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Instagram users can now edit comments, which is a long-awaited fix for anyone who’s ever had to delete and re-post a comment just to fix a typo.

Co-founder of Sierra predicts that AI agents will make software interfaces obsolete.

Users can use the in-built voice transcription tool to reply to emails

X Chat brings back Voice Notes to DMs and group chats after removing the option during the upgrade.

The U.K. energy company said a redirected payment meant for a contractor instead landed in a hacker's bank account.

Andy Jassy's annual shareholder letter reads something like a diss track to a wide range of competitors as he defends spending $200 billion in capex.

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The controls can be used to choose an audio-first experience on the app or a video-enhanced one, Spotify says.

Instagram debuted its movie-rating-inspired content settings in limited countries in 2025.

Waymo and Waze announced a data-sharing pilot program that will funnel pothole data collected by robotaxis to a free Waze platform designed for cities.

Radify Metals is developing a new way to process a variety of metals that promises to be pollution free.

Collide Capital, founded by Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, announced the close of a $95 million Fund II.

The company's novel rocket engine could be a game changer for the U.S. military.

Pronto's autonomous haulage trucks are about to start operating at Mariana Minerals' Utah copper mine -- the first such deal since Pronto got acquired by Travis Kalanick's Atoms Inc.

The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notifying him and is blocking their ability to send software updates to users.

An Avride autonomous vehicle near Austin hit the duck, facing backlash from the community. "It didn't slow down or hesitate at all, just steamrolled right through," according to a witness.

Poke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, or technical know-how.

Canva says the acquisitions add strengths in agentic AI, data infrastructure, marketing automation, and customer engagement.

AWS has an ingrained culture of handling competition, he explained, because the cloud giant also competes with its partners.