Ford cuts price of BlueCruise hands-free driving feature

Ford is slashing both the monthly and annual cost of its hands-free driver-assistance feature, BlueCruise, for new and existing owners in response to “customer and dealer” feedback, the company tells technewss. The automaker announced Tuesday that it will now charge $49.99 per month o

Serve Robotics and Wing to trial robot-to-drone delivery in Dallas

Drones and sidewalk delivery robots promise to make last-mile delivery cheaper and more efficient, but they both have their limitations. Drones have trouble touching down in dense urban areas, and sidewalk robots tap out after a couple of miles. Uber-backed Serve Robotics and Alphabet's Wing ar

Croissant debuts a cross-posting app for Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon

People participating on the open social web have a problem: It’s not yet possible to reach users on multiple sites like Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads with a single post. While third-party tools are available, most are designed for small businesses and creators, with high prices to match. To

Microsoft Copilot can now read your screen, think deeply, and speak aloud to you

A week after announcing a wave of updates for its enterprise suite of Copilot AI-powered products, Microsoft is launching new Copilot capabilities on Windows for all users, including a tool that can understand and respond to questions about what’s on your screen. Refreshed Copilot apps for i

Microsoft brings AI-powered overviews to Bing

Microsoft has launched its answer to Google's AI-powered search experiences: Bing generative search. On the heels of a pilot in July, Bing generative search — albeit still under development — began rolling out to all U.S. users this morning. The easiest way to invoke it is by searching &#

Microsoft starts paying publishers for content surfaced by Copilot

Microsoft is going to pay publishers for content that will appear in Copilot Daily, a new feature of its Copilot AI-powered, cross-platform assistant. Copilot Daily, announced on Tuesday alongside other Copilot upgrades, gives users a spoken summary of the weather and current events. Alexa and Goo

UK unmasks LockBit ransomware affiliate as high-ranking hacker in Russia state-backed cybercrime gang

The U.K.'s National Crime Agency has linked a long-standing affiliate of the LockBit ransomware group to the notorious Russia-backed Evil Corp, a cybercrime gang with links to the Russian government. The NCA said on Tuesday that it had unmasked the LockBit affiliate, known as “Beverley,” a

eBay removes UK seller fees to counter new wave of marketplace startups

E-commerce giant eBay, facing stiff competition from newer rivals, has removed final-value sales fees for all items excluding cars sold domestically in the U.K. This mirrors a similar move the company made in Germany last year and notably puts eBay in line with the likes of Vinted and Depop, two

Google adds a multi-functional quick insert key and new AI features to Chromebook Plus

Google is announcing new Chromebook models today with Samsung and Lenovo. With Samsung’s Galaxy Chromebook Plus model in particular, the company is also introducing a new multifunctional quick insert key. But Google doesn’t want to leave existing Chromebook users behind as it added new

Palmer Luckey tried to crush aeronautics startup Salient Motion. But Anduril backer a16z invested.

Two years ago, Vishaal Mali, Kai Yin and Aiden Jenkins left their engineering jobs at Anduril's futuristic, high-ceiling office to spend their days in a two-car garage building defense tech startup Salient Motion. For 15 hours a day, the three men soldered airplane parts together, huddled aroun

Sonos outlines turnaround plan following app disaster

Sonos' May app relaunch will be studied as a business school cautionary tale for years to launch. The home audio firm prioritized netting new customers over its existing loyal fanbase as it added the Ace headphones to its product portfolio. The result was a bug-filled release that has led to mi

Air Doctor raises $20M to plug a gap in how people find doctors when they're traveling

Traveling abroad comes with its unique set of stresses, and for many, one of the biggest is what to do if you find yourself unwell. Can you find a doctor who speaks your language, will accept your insurance, and let you avoid the costs and stress of visiting an unfamiliar hospital emergency room? 

Invesco raises its valuation of Swiggy to $13.3B

U.S. asset manager Invesco has raised the value of its stake in Swiggy, ascribing an implied valuation of about $13.3 billion to the Indian food-delivery and quick-commerce startup that is on track to go public in about a month. In a disclosure on Tuesday, Invesco’s Developing Markets Fund s

Anduril speeds up launch of defense payloads by buying Apex satellite buses off the shelf

Anduril is expanding even further into the “ultimate high ground.”  The company, which is best known for AI-powered defense products that span air, land and sea, is partnering with satellite bus manufacturing startup Apex to rapidly deploy payloads on orbit for the U.S. Department