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Meta Announces All Facebook Videos Will Become Reels
Meta has announced a major strategic shift for Facebook, consolidating all video uploads into the Reels format to streamline creation and better compete with rivals.
Threads Launches Fediverse Feed, Sparking Strategic Debate
Meta's Threads now features a dedicated fediverse feed and user search, transforming it into a powerful reader for the open social web.
Anysphere Targets AI Coding Power Users with $200 Cursor ‘Ultra’ Plan
Anysphere launches a $200/month 'Ultra' plan for its Cursor AI code editor, targeting enterprise teams and power users as its revenue hits $500 million ARR amid fierce competition from Microsoft and Google.
Google Makes Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash Generally Available, Debuts Flash-Lite
Google makes its Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models generally available, debuting the new cost-effective Flash-Lite and simplifying its AI pricing structure for developers.
xAI’s New $9.3B Debt Gamble: Elon Musk’s Urgent Push for AI Dominance
Elon Musk's xAI is aiming to raisE a staggering $9.3 billion in a high-stakes gamble to fund its 'Colossus' supercomputer and push its controversial Grok AI into the enterprise market, challenging industry giants.
AI Smart Glasses: Meta and Oakley Target Athletes with New AI Wearables
Meta and Oakley are launching new AI-powered smart glasses aimed at athletes, signaling a major strategic push into the sports market. This new wearable challenges competitors while navigating complex debates over technology, privacy, and the future of AI.
Adobe’s New Firefly App Puts AI Models from Google and OpenAI in Your Pocket
Adobe's new Firefly mobile app for iOS and Android unifies its powerful generative AI tools while integrating models from competitors like Google and OpenAI.
Microsoft Copilot Under Fire: Watchdog Slams Ads, Security Holes, Misleading Claims, Confusing Branding
An advertising watchdog challenges Microsoft's Copilot productivity claims, citing a lack of objective proof. The demanded changes to its marketing come as critical security flaws like 'EchoLeak' expose deep safety and trust issues in the enterprise AI.
Musk’s Grok AI Lands on Oracle Cloud for Business Customers, Challenging OpenAI
xAI expands its enterprise footprint as Elon Musk's Grok 3 model arrives on Oracle Cloud. The deal underscores a major industry shift toward multi-vendor "AI supermarkets" for business customers.
Meta Launches New Advantage+ AI Advertising Tools at Cannes Festival, Meeting Industry Skepticism
Meta's new generative AI tools for its Advantage+ platform signal a deeper push into full ad automation, a vision met with skepticism over past performance and brand safety concerns.
AI Chip Maker Groq Takes on AWS, Google, Microsoft with New Hugging Face Partnership
AI startup Groq partners with Hugging Face to offer its high-speed LPU processing directly to millions of developers, challenging cloud providers like AWS and Google with superior performance and aggressive pricing on advanced language models.
OpenAI’s Break for Autonomy Pushes Microsoft Partnership to the Brink
OpenAI's partnership with Microsoft is fracturing as the AI leader reportedly considers an antitrust challenge against its main backer amid fraught negotiations over its corporate structure, IP rights, and a strategic shift to use rival cloud providers like Google.
Users Report Mass Instagram Bans, Blame Flawed AI Moderation
Instagram faces a growing user backlash as its AI moderation system triggers a wave of mistaken account bans, impacting personal users and businesses while Meta remains silent on the escalating crisis.
Google’s Audio Overviews Now Turn AI Search Results into a Podcast
Google is now testing 'Audio Overviews' as an experimental Search feature that uses Gemini AI to create podcast-style summaries for complex searchq uery results.
Microsoft Unveils Data Guardian for EU Data Sovereignty: A New Front in the EU Cloud War with AWS
Microsoft is launching its comprehensive Sovereign Cloud for Europe, introducing new tools like Data Guardian and Microsoft 365 Local to give customers greater data control as it responds to escalating competition from AWS and growing regulatory pressure.
WhatsApp Ads Arrive as Meta Breaks Another Zuckerberg Promise
In a major reversal of a decade-old promise, Meta is introducing ads and paid subscriptions to WhatsApp, signaling a new strategy to monetize its 2 billion users by integrating commercial features directly into the app's Status and Channels tabs.
Microsoft’s Windows Recall Feature Gets Export Tool in the EU Amid Ongoing Privacy Concerns
Microsoft is updating its controversial Windows Recall AI with a new export tool for European users, a full data reset option, and new storage limits, addressing ongoing privacy concerns and regulatory pressure.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Critical ‘EchoLeak’ Flaw Turned Microsoft’s Own AI Into Data Thief
Microsoft has patched the critical 'EchoLeak' vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot, a flaw that allowed attackers to exfiltrate sensitive data via a single email and highlights a new class of AI-specific threats termed 'LLM Scope Violation.'