WhatsApp is enabling users to encrypt their backup using passkeys
The Prompting Company snags $6.5M to help products get mentioned in ChatGPT and other AI apps
People are increasingly asking AI, not Google, to help them discover products. A recent shopping report says Americans, this holiday season, will likely turn to large language models this season to find gifts, deals, and sales instead of traditional search. Retailers could see up to a 520% increase in traffic from chatbots and AI prompts […]
Figma acquires AI-powered media generation company Weavy
Figma said today that it has acquired AI-powered image and video generation company Weavy.

Day 247: Mel Cohen
Day 247: Mel Cohen The Veteran Who Turned Grief Into a Lifetime of Service Some people serve their country for a few years and then move on. Others serve for a lifetime, driven by something deeper than duty—by love, by loss, by a promise that can never be broken. Mel Cohen has been serving for more than five decades, and...

Day 248: William Kyle Carpenter
The Marine Who Made the Ultimate Choice in a Split Second There are moments in life where character isn’t built—it’s revealed. Where there’s no time to think, no time to calculate the odds, no opportunity to consider the consequences. Just a choice that has to be made in the space between one heartbeat and the next. For Lance Corporal Kyle...
MoviePass opens fantasy league game Mogul to the public
Mogul is a film studio fantasy platform where players draft a team of actors, directors, and movies to earn points.
Phia’s founders on how AI is changing online shopping
Phia founders, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, are building an AI assistant that aims to help you shop, and save.
Character AI is ending its chatbot experience for kids
After facing lawsuits and public outcry following the suicides of two teenagers, Character.AI says it’s making changes to its platform to protect children, changes that could affect the startup’s bottom line.
YouTube looks to improve its TV app with QR codes for shopping, AI-powered upscaling
Key updates include the introduction of QR codes that let you identify and shop for items in tagged videos, AI-powered upscaling, and improved search.
Grammarly rebrands to ‘Superhuman,’ launches a new AI assistant
Grammarly is renaming itself as Superhuman, after acquiring Superhuman email client in July