​Google is making Nano Banana 2 a default model in Gemini app and in AI mode  

​A Greek court on Thursday sentenced the founder of Intellexa, a collective of spyware makers, to eight years in prison for illegal wiretapping and privacy violations, according to several reports.  Tal Dilian and three other Intellexa executives were tried for their role in a scandal dubbed “Greek Watergate,” which dates back to 2022. The Greek […]  

​X has launched an expanded set of aspect ratio support for both image and video ads, so advertisers can now reuse assets they’ve created for other platforms.  

​The latest round of layoffs marks eBay’s third workforce reduction in the past three years.  

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​Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding.  

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​Figma is integrating OpenAI’s coding assistant Codex a week after it announced a similar integration with Anthropic’s Claude Code.  

​Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding, including investment from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Goodwater Capital, Formosa Capital, and WeFunder.  

​Lucena got the idea for Mappa after trying to build a marketing team but continually feeling like she had made the wrong hires.