Meta unveils new Oakley Meta Vanguard Smart Glasses for Athletes
At Meta Connect 2025 on Wednesday, the company unveiled its new Oakley Meta Vanguard Smart Glasses, targeting runners, cyclists and other athletes. The glasses will be on sale for $499 and will be available on October 21st. Meta Connect is the biggest meeting of the social networking giants, and is introducing smart glasses and VR […]
nvidia ai chip challenger Groq is up more than expected, valuing $6.9 billion
AI chip startup Groq confirmed on Wednesday it raised $750 million in fresh funding with a $6.9 billion money valuation. This broke the rumored numbers when the word leaked in July when Groq was rising. At the time, reports suggest that pay increases would be around $600 million at an valuation of about $600 million. […]
Eric Baker’s long, winding road employs the public stubhub
Ticket reseller StubHub was released on Wednesday. StubHub’s stock was 6% below the IPO price of $23.50 and valued the company at over $7 billion, but the public debut itself is a testament to the co-founder’s decades of perseverance. StubHub CEO Eric Baker co-founded with Jeff Fleur in 2000 while attending Stanford University’s Graduate School […]
Irregular ones raise $80 million to protect frontier AI models
On Wednesday, the AI security company announced $80 million in new funding in the round led by Sequoia Capital and Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport. A source close to the contract said the round was irregular and $450 million. “In our view, a lot of economic activity comes soon from human […]
The real breakthrough for iPhone Air is the battery
The thin design of the iPhone Air can be eye-catching, and the amount of engineering that miniaturizes its logic board is impressive. However, according to Gene Berdichevsky, co-founder and CEO of battery materials maker Sila, the actual breakthrough may lurk elsewhere within the aluminum and glass enclosures. “The battery on the new iPhone is very […]
Zoom launches cross-application AI Note Taker, AI Avatars and more with the latest update
On Wednesday, Zoom on, we announced new products at the Zoomtopia Conference. These include upgraded AI companions that work throughout the meeting app, the ability to add your own notes, meeting scheduling with AI, and user-like AI avatars. With these features, the company aims to compete with vertical conference startups and productivity suites. For a […]
Airbuds hopes music social networks Apple and Spotify have built them
The new social network is quietly exploding after Gen Z, not from the meta. San Francisco-based Airbuds offers mobile social apps that allow people to express themselves through their music. Users can share streaming with friends using smartphone widgets that run on a variety of streaming services. On Wednesday, Airbuds announced $5 million in funding […]
Discover Google Revamps Page and view content from the creator
On Wednesday, Google announced that it could update its discovery page for its flagship search apps to follow certain publishers and creators to express more content from people they like. The update follows a feature deployed by Google last month, allowing users to choose a news site or blog selection in the Top Stories section […]
Amazon launches AI agents to help sellers complete tasks and manage their business
Amazon announced Wednesday that it will always introduce AI agents to help platform sellers run their businesses. The company updates Seller Assistant, an AI tool for third-party sellers, to help handle tasks on behalf of the seller. “Our Agent AI capabilities are designed to work seamlessly throughout the sales experience. This means that sellers can […]
Insight Partners at VC Company say thousands of staff and limited partners have stolen personal data in ransomware attacks
Venture Capital Firm Insight Partners has notified thousands of people, including the company’s Limited Partners, that their personal information has been stolen by hackers in a previous data breaches. In a statement on September 4th, the VC giant said it completed its review in early August following the data breaches. The venture company said in […]