Topic: product development
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Apple Ditches Budget Vision Pro for Meta-Rivaling Smart Glasses
Apple has paused development of a lower-cost Vision Pro headset to focus on creating two types of smart glasses that will compete directly with Meta's Ray-Ban models. The company is accelerating work on an audio-only smart glasses model for 2026-2027 and a display-equipped version, both emphasizi...
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3 Realistic AI Strategies Your Business Can Implement Now
Companies should focus AI implementation on strategic advantages that align with core business objectives to drive measurable improvements in customer engagement, product innovation, and operational efficiency. Pandora applies AI to enhance customer service by developing advanced chatbots aimed a...
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Audacity 4: A Major Upgrade That's Worth the Logo
Audacity 4, launching in early 2026, focuses on major usability improvements rather than its controversial logo redesign, addressing long-standing user frustrations. The update eliminates confusing "Audacity says 'no'" moments by overhauling the interface, allowing automatic audio trimming, remov...
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TakeMe2Space and AICRAFT Launch First Orbital Data Center
TakeMe2Space and AICRAFT are partnering to launch the first orbital data center, with a 2026 mission to demonstrate high-performance computing in space and integrate AI capabilities into the TM2S satellite constellation. The collaboration will enable real-time, on-orbit processing of Earth Observ...
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Huxe: The Audio-Powered App for News and Research
Huxe is an audio-first app that delivers personalized news and research through dynamic briefings and AI-hosted simulated podcasts, designed for hands-free consumption. The startup, founded by former Google engineers, secured $4.6 million in funding and pivoted to focus on audio after observing u...
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VCs Ditch AI Hype, Back Real Innovation
Venture capital investment hit a ten-quarter high of €108.3 billion in Q1 2025, with over €44.6 billion driven by artificial intelligence. Investors are becoming more discerning, demanding tangible proof of functionality and market readiness rather than just AI-related buzzwords. Despite a 21% de...
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How I Solved a Major Bug by Teaming Up Two AI Tools
A complex system bug involving intermittent freezing was diagnosed by using OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT Deep Research as complementary tools, with Codex handling granular coding tasks and Deep Research analyzing large-scale changes. The root cause was identified as a misconfigured routine that che...
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Monday.com Launches AI-Powered CRM for Marketers
Monday.com has launched Monday Campaigns, an AI-powered CRM tool for marketers that integrates marketing and sales functions to streamline campaign creation and drive revenue. The tool uses AI for copy generation, audience segmentation, and personalized campaign triggers, addressing common sales-...
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OpenAI DevDay 2025: Key Updates Revealed
The 2025 OpenAI DevDay addresses ongoing public debates, including leadership, AI ethics, environmental impacts, and disputes with figures like Elon Musk. Key announcements focus on a consumer AI hardware project with Jony Ive, updates to the Sora video generator, and a potential proprietary brow...
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Ganiga Debuts Waste-Sorting Robots at TechCrunch Disrupt
The global recycling crisis is severe, with only about 10% of plastic recycled, prompting Ganiga Innovation to introduce AI-powered robotic solutions to improve waste sorting efficiency. Ganiga's products include the Hoooly robotic bins and smart lids that use generative AI to automatically separ...
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Realm.Security Secures $15 Million in Series A Funding
Realm.Security secured $15 million in Series A funding, led by Jump Capital, bringing its total funding to $20 million to accelerate product development and market expansion. The company launched an AI-powered Security Data Pipeline Platform (SDPP) that consolidates and analyzes security data in ...
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Apple Pauses Vision Pro for AI Glasses Push
Apple is shifting resources from its Vision Pro VR headset to accelerate the development of AI-powered smart glasses, pausing plans for a more affordable version to compete with Meta. The company plans to release two smart glasses models, with the simpler N50 model launching as early as next year...
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Tesla's New Model Y: The Affordable EV Is Here
Tesla's new affordable electric vehicle is a budget-friendly Model Y variant, not the previously announced $25,000 Model 2, focusing on cost reductions and a stripped-down design. The vehicle features significant visual changes like missing front and rear light bars and interior downgrades, inclu...
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Ford CEO's $30,000 EV Strategy Amid China Tariffs
Ford is developing a $30,000 universal EV platform to cut costs and broaden market accessibility, targeting multiple vehicle models by 2027 despite engineering and supply chain challenges. The company faces intense competition from Chinese manufacturers like BYD, leading to the creation of an ind...
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Get a 180-Degree View by Merging Two Blink Security Cameras
The Blink Arc accessory merges two Blink Mini 2K+ or Mini 2 cameras to create a seamless 180-degree panoramic view, eliminating blind spots in security monitoring. Developed to address the limitations of pan-and-tilt cameras, the Arc was prototyped using AI and 3D printing to perfect the video ov...
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Sadq Raises $1M to Expand Digital Trust in Saudi Arabia
Sadq, a Saudi digital signature startup, raised an additional $1 million led by Impact46 to enhance product development, security, and regional expansion. The platform provides legally compliant electronic signatures tailored to Saudi regulations while meeting international security and usability...
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Tailor Secures $22M Series A for Headless ERP Innovation
Tailor, a headless ERP platform, raised $22 million in Series A funding led by investors like ANRI and Y Combinator, highlighting confidence in its modular, API-first approach. Unlike traditional ERP systems, Tailor's Omakase platform separates front-end and back-end functions, enabling customiza...
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Mycroft Secures $3.5M for AI Security & Compliance Platform
Mycroft, a Toronto startup, has secured a $3.5 million seed funding round led by Luge Capital to accelerate development of its autonomous AI platform for managing security and IT infrastructure. The company's platform acts as an AI Security and Compliance Officer, offering cloud and application s...
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Avanade Launches AI Agent for Microsoft Sentinel
Avanade has launched a new AI agent for Microsoft Sentinel, reinforcing its strategic partnership with Microsoft and enabling direct influence on product development through feedback and scenario validation. The collaboration introduces advanced solutions, including Security Copilot AI agents and...
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Tarabut Opens New Regional Headquarters in Riyadh
Tarabut has launched its new regional headquarters in Riyadh, reinforcing its commitment to Saudi Arabia's open banking framework and Vision 2030 economic goals. The inauguration involved key Saudi banks and partners, showcasing Tarabut's integration and collaborative role within the Kingdom's fi...
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Apple Pauses Vision Pro Lite for Smart Glasses Focus
Apple is accelerating development of smart glasses and has paused work on a more affordable Vision Pro headset, reallocating resources to compete in the smart glasses market. The company plans at least two smart glasses models, including a display-less version for 2027 and an advanced display-equ...
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PEXA Appoints New Executives to Drive Innovation and Growth
PEXA Group has made strategic executive appointments to strengthen its leadership team, aiming to accelerate innovation and support expansion into new markets while enhancing its core digital property settlement platform. Key external hires include Peter Bonney as Chief Product and Technology Off...
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Deta Surf: The AI Browser Meets NotebookLM
Deta Surf is a hybrid AI browser that integrates web browsing with research and knowledge management tools, allowing users to create and edit topic-specific notebooks. The platform enables users to generate summaries from web content and use open tabs as context for AI-driven queries, while also ...
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Polars Creator Raises $21M From Accel to Boost Open Source Tool
Polars secured a $21 million Series A investment led by Accel, building on its origins as a pandemic-era open-source project designed to outperform Pandas with a Rust-based engine. The company is expanding its product suite with Polars Cloud and Polars Distributed, aiming to compete with Apache S...
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Juicebox Raises $30M to Transform Hiring with AI Search
Juicebox, founded by David Paffenholz and Ishan Gupta, has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital, bringing its total funding to $36 million to advance its AI-driven talent search engine. The company's AI tool, PeopleGPT, uses large language models to understand natural lan...
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Oura Ring Maker Valued at $11B in New $875M Funding Round
Oura Health Oy has raised approximately $875 million in a Series E funding round, doubling its valuation to $11 billion since December. The new capital will be used to scale up production, support international expansion, and fund ongoing research and product development. The company is on track ...
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Thinking Machines Lab Aims for More Consistent AI Models
Thinking Machines Lab, with $2 billion in seed funding, is addressing AI's unpredictability by developing systems that provide reproducible and consistent responses, diverging from the non-deterministic behavior of current models. The lab identifies GPU kernel coordination during inference as the...
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Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds: Why I Can't Go Back to Regular ANC
Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds excel in adaptive noise cancellation, focusing on seamless and effective performance rather than flashy AI features. Their ActiveSense technology dynamically adjusts to environmental changes, providing instant and subtle noise blocking without pressure shifts or so...
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Charles Schwab Invests in Qapita, a Carta Rival in Singapore
Qapita raised $26.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Charles Schwab, aiming to transform equity management and employee stock plans for private companies. The partnership introduces Schwab Private Issuer Equity Services, a platform using Qapita's technology to help U.S. startups manage ...
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Amazon's Fall Hardware Event: What to Expect
Amazon is hosting its annual fall hardware event on September 30th, 2025, in New York City, where it is expected to introduce new Echo devices, Fire TV products, and Kindle e-readers. The invitation hints at a possible color Kindle Scribe model with stylus support, suggesting advancements in e-re...
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Flai's AI Revolutionizes Car Dealership Operations
Flai is an AI startup that developed an omni-channel software platform for car dealerships, managing customer interactions via phone, email, and text to address the issue of lost leads from busy communication lines. The company secured $4.5 million in seed funding to scale its technology, emphasi...
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Illumio Joins the Microsoft Sentinel Partner Ecosystem
Illumio has joined the Microsoft Sentinel partner ecosystem, integrating its breach containment capabilities to enhance threat detection and response in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The partnership leverages Microsoft Sentinel's AI-ready platform, including its unified data lake and Secur...
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Porsche's Iconic SUV Goes Electric With Game-Changing Tech
The Porsche Cayenne Electric is a pivotal new luxury SUV that represents a significant evolution for the brand, building on the success of the long-running Cayenne model. It is built on Volkswagen Group's Premium Platform Electric architecture, making it a completely new vehicle and marking a maj...
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Grammarly Now Corrects Spanish & French Grammar
Grammarly has expanded its AI-powered grammar and style corrections to include Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, and Italian, addressing a long-standing user demand. The platform now offers sentence rephrasing and translation features across six core languages, enhancing multilingual writing w...
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No CS Degree? This Startup CEO Says It's Not a Problem
The tech industry is shifting away from requiring formal degrees, with leaders like Anton Osika emphasizing skills, adaptability, and AI's role in enabling idea execution without extensive training. AI tools such as Lovable, Cursor, and Replit facilitate "vibe coding," allowing individuals to cre...
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Studio555 Secures $4.6M to Launch Interactive Interior Design App
Studio555 secured €4 million in seed funding to develop an interactive interior design app that blends gaming elements with design, led by HOF Capital and Failup Ventures. The app, founded by ex-King employees, aims to make interior design intuitive and playful, removing technical barriers and la...
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Inside the AI Hiring Frenzy
The competition for elite AI talent is intense, with startups using creative and costly strategies to attract a limited pool of product engineers who blend technical expertise with product-focused skills. Founders face significant challenges in hiring, as candidates often receive multiple offers ...
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Inside the AI Hiring Frenzy
The competition for elite AI talent is intense, with startups using creative and costly strategies to attract a limited pool of product engineers who blend technical expertise with product-focused skills. Founders face significant challenges in hiring, as candidates often receive multiple offers ...
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OpenAI, Jony Ive Hit Roadblocks in AI Device Development
The OpenAI and Jony Ive partnership, backed by a $6.5 billion acquisition, is developing a screen-less, palm-sized AI device that interprets environmental cues but faces major technical hurdles. Development is delayed as the team struggles to define the device's "personality" and establish protoc...
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Dayforce AI Agents Speed Up Workflows
Dayforce has launched AI Agents that integrate into business workflows to enhance efficiency and workplace agility, moving beyond simple Q&A to actively assist in daily tasks. These AI Agents reduce manual workloads, minimize errors, and support informed decision-making by functioning as intellig...
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Shield Raises $5M From a16z Crypto to Simplify Global Crypto Payments
Shield raised $5 million in seed funding, led by Giant Ventures with participation from a16z crypto and others, bringing its total funding to $7 million to expand banking partnerships and compliance infrastructure. The company, founded in 2022, pivoted in 2024 to focus on cross-border payments us...
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Consumers Willing to Pay More for Responsible AI, Survey Finds
Consumers are increasingly willing to pay for generative AI tools, especially from companies that demonstrate strong innovation and a commitment to data responsibility, highlighting the importance of trust and ethical development. Usage of generative AI has surged, with over half of U.S. adults e...
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Alexa Plus: Smarter, But Still Not Smart Enough
Alexa Plus introduces a conversational interface allowing natural language commands and mid-command corrections, though it still falls short of creating a fully ambient home experience. The system excels at executing multi-step commands and managing smart devices intuitively, but suffers from inc...
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Tame Your Inbox: Perplexity's New AI Assistant for Gmail & Outlook
Perplexity's new AI-powered Email Assistant integrates directly into Gmail and Outlook to help users review, organize, and draft emails, aiming to save time for professionals. The assistant offers features like summarizing email threads, suggesting meeting times, and organizing messages, competin...
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Samsung's Project Moohan VR Headset: October Launch & Everything We Know
Samsung's Project Moohan VR headset is expected to launch in October as a high-end competitor to Apple's Vision Pro, featuring premium pricing and advanced display technology powered by a Qualcomm chipset. Preorders may start on September 29, with a phased global release beginning in South Korea ...
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OpenAI Adds Parental Controls to ChatGPT Next Month
OpenAI is introducing new parental controls next month, allowing parents to set boundaries and customize ChatGPT's behavior for their teenagers. Parents can link their accounts to their teens' via email, enabling features like age-appropriate default rules and the ability to disable memory or cha...
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Hands-On With the iPhone Air: First Impressions
The iPhone Air features an exceptionally sleek and lightweight design, measuring just 5.6mm thick, and includes a ProMotion display and Ceramic Shield 2 protection. It is powered by the A19 Pro chip, ensuring smooth performance, and has a comfortable, ergonomic grip with rounded edges reminiscent...
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