Google’s Play Games update will show people what you’re playing

Google is readying an update for its Play Games app that will introduce stats and milestones to your all-new profile. From September 23 (October 1 in the EU and UK), other players will be able to see [...]

US healthcare AI platform Xsolis confirms data breach that affects 1.4 million individuals

Social Security numbers and health insurance information nabbed as Xsolis tells its customers to be careful. [...]

The class of 2025 is using AI in job interviews, and a startup industry is cashing in

The class of 2025 graduated into the worst entry-level job market in five years. Now a growing number of them are using AI tools during live job interviews, and a cottage industry of startups is rushi [...]

SOUS raises €4M to power culinary entrepreneurs

The Amsterdam startup, founded in 2022, is building a single AI platform that handles customer discovery, direct ordering, and retention for independent food and beverage operators. seed + speed Ventu [...]

How a space telescope found the ‘strongest evidence yet’ of life beyond our solar system

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope say they have detected the “strongest evidence yet” that life exists outside our solar system.   Scientists at the University of Cambridge found [...]

As AI swamps music platforms, Deezer is fighting back — unlike Spotify

Songs generated by AI tools such as Suno and Udio are flooding Deezer — but the French music streaming platform is trying to fight back.  Deezer said on Wednesday that users are adding over 20,000 [...]

Startup challenge seeks sustainable solutions to AI’s energy demands

A new contest is searching for solutions to a defining problem of the AI era: soaring energy consumption. The Energy Innovation for AI Startup Challenge launches amid growing concern over the environm [...]

UK unleashes drone-zapping microwave weapon amid defence tech drive

The British Army has successfully neutralised swarms of drones in a trial of the “RapidDestroyer” — a new kind of weapon that uses high-frequency microwaves to disable critical electronic compon [...]

Paebbl, the startup turning CO2 into building materials, opens first demo plant

Paebbl has opened its first demo plant in Rotterdam as it looks to ramp up its carbon capture technology.   When we visited Paebbl’s sprawling facility in June last year, it was a mishmash of prot [...]