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Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 09:42
Google recreates Cher's closet from "Clueless" with AI.
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More Gemini features are coming to Google TV

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 09:40
Google TV just got more Gemini features, including the ability to transform photos and videos with tools Nano Banana and Veo.
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Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 09:20
On Wednesday, Pursuit announced a $22 million seed round led by Mike Rosengarten, the co-founder of OpenGov with out big-name VCs participating.
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Roku’s $3 streaming service, Howdy, reaches 1M subs, per recent report

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 08:33
Roku’s $2.99 streaming service Howdy has topped 1M subscribers, showing demand for cheaper, low-commitment alternatives to pricier streamers.
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Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 08:12
Uber announced several new features on Wednesday during its annual event, which push far beyond the company's original ride-hailing purpose and deeper into its users' lives.
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Apple loses bid to pause App Store fee changes as case heads to Supreme Court

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 07:06
Apple lost its bid to pause court-ordered App Store payment changes, keeping external purchase links in place as its case with Epic heads toward the Supreme Court.
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Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 07:00
When Earth AI started hitting months-long delays in its search for critical minerals, it decided to take matters into its own hands.
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Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 06:23
The government of Sri Lanka has lost more than $3 million in two recent, separate cybersecurity incidents as the country continues to recover from its 2022 debt crisis.
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Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 06:10
A defense startup just raised $82 million to put drone factories inside shipping containers and bring manufacturing to the front lines.
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BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 06:10
BMW i Ventures is interested in startups working on agentic AI and physical AI, as well as industrial software, advanced materials, and manufacturing and supply chain technologies.
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Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 06:00
Think Discord chats, but with AI characters in addition to humans. 
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Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 05:34
The feature is rolling out in the U.S. and India with support for English, Spanish, and Hindi.
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Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 05:00
Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.
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Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.

Wed, 04/29/2026 - 02:45
We visited Scout AI's training ground where it's working on AI agents that give individual soldiers control of fleets of autonomous vehicles.
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How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world

Tue, 04/28/2026 - 20:00
Geopolitical turmoil has made venture investing challenging, leading Kompas VC to carve out a niche in startups focused on the physical world.
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At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship

Tue, 04/28/2026 - 17:40
It's a story Musk has told before -- in interviews and to author Walter Isaacson for his bestselling biography of Musk -- but Tuesday was the first time he said it under oath.
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Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS

Tue, 04/28/2026 - 12:48
A day after OpenAI got Microsoft to agree to end exclusive rights, AWS announced a slate of OpenAI model offerings, including a new agent service.
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Amazon launches an AI-powered audio Q&A experience on product pages

Tue, 04/28/2026 - 11:49
Amazon's new "Join the chat" feature lets you ask questions about products and receive AI-powered audio responses.
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Match Group invests $100 million in Sniffies, a cruising app for gay men

Tue, 04/28/2026 - 11:16
The app is Match Group's newest attempt to get mobile users excited about online romance again.
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Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal

Tue, 04/28/2026 - 11:15
After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.
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