Instacart’s AI-driven pricing tool attracted attention — now the FTC has questions
In an economy where everyone's feeling squeezed, AI-driven price testing of kitchen essentials was bound to attract attention.
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Adobe hit with proposed class-action, accused of misusing authors’ work in AI training
The lawsuit is just the latest in a string of copyright-related legal complaints aimed at the AI industry.
Jared Isaacman confirmed as next head of NASA
Isaacman will run the space agency at a time when Trump is trying to both downsize it and task it with returning astronauts to the moon.
YouTube to pull music data from Billboard’s charts because it doesn’t like its ranking formula
YouTube takes its ball and goes home by pulling Billboard's access to its music data.
YouTube will stream the Oscars — exclusively — beginning in 2029
The news highlights YouTube's growing dominance in the television space and a major shift as streaming takes on more live events.
Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest’s Horizon OS with third-party headset makers
The company said that it would revisit opportunities for third-party partnerships in the future.
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As the healthcare industry gathers in San Francisco for the 44th Annual JPM Healthcare Conference on January 12th – 15th, SOSV is kicking off the year by convening founders, investors, and operators shaping the next generation of biotech and health innovation. Throughout the week, we’re hosting a series of curated events designed to spark real connection. Check them out:BiomixerSunday January 11th, 4pm – 7pm PTBiomixer is a dynamic networking event bringing together the brightest min
Gemini 3 Flash arrives with reduced costs and latency — a powerful combo for enterprises
Enterprises can now harness the power of a large language model that's near that of the state-of-the-art Google’s Gemini 3 Pro, but at a fraction of the cost and with increased speed, thanks to the newly released Gemini 3 Flash.The model joins the flagship Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini 3 Deep Think, and Gemini Agent, all of which were announced and released last month.Gemini 3 Flash, now available on Gemini Enterprise, Google Antigravity, Gemini CLI, AI Studio, and on preview in Vertex AI, processes
JP Morgan’s AI adoption hit 50% of employees. The secret? A connectivity-first architecture
When Derek Waldron and his technical team at JPMorgan Chase first launched an LLM suite with personal assistants two-and-a-half years ago, they weren’t sure what to expect. That wasn’t long after the game-changing emergence of ChatGPT, but in enterprise, skepticism was still high. Surprisingly, employees opted into the internal platform organically — and quickly. Within months, usage jumped from zero to 250,000 employees. Now, more than 60% of employees across sales, finance, technology, operati
Cisco says Chinese hackers are exploiting its customers with a new zero-day
Cisco said it discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting its customers by exploiting a zero-day in some of the company's most popular products.
Facebook is testing a link posting limit for professional accounts and pages
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
Amazon appoints longtime AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org
DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider that powers about one-third of the internet.
Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy and is looking to sell the business
It's the latest e-bike company to seek bankruptcy protection after pandemic-era excitement for the category wore off.
Radiant Nuclear raises $300M for its semi-sized 1 MW reactor
Radiant Nuclear is developing a small modular reactor to replace diesel generators. The startup previously raised $165 million in May.
Google launches Gemini 3 Flash, makes it the default model in the Gemini app
Google is making Gemini 3 Flash the default model in the Gemini app and oAI model for Search
Coursera and Udemy enter a merger agreement valued at around $2.5B
Coursera and Udemy, two of the biggest names in online learning, are combining platforms next year.
Bluesky launches a privacy-focused ‘Find Friends’ feature without invite spam
The Bluesky contact-matching feature is opt-in and your data won't be used to spam your friends, the social network says.
Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s hostile bid, calls offer ‘illusory’
Warner Bros. Discovery called Paramount's offer "illusory" and said that the company had misled shareholders about its financing.
Mozilla’s new CEO says AI is coming to Firefox, but will remain a choice
Mozilla has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as its CEO as the Firefox developer scrambles to adapt in a rapidly changing browser market.
Google’s vibe-coding tool Opal comes to Gemini
The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool, which lets you build AI-powered mini apps, inside the Gemini web app, allowing users to create their own custom apps.