Volkswagen becomes Rivian’s top shareholder, displacing Amazon |

Volkswagen has pushed Amazon out of the top spot to become Rivian’s largest shareholder, new filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission show. VW…

Threads finally brings messaging to the web |

11:34 AM PDT · May 5, 2026 Threads is rolling out messaging on the web, bringing one-on-one and group chats to desktop, the Meta-owned social…

Airbnb co-founder taps Peter Arnell as first US chief brand architect |

Airbnb billionaire co-founder Joe Gebbia is growing his team at the U.S. National Design Studio, the Trump initiative focused on improving the government’s online presence.…

Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor |

10:46 AM PDT · May 5, 2026 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, claiming that one of the company’s chatbots masqueraded…

OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant, a new default model for ChatGPT |

10:00 AM PDT · May 5, 2026 On Tuesday, OpenAI released a new foundation model called GPT-5.5 Instant, which will replace GPT-5.3 Instant as the…

PayPal says it's 'becoming a technology company again' — that means AI |

PayPal is looking toward the future, despite its falling stock and looming layoffs. In its first-quarter earnings call, CEO Enrique Lores told investors that PayPal…

ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx, and Eva Longoria as new investors |

7:20 AM PDT · May 5, 2026 Voice AI company ElevenLabs revealed new investors that are part of its $500 million Series D fundraise, which…

Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push |

Etsy announced Tuesday the launch of its native app within ChatGPT, opening up a new way for shoppers to explore its catalog of over 100…

Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in 'widespread' attack |

Security researchers at Kaspersky say they have identified a malicious backdoor planted in the popular and long-running Windows disc imaging software, Daemon Tools. The Russian…

CopilotKit raises $27M to help devs deploy app-native AI agents |

Many companies today provide AI simply as a chatbot inside their apps: You type in (or dictate) what you want it to do, and the…