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Venues you follow are saved in your library, and you can browse them to see event calendars, information on scheduled concerts, and announcements. Users can also filter upcoming shows at venues by genre.
WhatsApp is banning general purpose chatbots from using its Business API
WhatsApp is testing a way to limit number of messages someone can sending in a month without getting a response to limit spam
Meta on Friday previewed its upcoming parental control features for teens’ conversations with AI characters on its platforms. The features, which will be rolled out next year, include the ability to block certain characters and monitor conversati…
Reddit announced Thursday that it is expanding its AI-powered search experience to five new languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. With this expansion, the feature is now available in countries like Brazil, France, Germany, Spain,…
After struggling to retain customers at his e-commerce site Headphones.com, founder Andrew Lissimore built his own loyalty solution — and it’s now a startup called Lantern. The Shopify-native platform helps brands boost retention through customizable l…
Indian quick commerce startup Zepto said it has raised $400 million in a funding round led by a new investor, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), a U.S.-based pension fund. The round, which is a mix of primary and secondary invest…
PicSee is a new app that detects your friends’ photos on device and allows you to send it to them.
Google now lets you recover your accounts using your phone number or trusted contacts
Google launched its new video model Veo 3.1 with improved audio output, granular editing controls, and better output for image to video. It said that Veo 3.1 builds on May’s Veo 3 release and generates more realistic clips and adheres to prompts …
Video editing app VSCO is adding a set of new AI image editing tools, support for high-resolution RAW files, non-destructive edits, and content-aware region detection.
Instagram users under 18 will now by default only see content that adheres to PG-13 ratings applied to movies, avoiding themes like extreme violence, sexual nudity, and graphic drug use.
Oura is raising new funding of $900 million as its valuation reaches nearly $11 billion
Months after raising $20 million, enterprise-focused AI presentation startup Prezent is raising $30 million for acquisitions
Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro lineup adds a sturdier unibody design, bigger battery, and camera upgrades, trading thinness for power, endurance, and creator appeal.
Meta is expanding its AI-powered translation features for Reels with support for Hindi and Portuguese to target markets like India and Brazil
OpenAI is expanding its $5 per month ChatGPT Go plan to 16 more countries.
Block is now allowing Square merchants to accept Bitcoin payments without any processing fee for one year
Apple’s iPhone Air is refreshing to use. But its battery and single camera is not for most people.
19-year-old Dhravya Shah, who is originally from Mumbai, has build a memory layer for AI applications with Google’s AI chief’s backing.
Perplexity has acquired Visual Electric, an AI Design tool. Its team is going to lead a new agents experience group at Perplexity
A startup called Deta is releasing a new app called Surf, which is a remix of an AI browser and NotebookLM.
Fortnite maker Epic Games said that Apple’s new installation workflow, implemented in iOS 18.6, has had a positive impact on its user growth, with a 60% decrease in drop-offs. Apple started allowing EU users to install alternative marketplaces ea…
Granola is launching a way for users to repeatedly use prompts via a new feature called Recipes.
The central pitch of AI browsers like Perplexity’s Comet, Opera’s Neon, and The Browser Company’s Dia is that they’ll help you complete daily tasks more efficiently. While these are agents that are limited to one browser, Compos…