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Last updated October 26, 2026
TikTok’s policy chief defends 50-plus under-16 safety settings as the EU pushes to restrict children’s access to social media
Augmodo, a spatial AI retail startup, raises $21M at a $350M valuation to expand beyond stores into warehouses and factories
Uber’s product chief details a push into hotels, shopping, fintech, and AV data while rejecting the ‘everything app’ label
Zepto is building a premium grocery tab called Select to take on Blinkit and Instamart ahead of its planned IPO this year
Canada’s banking regulator flags Anthropic’s Claude Mythos as a cyber risk to the country’s biggest banks and insurers
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis calls for a US-led global AI watchdog with the power to halt dangerous frontier models
Le Slip Français debuts on Euronext Growth Paris, betting on French-made underwear against fast-fashion giants Shein and Temu
Grasshopper is the first bank to join Anthropic’s MCP Directory, letting business clients connect their accounts to Claude
Google tightens gambling ad rules from September 14, requiring advertisers to show “good policy health” or lose certification
Sen. Mark Warner’s draft AI AGENT Act would make Amazon, Google, Meta, and Apple open their platforms to outside AI agents
OpenAI is showing Kalshi’s World Cup betting odds in ChatGPT search results, its first partnership with a prediction market
Udaan raises about $160M in fresh equity, debt, and debt-to-equity conversion to strengthen its balance sheet before an IPO
OpenAI’s IPO window narrows as Anthropic overtakes it in valuation, Microsoft ties cool, and Apple’s lawsuit adds legal risk
Meta’s Adam Mosseri says the company may need to cap AI token budgets per engineer within a year or two as costs climb
Klarna plans a new significant-risk-transfer deal on about $516M of BNPL loans to free up capital for US and global growth
Anthropic hires Monzo co-founder Tom Blomfield from Y Combinator to strengthen its compute team amid the AI talent race
PayPal launches Pay in 30 Days in the UK, letting shoppers pay for purchases up to 30 days later with no interest or fees
Hachette, Cengage, and Elsevier sue Google over claims it trained Gemini on their copyrighted works without permission
Anthropic’s new ad “There’s hope in hard questions” draws mockery over its dark imagery, including a jab from Sam Altman
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