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Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era: Glow is targeting a new class of endpoint risks created by the rapid adoption of AI agents and developer tools inside enterprises. Read More

The Anthropic-Physical Intelligence rumor roiling AI Twitter: Anthropic and OpenAI's aggressive 2026 acquisition sprees set the stage for a weekend rumor. Read More

Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents: Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation. Read More

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When energy meets intelligence

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Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects: a16z Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC have invested in Cascade's $3.5 million seed round. Read More

WhatsApp adds Apple CarPlay and Android Auto upgrades, iPad sign-ups, and more: WhatsApp on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will let users hear and reply to messages, make calls, view their call history, and access favorite contacts hands-free and right from their car's screen. Read More

OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its pre-release models: OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry. Read More

Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator marketplace to the US: Passionfroot, a German startup building a marketplace connecting B2B creators with brands, has raised $15M in a Series A round led by Insight Partners. Read More

AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app: Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content, those distinctions are fading, pushing companies like Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and TikTok to become all-purpose entertainment destinations instead. Read More

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Last but Not Least

The browser wars aren't about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari: We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari. Read More