Google's Gemini Spark can now edit Docs, Sheets and Slides directly and runs 50% faster, but the EEA, UK, Switzerland and Nigeria still wait for access.
Apple is reportedly courting AI chip startups after its M2 Ultra servers failed to run Google's Gemini models for the rebuilt Siri, per The Information.
Ngozi Onwurah's dismissed 1995 landmark Welcome II the Terrordome joins Criterion's October slate, reaching Blu-ray Oct. 6 alongside Kubrick's 30-disc box set.
LDPlayer 14 replaces its Android 9 base with Android 14, easing Hyper-V conflicts and promising up to 30% faster frame rates on Windows PCs.
Elon Musk demanded Netflix fix a years-old page calling Gone With the Wind “known for its racism,” reviving a fight streamers already lost once.
Lisbon startup Pollen raised €3.2 million to build a universal battery-swap network that could keep electric motorcycles running and city grids stable.
Unicode's Emoji 18.0 preview adds a pickle, meteor and monarch butterfly, its smallest new batch in years, ahead of a September 2026 vote.
Android 17 QPR1 Beta 7 fixes the Battery Share charging loop and quietly restores the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro to Google's beta program.
French startup Syntetica raised $30 million to scale chemical nylon recycling, backed by Lululemon, MAS Holdings and Bpifrance's Ecotechnologies fund.
The SEC approved NYSE Arca's move to quadruple BlackRock's IBIT options position limit, from 250,000 to 1 million contracts, effective immediately.
Bitcoin ETF inflows are rebounding after Larry Fink called crypto markets more stable, even as BlackRock's own crypto funds bled billions this quarter.
Moonkie raised a $38.5 million Series B on huge search growth, but wholesale racks, marketplaces and a paid affiliate program drive its real scale.
Pie raised $23.7 million to help small businesses show up in ChatGPT and Google, betting Main Street's AI shift is still just beginning.
Swiss startup RAROG has raised €162,000 from Venture Kick to build a detector that finds missing hikers using signals from their own phones and smartwatches.
Czech medtech startup HTG Medical has cleared EU MDR certification for its automated ICU urine monitor and raised €450,000 for global expansion.
Anthropic extended free Claude Fable 5 access for Pro, Max and Team users to July 19, 2026, ahead of a metered pricing switch on July 20.
Google's Snapseed 4.1 update brings native RAW editing for seven camera formats to Android, while iPhone owners and a few formats still wait.
Ex-Netflix payments executives raised €7.2 million for Nopan, building infrastructure to make European account and wallet payments as reliable as cards.
Dublin's TensorX has deployed Nvidia Blackwell GPUs and lined up a $1 billion crypto-financed facility to keep AI inference inside European borders.
The FCC fined eight firms $25,000 each over suspected rebranded DJI drones and cameras, and now wants a Chinese testing lab's US accreditation pulled.