Khloe Kardashian launches consumer brand backed by Serena Ventures, WME

Khloe Kardashian has formerly launched her new food company, Khloud, and its first product, a protein…

Character.AI unveils AvatarFX, an AI video model to create lifelike chatbots

Character.AI, a leading platform for chatting and roleplaying with AI-generated characters, unveiled its forthcoming video generation…

Burning questions (and some answers) about Bluesky’s new verification system

Bluesky’s launch of a verification system has raised a slew of questions among its user base,…

Secure Future Initiative reveals Microsoft staff focus

Every Microsoft employee now has a metric dubbed “Security Core Priority” tied directly to performance…

Cyber ‘agony aunts’ launch guidebook for women in security

Two of the UK’s leading female cyber practitioners – Secureworks threat intelligence knowledge manager Rebecca…

Cyber attack downs systems at Marks & Spencer

Veteran UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has apologised to customers after a cyber incident…

Meta releases its CapCut rival Edits globally

Meta announced on Tuesday that it’s officially launching Edits, its CapCut-like video creation app. Releasing globally,…

Ex-Meta engineer raises $14M for Lace AI, a revenue generation software startup

As an AI engineer at Meta, Boris Valkov helped build PyTorch, one of the world’s largest…

India’s EV startup Ather cuts IPO size to $308M, seeking $1.4B post-money valuation

Ather Energy, the Indian startup manufacturing electric two-wheelers, has cut the size of its initial public…

Two undergrads built an AI speech model to rival NotebookLM

A pair of undergrads, neither with extensive AI expertise, say that they’ve created an openly available…

Adaptive Computer wants to reinvent the PC with ‘vibe’ coding for non-programmers

Dennis Xu is a repeat tech startup founder, but he’s the first to admit he’s not…

Marks & Spencer confirms cybersecurity incident amid ongoing disruption

Retail giant Marks & Spencer has confirmed a cybersecurity incident, as customers report ongoing disruption and…

Beyond baselines – getting real about security and resilience

In 2024, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) celebrated a decade of its baseline cyber…

Superpower wants to help people detect and address health issues before symptoms appear

A startup called Superpower is publicly launching what it calls the world’s first super-app that is…

Uber customers can now earn Delta SkyMiles from rides or deliveries

Delta SkyMiles members in the United States can now start earning points when they ride with…

Crowdsourced AI benchmarks have serious flaws, some experts say

AI labs are increasingly relying on crowdsourced benchmarking platforms such as Chatbot Arena to probe the…

AI-powered APIs proving highly vulnerable to attack

More than 150 billion application programming interface (API) attacks were observed in the wild during…

Social media is not wholly terrible for teen mental health, study says

We know that social media can be harmful to teens. Meta has found in its own…

Ofcom bans leasing of Global Titles to crackdown on spoofing

Telco regulator Ofcom has said it is closing a technical loophole that poses a risk…

Manychat taps $140M to boost its business messaging platform with AI

Chatbots and other kinds of AI agents — and the companies that build them — may…

Investigatory Powers Tribunal has no power to award costs against PSNI over evidence failures

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal, the court that rules on the lawfulness of surveillance by police…

Rivian elects Cohere’s CEO to its board in latest signal the EV maker is bullish on AI

Aidan Gomez, the co-founder and CEO of generative AI startup Cohere, has joined the board of…