Speechify adds voice typing and voice assistant to its Chrome extension |

8:00 AM PST · November 25, 2025 Speechify has largely been a tool that helps you listen to articles, PDFs, and documents. The company is…

Agentio secures $40M from Forerunner as it scales its creator marketplace beyond YouTube |

Views on sponsored videos on YouTube have risen 28% year-on-year, and the number of sponsored videos has grown by 54% year-on-year in the first half…

A former physician has launched Robyn, an empathetic AI companion |

Jenny Shao was a practicing physician and was in residency at Harvard. During the pandemic, Shao saw that people in isolation had a neurological impact,…

Google Photos adds new AI features for editing, expands AI-powered search to over 100 countries |

9:00 AM PST · November 11, 2025 Google Photos has rolled out a series of new AI-powered features, including a way to edit objects and…

Google Pixel update adds battery-saving maps mode, AI photo remixing, and smarter notifications |

Google announced its November software update for Pixel phones, called Pixel Drop — a quarterly feature release that brings new capabilities to existing devices —…

Former Meta employees launch Stream, a smart ring that takes voice notes and controls music |

A raft of voice-based hardware devices have emerged, aimed at companionship, productivity, or personal growth. These include card-shaped devices from Plaud and Pocket; pendants from…

Google Maps bakes in Gemini to improve navigation and hands-free use |

6:00 AM PST · November 5, 2025 Over the last year, Google has added multiple AI-powered features to Maps to improve discovery and enable users…

Reddit CEO says chatbots are not a traffic driver |

6:34 AM PDT · October 31, 2025 Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said AI chatbots aren’t a major traffic driver for the social platform despite companies…

PayPal partners with OpenAI to let users pay for their shopping within ChatGPT | TechCrunch

3:47 AM PDT · October 28, 2025 PayPal said on Tuesday that it is adopting a protocol in combination with OpenAI’s “Instant Checkout” feature to…

Adobe Firefly Image 5 brings support for layers, will let creators make custom models | TechCrunch

5:00 AM PDT · October 28, 2025 Adobe said on Tuesday that it is launching the latest iteration of its image generation model, Firefly Image…