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Marissa Mayer will close her old AI startup, sell assets to her new AI startup

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Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer is closing the doors on her consumer software startup Sunshine, and is selling the company’s assets to her new AI startup, Dazzle. The news was first reported by Wired, which cited an email sent to Sunshine’s shareholders. Dazzle is setting out to build an AI personal assistant, the report cited […]

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Lootlock protects kids from overspending on gaming and will be presenting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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Nick Pompa, founder of Lootlock — an app that prevents kids from running up unauthorized gaming bills on their parents’ credit cards — is an avid gamer and software developer working in fintech.  As a dad of two under two, he’s looking forward to sharing his passion for gaming with his kids when they grow

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YouTube Music tests AI hosts that share trivia and commentary

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YouTube Music is testing AI music hosts that provide relevant stories, fan trivia, and commentary about what you’re listening to, the company announced on Friday. The move comes two years after Spotify launched an AI DJ that delivers a curated selection of music alongside AI-powered spoken commentary about the tracks and artists you like. YouTube

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As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help

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In recent years, people have been increasingly looking for new ways to form platonic connections, as loneliness and social isolation have become more prevalent. In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General went so far as to label this issue a public health crisis. Remote workers, who miss the everyday interactions found in an office, and younger

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How developers are using Apple’s local AI models with iOS 26

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Earlier this year, Apple introduced its Foundation Models framework during WWDC 2025, which allows developers to use the company’s local AI models to power features in their applications. The company touted that with this framework, developers gain access to AI models without worrying about any inference cost. Plus, these local models have capabilities such as

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Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts

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A viral app called Neon, which offers to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell that data to AI companies, has rapidly risen to the ranks of the top-five free iPhone apps since its launch last week. The app already has thousands of users and was downloaded 75,000

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Amazon to pay $2.5B in FTC settlement over ‘deceptive’ Prime tactics

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Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that it duped users into paying for Prime subscriptions and made it hard to cancel memberships. The company will be required to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and provide $1.5 billion in refunds to an

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