OpenAI began testing a new safety routing system in ChatGPT over the weekend, and on Monday introduced parental controls to the chatbot — drawing mixed reactions from users.
The safety features come in response to numerous incidents of …
Elon Musk, CEO of X, SpaceX, Tesla, and Starlink, met with the leadership of the BRIDGE Summit at Tesla’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California, to discuss the future of technology and media and explore collaboration. During the meeting, M…
“One of the key things to understand about cybersecurity is that it’s a mind game,” Ami Luttwak, chief technologist at cybersecurity firm Wiz, told TechCrunch on a recent episode of Equity. “If there’s a new technology wave coming, there a…
Despite millions spent on financial software, many finance teams still rely on Excel to close their books and reconcile numbers while preparing them for audit. Two former Microsoft executives view it as a problem — and they have started Ma…
Instagram has chosen India and South Korea to test a new interface that displays the app’s Reels page first.
The company first showed off a similar design when it launched its first iPad app earlier this month. The new interface has S…
The video game company Electronic Arts is nearing a $50 billion sale to a group of investors including Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
EA is best known for its…
From tech giants to startups, South Korean players are developing large language models tailored to their own language and culture, ready to compete with global heavyweights like OpenAI and Google.
Last month, the nation launched its m…
After upgrading its original compact computer-in-a-keyboard with its more capable Raspberry Pi 5 microcomputer, the company has announced a new premium version of last year’s model. The Raspberry Pi 500 Plus is the first to feature an M.…
Earlier this year an extraordinary new way of using waste plastic made headlines.
A common bacterium was genetically engineered to eat a plastic-derived molecule and then digest it to produce the everyday painkiller, paracetamol.
T…
OpenAI released a new benchmark on Thursday that tests how its AI models perform compared to human professionals across a wide range of industries and jobs. The test, GDPval, is an early attempt at understanding how close OpenAI’s systems …
In a move no one asked for, Meta is introducing “Vibes,” a new feed in the Meta AI app and on meta.ai for sharing and creating short-form, AI-generated videos. Think TikTok or Instagram Reels, but every single video you come across is esse…
Instagram has grown to 3 billion monthly active users, according to announcements by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram Head Adam Mosseri.
This is a notable milestone for the Meta-owned platform, which hit 1 billion users back in 20…
YouTube will finally allow you to hide the pop-up recommendations that appear at the end of videos, the company announced on Wednesday. Now when you see an end screen, you can tap a new “Hide” button in the top-right corner of the video pl…
A new app offering to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell the data to AI companies is, unbelievably, the No. 2 app in Apple’s U.S. App Store’s Social Networking section.
The app, Neon Mobile, pitches itself …
The $100 billion partnership between Nvidia and OpenAI, announced Monday, represents — for now — the latest mega-deal reshaping the AI infrastructure landscape. The agreement involves nonvoting shares tied to massive chip purchases and eno…
Hardware startup Nothing said Thursday that it plans to make its affordable device brand, CMF, into an independent subsidiary, with India serving as its headquarters for manufacturing and R&D.
The company first launched CMF in 2023 with…
For the first time in fourteen years, Ghana has successfully participated in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), the world’s most prestigious competitive programming event for secondary school students. The nation's return was…
WhatsApp is rolling out the ability for users to translate messages into their preferred language, the Meta-owned company announced on Tuesday.
Now, if users see a message in a different language, they can long-press and tap “Translat…
Android users are now able to edit their photos with AI, Google announced on Tuesday. In Google Photos, users will be able to talk to the AI using natural language to describe how they want to edit their photo via either voice or text, G…
Disney is raising the price of Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions once again. Starting October 21, many of the streaming services’ standalone plans and bundles will see price increases.
The Disney+ standalone plan with ads will increase b…
Google’s new, cheaper AI Plus plan is now available in more than 40 countries, including Angola, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimba…
Fashion resale app Depop announced on Wednesday the launch of a new styling and collaging tool, designed specifically for users who love creating fashion collages. Named “Outfits,” the new feature provides a moodboard-like interface, allow…
Between June and August 2025, Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) (www.Kaspersky.co.za) discovered a new wave of cyberattacks by a threat group called RevengeHotels, which targets hotels to gain access to guests’ paym…
A couple of years ago, I helped start a bike bus in my suburban town in North Jersey. The pandemic was still raging, and we were all looking for ways to get our kids out of the house and on to their bikes so they could get a little physi…
Uber is still trying to chip away at the perception that its ridehailing service is too expensive by launching a new feature aimed at helping customers save money on frequently traveled routes.
Today, the company is launching prep…
Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, is coming to your TV. On Monday, the company announced it’s introducing Gemini for Google TV, allowing TV owners to engage in free-flowing, natural language conversations with the AI.
When fully rolled out…
OpenAI is expanding its budget-friendly ChatGPT subscription plan beyond India. The company launched its sub-$5 ChatGPT Go paid plan for the country’s users last month and now is rolling out the same plan in Indonesia for Rp75,000 ($4.50…
Meta announced on Monday that it’s bringing an AI assistant to Facebook Dating.
This chatbot is intended to help users find matches who are more closely tailored to what they are looking for. For example, Meta might suggest users ask it…
Tesla is “working on” redesigning its door handles so they are less likely to trap people inside the company’s cars, chief designer Franz von Holzhausen told Bloomberg News on Wednesday.
The news comes just one day after the National Hi…
Jar, an Indian fintech startup that allows users to invest in gold, has turned profitable by helping millions of first-time savers use its app to build digital gold holdings.
While many consumer fintechs focus on affluent urban users or…
Although today’s Meta Connect developer conference was largely about new smart glasses, the social networking company did announce a handful of metaverse updates during Wednesday’s keynote. Of these, one of the largest was the introduction…
New organization develops context-specific AI solutions to improve healthcare access, educational outcomes, and agricultural systems for underserved populations
Wadhwani AI Global today announced its launch across the Global South, t…
In the future, Intel will make CPUs with Nvidia graphics inside — among other things, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed today that Nvidia will contribute “GPU chiplets” that Intel can place alongside its x86 CPU cores instead of the Arc …
The iPhone Air’s thin design might be eye catching, and the amount of engineering that went into miniaturizing its logic board is impressive. But according to Gene Berdichevsky, co-founder and CEO of battery materials manufacturer Sila, th…
At Meta Connect 2025 on Wednesday, the company unveiled its new Oakley Meta Vanguard smart glasses that are geared toward runners, cyclists, and other athletes. The glasses retail for $499 and are launching on October 21.
Meta Connect i…
Mastodon, the non-profit organization that maintains the software powering the decentralized alternative to social networks like Threads and X, has a new plan to make money.
Instead of relying entirely on donations and gr…
Security researchers employed ChatGPT as a co-conspirator to plunder sensitive data from Gmail inboxes without alerting users. The vulnerability exploited has been closed by OpenAI but it’s a good example of the new risks inherent to age…
Zoom on Wednesday launched new products at its Zoomtopia conference, including an upgraded AI companion that can work across meeting apps, as well as the ability to add your own notes, AI-powered meeting scheduling, and AI avatars that res…
If you can’t resist the urge to check your phone over and over, even if you’re out with friends, Meta has a solution: check your glasses instead.
“The promise of glasses is to preserve this sense of presence that you have with other peo…
Google Cloud announced Thursday it has added fast-rising AI coding startups Lovable and Windsurf to its roster of customers. Both companies have chosen Google Cloud as their primary cloud computing provider, the latest sign of Google’s ris…
Uber will test using drones for Uber Eats deliveries in some U.S. markets by the end of this year, part of a new partnership with Israeli startup Flytrex. The partnership will also include a small investment in Flytrex, though Uber told …
With friendship apps continuing to gain popularity, Bumble announced on Wednesday the relaunch of its BFF app.
With younger generations seeking to expand their social circles, the revamped app aims to help users connect with new friends…
Google announced Thursday that it’s rolling out Gemini in Chrome to all Mac and Windows desktop users in the U.S. after previously limiting the capability to Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra subscribers. The tech giant also announced that…
A much-awaited deal over TikTok may be close, with US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping set to discuss terms on Friday.
Top officials from both sides struck a "framework" agreement this week, which reports …
For a while now, choosing the standard iPhone has meant missing out. It’s not just that you missed out on classic “pro” features like a more powerful processor or a telephoto lens — it’s that you missed out on core make-your-phone bett…
Samsung says it has fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that is being used to hack into its customers’ phones.
The phone maker said the security flaw, discovered in a software library for displaying images on Samsung devices, all…
Google announced on Tuesday that it’s launching a new experimental app for Windows that’s designed to help people find what they need faster. The app will allow people to use an Alt + Space shortcut to instantly search for information from…
Harjot Gill was running FluxNinja, an observability startup he co-founded several years after selling his first startup Netsil to Nutanix in 2018, when he noticed a curious trend.
“We had a team of remote engineers who were starting t…
TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years now due to concerns about user data potentially being accessed by the Chinese government.
Earlier this year, the app experi…
Apple’s iOS 26 software update for iPhones is available Monday to people who have an iPhone 11, iPhone SE 2, and later. The marquee feature of iOS 26 is Apple’s Liquid Glass design, which includes elements on-screen that resembled a “glass…
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