Month: April 2025

Report finds Meta’s celebrity-voiced chatbots could discuss sex with minors AI chatbots available on Meta’s platforms like Facebook and Instagram can engage in sexually explicit conversations with underage users, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ says that after learning about internal concerns about whether

Startup Investments: how do you find an investor without losing control over your startup? General rules for finding an investor for startup founders. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/04/25/investments-in-startups-how-do-you-find-an-investor-without-losing-control-over-your-startup/

The RealReal founder Julie Wainwright has a startling new memoir Julie Wainwright has taken two companies public, a pretty incredible feat by any standard. Yet in her new memoir, Time to Get Real, she offers readers something even more valuable: a blunt look at the messy realities of leadership. Wainwright

Google’s DeepMind UK team reportedly seeks to unionize Around 300 London-based members of Google’s AI-focused DeepMind team are seeking to unionize with the Communication Workers Union, according to a Financial Times report that cites three people involved with the unionization effort. These DeepMind employees are reportedly unhappy about Google’s decision

Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25 Google announced this week that beginning on October 25, it will no longer support or release software updates for the first and second generation Nest Learning Thermostats. And it will completely stop launching new Nest products in Europe. That means

Week in Review: Cluely helps you cheat on everything Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week: Slate EVs spotted in the wild; Airbnb pricing updates; a hack at Blue Shield; and much more. Let’s go! Get a clue: Cluely is an AI-based

Amazon’s big book sale just happens to overlap with Independent Bookstore Day Amazon is raising eyebrows with the timing of its big book sale for 2025, which runs from April 23 to 28 — which means it’s competing directly with Independent Bookstore Day. As writer Maris Kreisman explained in Lit

Berlin tech salaries stagnate as gender pay gap widens — now over 20 per cent Berlin is famous for a few things: clubs, doner kebabs, startups, tourists, and poor customer service. It’s an ever-changing city (and my home) that attracts a huge number of tech enthusiasts.  A recent survey by

Xayn Secures €80M to build Europe’s privacy-first legal AI, backed by C.H.Beck This week, Berlin-based legal tech startup Xayn (soon to be Noxtua SE), developer of Europe’s first sovereign Legal AI Noxtua, completed its Series B investment round of approximately € 80.7 million, with C.H. Beck, Germany’s leading legal publisher,

WineFi secures £1.5M Seed funding for fine wine investing platform London-based fintech WineFi has raised £1.5M in a Seed funding round led by Coterie Holdings, a British fine wine group. This investment also includes contributions from SFC Capital, Founders Capital, and several angel investors. The funding aims to enhance WineFi’s platform, which