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Disney says that alongside the agreement, it will "become a major customer of OpenAI," as it will use its APIs to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney+.

On Me raises $6 million for its digital gift card platform that lets users purchase cards categorized by interests rather than being restricted to specific retailers.

TIME Magazine has named the 'Architects of AI' its Person of the Year, who include Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, and Fei-Fei Li

The founder of Freedom Chat said the company has reset user PINs and released a new version to app stores.

Spoor's computer vision software can help wind farms, and other industries, track bird populations and migration patterns.

The biotech startup is betting that owners of abandoned oil wells will use the tech to squeeze energy out of their wells.

Following a couple of months' testing, Opera has finally made its AI-powered browser, Neon, available to the public — though you'll have to shell out for a $19.90-per-month subscription to use it.

Port offers a proprietary alternative to Spotify's popular devtool catalog Backstage, but with a valuable addition: it can be used to manage AI agents, too.

Runware lets developers integrate realtime image generation in their apps, with an affordable pricing model.

Goldman Sachs has led Harness's Series E round, with participation from IVP, Menlo Ventures, and Unusual Ventures.

Some traditions, it seems, are immune to disruption.

Amin Vahdat has been promoted to chief technologist for AI infrastructure, a newly created position reporting directly to CEO Sundar Pichai.

The letter demanded companies institute new safeguards to keep users safe from harmful psychological impacts.

A new software option could make it possible to see the approximate location of some of Nvidia's AI chips.

This feature could help give emergency dispatchers context in circumstances like car accidents, fires, or medical crises.

The massive data breach at the South Korean retail giant Coupang affects more than half of the country's population.

The playlists can factor in world knowledge, go back to your listening history from day one, and can be refreshed daily or weekly.

The stealthy startup plans to use a network of satellites to harvest sunlight and send it to Earth using infrared lasers.

A subcontractor says he was crushed by a metal support, breaking his hip, knee, and tibia. He's suing SpaceX and the construction company who employed him.

Calibri, which could make documents easier to read for the vision impaired, was apparently installed in 2023 by the department’s then-DEI office.

The new packages will give consumers more flexibility over the content that they want to pay for.

Verified users will actually be notable figures, not just people who paid for the checkmark.

Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on participating publications’ Google News pages as part of a new pilot program, the search giant announced on Wednesday. News publishers participating in the pilot program include Der Spiegel, El País, Folha, Infobae, Kompas, The Guardian, The Times of India, The Washington Examiner, and The Washington Post, among others. […]

Amazon says its Kindle Direct DRM-free titles will be available as PDFs and EPUB files going forward.