Times’ Amanda Hess has some reservations. She recounts a…