4:21 AM PST · January 13, 2026 Brazil’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from…
Author: Ivan Mehta
Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup |
Usage of voice AI in sales, marketing, customer support, and consumer applications has shot up in the last few years. As a result, model providers…
JPMorgan Chase becomes the new issuer of the Apple Card |
In Brief Posted: 10:31 PM PST · January 7, 2026 Apple announced Wednesday that JPMorgan Chase is the new issuer of the Apple Card, replacing…
Plaud launches a new AI pin and a desktop meeting notetaker |
8:28 AM PST · January 4, 2026 Hardware maker Plaud launched a new AI notetaker called Plaud NotePin S, along with a desktop app that…
Subtle releases earbuds with its noise-isolation models |
4:00 AM PST · January 4, 2026 Voice AI startup Subtle, which creates voice-isolation models to help computers understand you better in loud environments, today…
The best AI-powered dictation apps of 2025 |
In some ways, 2025 was when AI dictation apps really took off. Dictation apps have been around for years, but in the past they’ve proved…
The Google Pixel Watch 4 made me like smartwatches again |
For the last few years, I wore either an analog watch or Xiaomi Band 6 for basic step tracking and time. I didn’t opt for…
Why WeTransfer's co-founder is building another file transfer service |
One of the founders of WeTransfer — a popular free file-sharing service used by millions worldwide — is publicly criticizing the company’s new direction. Dutch…
Amazon's new Alexa+ feature adds conversational AI to Ring doorbells |
6:00 AM PST · December 18, 2025 Amazon is adding a new feature to Alexa+ that adds a conversational AI to Ring doorbells, letting users…
Luma releases a new AI model that lets users generate a video from a start and end frame |
6:52 AM PST · December 18, 2025 Luma, the a16z-backed AI video and 3D model company, released a new model called Ray3 Modify that allows…