The latest is Microsoft’s largest investment in Asia.
VSCO lays off 24 staff as its consumer business suffers
In an internal memo seen by TechCrunch, VSCO’s CEO Eric Wittman said the company’s consumer business had declined more than expected, and some of its new growth initiatives didn’t yield the expected results.
India proposes charging OpenAI, Google for training AI on copyrighted content
India has given OpenAI, Google, and other AI firms 30 days to respond to its proposed royalty system for training on copyrighted content.
Anthropic and Accenture sign multi-year AI strategic partnership
The two companies are launching the Accenture Anthropic Business Group to bring Anthropic’s AI to Accenture’s employees.
Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a button
[[{“value”:”After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company’s device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 ring is not meant to be a competitor to the always-on, always-listening AI devices, like the AI pendant…
Spotify launches music videos in the U.S. and Canada for Premium subscribers
Spotify will let you switch between music videos and audio at any time.
Mistral AI surfs vibe coding tailwinds with new coding models
French AI startup Mistral today launched Devstral 2, a new generation of its AI model designed for coding, as the company seeks to catch up to bigger AI labs like Anthropic and other coding-focused LLMs.
The molecular mechanisms behind a devastating disease
[[{“value”:” The molecular mechanisms behind a devastating disease Published: Huntington’s disease is a serious genetic disorder that causes problems with movement, thinking and mood, and eventually leads to death. It is known to be caused by an error in a single gene, but the molecular mechanisms that are affected by this error are not fully understood. At the University of…
Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises build AI apps
Empromptu claims all a user has to do is tell the platform’s AI chatbot what they want — like a new HTML or JavaScript app — and the AI will go ahead and build it.
FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman
Zuckerman, who used to run the stalkerware apps SpyFone and SpyTrac, claimed the ban is hurting his unrelated business.