A former Etsy product manager built an AI-powered app for new parents
Career product manager Amanda DeLuca has launched a parenting management app, Riley, born out of her experience with parental anxiety and feedback from other families.
DeLuca, who previously worked at Google, NerdWallet, and Eventbrite, in addition to Etsy, became pregnant three years ago. At the
X doubles its Premium+ plan prices after xAI releases Grok 3
Hours after Elon Musk’s AI company xAI released the latest version of its AI model, Grok 3, X has significantly hiked the price for its top Premium+ subscription plan, which gives users access to the latest model, to almost $50 per month.
On the support page that lists X’s premium plan
Kuda and CEO face allegations of sex discrimination and unfair dismissal from former executive, per filing
An employment tribunal case has placed Kuda Technologies, one of Africa's fastest-growing digital banks, under scrutiny over allegations of workplace discrimination, harassment, and wrongful dismissal. Rosemary Hewat, Kuda's former group chief people officer (CPO), filed a complaint accusin
Pokémon Go maker Niantic is reportedly selling its games division
Niantic, the company behind the popular augmented reality game Pokémon Go, is looking to sell its game development business, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources.
The company is reportedly exploring a deal with mobile game developer Scopely, which is owned by Saudi Arabia-based Savvy Gam
Humane’s AI Pin is dead, as HP buys startup’s assets for $116M
Humane announced on Tuesday that most of its assets have been acquired by HP for $116 million. The hardware startup is immediately discontinuing sales of its $499 AI Pins. Humane alerted customers who have already purchased the Pin that their devices will stop functioning before the end of the mont
Google Play Books purchases on iOS now skirt the App Store’s commission
Google has gained permission to sell its e-books and audiobooks directly to customers through its iOS app, Google Play Books. While iOS apps today can offer access to content previously purchased elsewhere, like e-books bought via a website, developers have to request a specific exception to link t
Duolingo ‘killed’ its mascot with a Cybertruck, and it’s going weirdly well
Duolingo’s mascot, Duo the owl, is dead. Okay, Duo isn’t really dead (we think), but the language learning app committed so hard to this bit that its CEO, Luis von Ahn, read a eulogy for this beloved green bird on TikTok.
As any fiction author could probably tell you, killing everyone&
Elon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government ‘less dumb’
A senior Elon Musk staffer has created a custom AI chatbot that purports to help the Department of Government Efficiency eliminate government waste and is powered by Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, technewss has learned.
The chatbot, which was publicly accessible until Tuesday,
Apple purges apps without contact info from EU app store, as DSA deadline hits
A change requiring app developers to disclose their address, phone number, and email information to consumers has gone live on the App Store within the European Union. Apple on Tuesday announced it has removed any EU apps that haven’t yet complied with the Digital Services Act (DSA), a regula
Amazon, Microsoft, and Exxon want to make scandal-plagued carbon markets more trustworthy
Amazon, Exxon, and Microsoft have joined a new task force to burnish the image of scandal-plagued voluntary carbon markets.
The task force, organized by the Bipartisan Policy Center think tank, is hoping to improve credibility of voluntary carbon markets, studying the status quo and drafting “po
Thinking Machines Lab is ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s new startup
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has announced her new startup. Unsurprisingly, it’s focused on AI.
Called Thinking Machines Lab, the startup, which came out of stealth today, intends to build tooling to “make AI work for [people’s] unique needs and goals,” and to create AI sy
VC giant Insight Partners confirms January cyberattack
U.S.-based venture capital firm Insight Partners has confirmed that hackers breached its systems in January.
When reached by technewss, Insight Partners confirmed the cybersecurity incident in a statement published Tuesday. Calcalist first reported the breach earlier in the day.
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Fiverr wants gig workers to offload some of their work to AI
Gig marketplace Fiverr wants to let freelancers train AI on their bodies of work and use it to automate future jobs.
At an event on Tuesday, Fiverr announced the launch of several new efforts aimed at attracting gig workers to its platform and equipping them with generative AI tools. Perhaps the m