Data breach at fintech giant Figure affects close to a million customers
The Figure data breach allowed hackers to steal customer names, dates of birth, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.
Audible’s new ‘Read & Listen’ feature syncs your Kindle ebooks with audiobooks
The feature will require customers to buy both versions of the title, but at a discounted price.
X continues to bet on vertical video with its latest update
X’s new immersive video player is designed to offer a more mobile-friendly experience, optimized especially for portrait-oriented videos.
Novig raises $75M to expand federally regulated sports exchange
Novig has pulled in $75 million in fresh funding as it works to grow its sports trading platform and secure a clearer path to federal oversight. The Series B round was led by Pantera Capital, with Multicoin Capital,
Utah governor escalates fight over prediction market regulation with CFTC chair
Salt Lake City is quickly becoming a focal point in the growing clash over who controls prediction markets, and Gov. Spencer Cox is making clear he intends to push back hard against Washington. On Tuesday (February
Google adds music generation capabilities to the Gemini app
Users will be able to use text, images, and videos as a reference to generate music
Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers
Kana, a new AI marketing startup from the founders of Rapt and Krux, has raised $15 million to build customizable, agent-based marketing tools.
Snapchat+ tops 25M subscribers, driving company’s direct revenue ARR to $1B
The revenue milestone comes as Snap has added additional paid offerings outside of its core Snapchat+ subscription over the past year to diversify its revenue streams.
OpenAI pushes into higher education as India seeks to scale AI skills
OpenAI says its India education partnerships aim to reach more than 100,000 students, faculty and staff over the next year.
World Labs lands $200M from Autodesk to bring world models into 3D workflows
The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs’ models can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases.