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Amazon is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping that can verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other messages actually came from the retailer.

This is Adobe's second acquisition out of India after Rephrase.ai in 2023

The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks.

Users will be able to access Express, Premiere, and Acrobat in Slack

Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ridesharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions.

Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed.

The company told TechCrunch he is "pursuing new endeavors." Karklin will be replaced on an interim basis by Mike Ross, an aviation executive who joined Pivotal's board of directors in November 2025.

JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore.

Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April.

OpenAI previewed the precautions it is taking as it prepares to release Astra, its newest, cyber-critical LLM.

While some of the features see Google playing catch-up to Apple, which already offers similar features for iPhone users, others specifically leverage Gemini to provide various improvements.

X is investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails that it believes may be tied to the rollout of its new payments service.

Apple is hosting its iPhone release event next week, which is rumored to feature the first-ever foldable iPhone.

Fable 5.1 includes changes meant to reduce token cost and false-positive restrictions from the model's safeguards.

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