Indian customer engagement software firm MoEngage has acquired San Francisco-based startup Aampe in an all-cash deal, betting that AI agents that make decisions for individual customers will become the future of marketing. MoEngage did not disclose the financial terms of the transaction, but a source familiar with the matter told…
An R-rated sci-fi thriller from the director of Pirates of the Caribbean just hit #1 on Disney+
A still of the movie Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.Credit: 3 Arts Entertainment, Constantin Film, Blind Wink Sci-fi film fans have had a good year so far in 2026 with movies like Iron Lung, Project Hail Mary, and the recently-released Disclosure Day all capturing our collective imagination about what the…
Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero
GPTZero, the three-year-old AI detection startup that Princeton grad Edward Tian first built as a senior thesis project, has been acquired by Superhuman, the companies announced on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Tian told Business Insider that GPTZero amassed more than 19 million registered users and…
Amazon’s newest Kindle just hit its lowest price ever for Prime Day
Prime Day 2026 has kicked into full gear, with a wide variety of sales being featured across Amazon’s digital e-commerce storefront from today through Friday, June 26. Unsurprisingly, the company is discounting its own Kindle hardware, too, including the premium-priced Kindle Scribe writing tablet. For a limited time only, the…
Klue says hackers stole credential from 2022 that led to customer data breaches
Market research company Klue has confirmed that a credential dating back to 2022, which was part of a limited pilot, was used by hackers earlier this month to steal reams of data from its corporate customers, including several cybersecurity companies. The new detail suggests that Klue may have had years…
I turned off Wi-Fi on my TV, and I wish I’d done it years ago
I’ve always been the type of person who spends way too much time tweaking every setting on a new TV. Motion smoothing gets turned off, energy-saving features get adjusted, and I usually dig through every menu I can find to uncover hidden features. When I recently upgraded to an LG…
After betting the firm on Anthropic, Menlo Ventures raises victorious $3B fund
Menlo Ventures announced $3 billion in funds on Tuesday, the largest raise in its 50-year history, driven in large part by its AI portfolio, especially Anthropic. Its stake in the model maker is now worth about $14 billion, sources told Bloomberg. To hear the folks at Menlo talk about it,…
I found a legitimate use for my TV’s headphone jack
Smart TVs have a lot of ports these days, and while most people focus on the HDMI ports, that’s not the only thing that matters. In fact, I think it’s easy to argue that TVs nowadays actually have too many ports, and I’d agree with that. While it’s nice to…
Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta to launch its own prediction market
Mark Zuckerberg is betting that prediction markets are the future. The New York Times reports that Zuck wants Meta to have its own Polymarket-like smartphone app and has given the go-ahead to develop one, internally calling it “Arena.” The app would be independent of Meta’s other social media offerings, although…
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