Poe’s AI app now supports group chats across AI models

Poe, the Quora app that brings together different AI models into one platform, is launching group chat functionality. The company announced on Monday that users worldwide will now be able to start group chats with up to two hundred people.…

Hank Green’s Focus Friend is Google Play’s app of the year

Focus Friend, the screen time assistant from YouTuber and entrepreneur Hank Green, is Google Play’s app of the year. Launched in August, the productivity tool lets you block yourself from distracting phone apps while encouraging you with the aid of…

a16z leads $21M Series A into AI-native tax compliance software Sphere

While building his previous startup, an educational marketplace called ScholarSite, Nicholas Rudder repeatedly encountered the same difficult problem: tax compliance. He explained that marketplaces are responsible for tax on their entire gross merchandise value, not just their commission. This meant…

Waymo removes safety drivers in Miami ahead of 2026 launch

Waymo is removing the safety operators from its fleet of robotaxis in Miami starting today. This is a key step ahead of its planned commercial launch in 2026 and represents the latest in a series of expansions this year. The…

Cloudflare blames massive internet outage on ‘latent bug’

On Tuesday morning, a significant portion of the internet experienced outages or performance issues. Major services like ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, and X were affected due to a problem at the internet infrastructure company Cloudflare. Cloudflare reported on its status page…

Snapchat rolls out ‘Topic Chats’ for public conversations

Snapchat is introducing a new feature called Topic Chats, shifting from its traditional focus on private conversations to embrace public discussions. This feature allows users to chat about current events and various communities, covering topics from Formula 1 to the…

Cloudflare outage takes down X one month after Musk mocked AWS customers

There are certain inevitabilities in life: death, taxes, and having to eat crow on the internet. The infrastructure service Cloudflare experienced massive outages on Tuesday morning. This disruption cut off access to a number of popular platforms including ChatGPT, Claude,…