[ad_1] Bending Spoons, a company that buys and revitalizes stagnating tech companies, has agreed to purchase Eventbrite for about $500 million, a far cry from the $1.76 billion the company was worth when it went public in 2018. Just like many of Bending Spoons’ previous acquisitions, including Evernote, Meetup, Vimeo, …
Read More »Healthify upgrades its AI assistant Ria with real-time conversation capabilities
[ad_1] With new AI models, health tracking companies have realized that they can now provide insights using both structured and unstructured data. The new goal is to create interfaces and modalities that make it easier for users to create a habit of logging their meals or workouts, along with having …
Read More »Amazon challenges competitors with on-premises Nvidia ‘AI Factories’
[ad_1] Amazon announced a new product Tuesday called “AI Factories” that allows big corporations and governments to run its AI systems in their own data centers. Or as AWS puts it: Customers supply the power and the data center, and AWS plunks in the AI system, manages it, and can …
Read More »All the biggest news from AWS’ big tech show re:Invent 2025
[ad_1] Amazon Web Services’ annual tech conference AWS re:Invent has wrapped up its first official day of programming and has already delivered an endless stream of product news. The unsurprising theme is AI for the enterprise, although this year it’s all about upgrades that give its customers greater control to …
Read More »Kalshi raises $1B at $11B valuation, doubling value in under two months
[ad_1] Prediction market Kalshi, which allows people to bet on future events, announced on Tuesday that it raised a $1 billion funding round at an $11 billion valuation, confirming TechCrunch’s scoop from last month. The round was led by returning investor Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Capital …
Read More »The spectacle of Bryan Johnson and his livestreamed shrooms trip
[ad_1] When I was eighteen, I bought a cheap ticket from my college class Facebook group to see Grimes perform at a nearby music festival. Amid the crowd on that sunny afternoon, a drug-addled man continuously tried to climb a young, flimsy tree for a better view. He failed again …
Read More »YouTube releases its first-ever recap of videos you’ve watched
[ad_1] It’s that time of year when companies are rolling out their Spotify Wrapped-like end-of-year recaps, letting users revisit the content they engaged with the most. While YouTube has offered a YouTube Music recap for the past few years, the platform announced on Tuesday that it’s now launching a separate …
Read More »Amazon Music’s 2025 Delivered is now here to compete with Spotify Wrapped
[ad_1] Amazon Music announced on Tuesday the launch of 2025 Delivered, the platform’s take on Spotify’s popular Wrapped experience. The feature offers users a personalized annual summary of their music listening habits. With 2025 Delivered, users will see a recap of their listening trends, showcasing their top artists, favorite songs, …
Read More »Zillow drops climate risk scores after agents complained of lost sales
[ad_1] Sorry, prospective homebuyers. Just over a year after adding climate risk scores, Zillow has removed them from more than 1 million listings after real estate agents complained that the information was causing them to lose sales. Zillow first added the data to the site in September 2024, saying that …
Read More »Apple just named a new AI chief with Google and Microsoft expertise, as John Giannandrea steps down
[ad_1] In a carefully worded announcement on Monday, Apple said John Giannandrea, who has been the company’s AI chief since 2018, is “stepping down” to, well, not work at Apple anymore. He’ll stick around through spring as an adviser. His replacement is Amar Subramanya, a highly regarded Microsoft executive who …
Read More »