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Yahao announced Yahoo Scout, an AI-powered answer engine for its search, now available in beta and powered by Anthropic’s Claude model. It synthesizes information from the web, Yahoo’s own data, and content to respond to natural-language search queries.
The Scout interface incorporates interactive digital media, structured lists and tables, and visible source links to facilitate verification of...
WhatsApp is launching Strict Account Settings, an extreme protection feature for users targeted by sophisticated cyber attacks, such as journalists and public figures. Accessible via app settings, it activates lockdown measures to enhance security.
WhatsApp maintains default end-to-end encryption for all personal messages and calls, ensuring private conversations on devices mirror in-person...
Adobe Photoshop rolled out upgraded Firefly-powered generative-AI editing tools today for creators. The enhancements improve Generative Fill, Generative Expand, and Remove functions through higher-quality outputs.
These tools generate results at 2K resolution, exhibiting fewer artifacts and greater detail. They also achieve superior adherence to user-provided prompts, refining the editing process...
OpenAI launched Prism, an AI-enhanced scientific workspace, on Tuesday. The free web app, accessible to anyone with a ChatGPT account, serves as a word processor and research tool for scientific papers, integrated with GPT-5.2 to assess claims, revise prose, and search prior research.
Prism requires human guidance and does not conduct research autonomously. OpenAI executives state that the tool...
Bluesky revealed its 2026 roadmap, which prioritizes enhancements to the algorithmic Discover feed, better follow recommendations, a more real-time experience, and improvements to core features. The company addressed gaps in basic functionalities amid a user growth slowdown.
Bluesky launched publicly in early 2024 following an invite-only phase. Data from the Bluesky API for developers shows the...
TikTok settled a lawsuit on Monday evening that accuses social media companies of intentionally designing addictive products, resulting in harm to users. Snap reached a settlement the previous week, leaving Meta and YouTube to proceed to trial with jury selection scheduled for Tuesday. The case focuses on a 19-year-old plaintiff identified only as K.G.M.
The lawsuit represents the initial legal...
Amazon reached a settlement valued at more than $1 billion to resolve a class-action lawsuit claiming the company failed to refund customers for returned items. Filed in 2023, the case alleged substantial unjustified monetary losses for affected consumers. Court documents outline refunds exceeding $600 million already distributed or pending, plus additional payments.
The agreement requires Amazon...
Anthropic doubled its latest venture capital funding target from $10 billion to $20 billion, with the round expected to close soon at a $350 billion valuation, sources told the Financial Times.
The AI company, developer of the popular Claude model and Claude Code tool, increased the target amid booming investor interest. Expected participants include Sequoia Capital, an investor in rival OpenAI;...
Google announced on Tuesday the expansion of its prompt-based photo editing feature in Google Photos to Australia, India, and Japan. This AI-powered tool allows users to edit photos using natural language commands, following its initial U.S. launch for Pixel 10 users last August.
The feature enables users in the new markets to access a “Help me Edit” box upon tapping the edit option on any photo...
A new study indicates that Amazon’s internet-beaming satellites in low Earth orbit are exceeding international brightness limits established to safeguard astronomical research. The research, which analyzed nearly 2,000 observations of the constellation, was posted to the preprint server ArXiv on January 12 and has not yet undergone peer review.
The study found that the Amazon LEO satellites...