The genai app doubled revenue and grew to 1.7b downloads in the first half of 2025
In the first half of 2025, generative AI apps are experiencing incredible growth in both downloads and in-app revenue, a report from market intelligence company Sensor Tower said. Users downloaded the Genai app 1.7 billion times in H2 2024 compared to 1 billion people. These apps doubled in-app revenue, resulting in $1.87 billion in 2025, […]
YouTube loosens the profanity rules for monetized videos
YouTube tweaks blasphemously related rules so that if the creator is limited to the first 7 seconds of the video, the creator can take the oath and monetize the video. In November 2022, YouTube changed the rules, so creators who swear words in the first 8-15 seconds could be ineligible for any advertising revenue. After […]
$23 million to bring Air Lands EVTOLS to the US
The escalating forces of geopolitical tensions and rising defense budgets have encouraged many electrical vertical takeoff and landing (EVTOL) manufacturers to take a two-range approach to building aircraft. Air, who is developing the Israel-based Startup Evtols, thought it would be wise to take a similar approach from Get-go, and to design both privately operated aircraft […]
Observation continues to adapt to a changing world of software observability
Observe, an observability platform, was founded in 2017 in response to the changing nature of software observability. Companies have started pushing out newer versions of their software more frequently. So we created quite a lot of data. Now, observation is addressing the latest major changes in technology: AI. San Mateo-based Observe allows businesses to see […]
Google says it will sign the EU AI practice code
Google has confirmed that it will sign the European Union’s General Purpose AI Practice Code, a voluntary framework aimed at helping AI developers implement processes and systems to comply with block AI laws. In particular, Meta earlier this month called the implementation of the EU’s AI law “overreach,” saying that Europe would not sign the […]
Tiktoc’s crowdsourcing fact check footnotes will be released in the US
Tiktok announced on Wednesday that it would release Footnotes, a crowdsourcing fact-checking system similar to X’s and Meta’s community notes functionality. The technology was initially deployed to users as a pilot program, allowing contributors to write footnotes and evaluate them on Tiktok videos. All US Tiktok users can view notes rated as rated and submitted […]
Space Force bets on commercial participants in the $4 billion SATCOM contest
American fighters need anti-jamming communications, and space forces plan to secure them to spend hundreds of millions. As part of its efforts, the service has established a protected tactical SATCOM program to build safe battlefield communications through satellites. Space Force has already awarded contracts with Defense Prime Boeing and Northrop Grumman to develop prototype payloads […]
Google says the UK government has not requested an encryption backdoor for users’ data
The UK government is reportedly retreating from previous demands that Apple build a secret backdoor that allows access to customer data around the world, following the harsh responsibilities from the US government. But one US senator wants to know if other tech giants like Google have received secret backdoor requests from the UK government. Google […]
TEA app disables DM after a second data breach reveals more than 1 million private messages
Last week, the dating safety app TEA experienced a data breach and published 72,000 sensitive images, including selfies and photo IDs, as well as images of posts and messages for account verification. Personal data is reportedly shared by users of 4chan. As reported by 404 Media, the second security issue has increased user data, prompting […]
Elon Musk’s boring company to build the Tesla Tunnel under Nashville
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, the tunnel drilling company for Elon Musk, has announced plans to build a 10-mile “loop” that connects downtown Nashville and its convention centers to local airports. According to a press release from the governor, the project will be personally funded by the boring company “and its private partners,” but these partners […]