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Waymo will let teenagers as young as 13 use its robotaxi service in Nashville, its second city to offer teen accounts, as the Alphabet-owned company looks to reach a new group of riders.
Ron Johnson, who built Apple's retail stores, says AI will improve online shopping but won't replace how — or where — people actually shop.
Meta's new AI app Muse drew more downloads and daily users in its first 12 days than ChatGPT did after its own debut, according to Apptopia estimates.
Amazon began blocking Meta's AI assistant Muse from making purchases on Amazon.com, citing violations of its Conditions of Use for AI agents.
X said it will now tell users when their posts were shown to fewer people because of government content-filtering demands, expanding its "Under the Hood" transparency tool.
Palo Alto startup ScrollEd, bootstrapped this year by Stanford and UPenn students, turns textbooks and PDFs into a swipeable video feed with quizzes.
Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated "actress" offered for 75 simultaneous press interviews, appeared to malfunction and began speaking Chinese mid-interview with Piers Morgan and Tom Conti.
Quick-commerce apps in India delivered the new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max in about 10 minutes on launch day, tapping a market worth about $9 billion.
Google has redesigned CC, an AI agent that previously delivered daily briefings, to focus on family household tasks like permission slips, shopping lists, and meal plans, now supporting up to six family members.
Meta has brought its Muse AI assistant to Mac, where it can now interact with a user's files, messages, calendar, notes, and mail directly within their native apps.
A TechCrunch reviewer tested Orion's $2,195 AI-enabled cooling mattress pad for months and, despite going in skeptical, says it has genuinely improved their sleep.
Pinterest is launching Restyle in beta in the US and Canada, an AI feature that lets users redesign their rooms with furniture and decor from their own photos.
Roku's new Roku OS update introduces a Labs hub letting US customers try experimental apps, alongside a personalized Home Screen expansion to Mexico and Brazil.
Instinct and Meta's Muse, rival AI assistant apps, both added features that let their agents place phone calls on users' behalf, reaching feature parity.
Spotify is expanding its podcast partner program, which shares ad and Premium revenue with podcasters, to a total of 35 regions this fall, including Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.
X launched a Cashtag feature that lets U.S. users trade stocks, ETFs, and crypto directly from their timeline via partner brokerages like Coinbase and Kraken.
Google rolled out early access to a Model Context Protocol server for Google Home, letting AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT control smart home devices via natural language.
Anthropic is merging Claude's chat and Cowork interfaces into one window and adding dedicated slide and document creation features.
Meta's Threads is rolling out new tools that let podcast creators promote their shows, share episode links, and reach listeners directly on the platform.
Amazon launched its Alexa+ AI assistant in India with Hindi support, offering it free to Prime members and for ₹2,000 ($20.85) a month to others.