Trump signs executive order to facilitate TikTok deal
Vice President JD Vance said that the deal would value TikTok US at “around $14 billion.”
Meta launches ‘Vibes,’ a short-form video feed of AI slop
Think TikTok or Instagram Reels, but every single video you come across is essentially just AI slop.
Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts
Call recording app Neon was one of the top-ranked iPhone apps, but was pulled offline after a security bug allowed any logged-in user to access the call recordings and transcripts of any other user.
Startup founders say Trump’s $100K H-1B fee is a ‘talent tariff’ that will hurt innovation
The price hike for H1B visas could have detrimental impact on the startup industry, experts say.
Microsoft cuts cloud services to Israeli military unit over Palestinian surveillance
The investigation was sparked by a story in The Guardian that reported that Unit 8200, the elite Israel military intelligence unit, was using Azure cloud storage to house data on phone calls obtained through the
Tesla asks EPA not to roll back emissions rules as Trump calls climate change a ‘con job’
The company’s regulatory policy team is trying to clean up a mess that CEO Elon Musk spent $300 million to help create.
Spotify denies recent accusation that it changed its terms for artists
Spotify sets the record straight about the distribution rights of artists, podcasters, creators, and authors on the platform.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse to proactively write you morning briefs
Subscribers to ChatGPT’s $200-a-month Pro plan will get to try out Pulse, OpenAI’s latest agent product.
Threads is developing a tool that lets you ‘tag’ its algorithm to configure your feed
Threads is developing a new feature that would let users control what they see by ‘tagging’ the algorithm.
Juicebox raises $30M from Sequoia to revolutionize hiring with LLM-powered search
The recruiting startup has over 2,500 customers, including recruiters at Perplexity, Ramp and OpenAI.